EPA fends off critics claiming PFAS health levels premature before advisors complete review
Countering its critics, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is defending the release of much stricter drinking water health advisories for two notorious “forever chemicals” known as PFAS before a key science advisory panel finishes reviewing studies of the chemicals.
PG&E critics eye pressure on California PUC nominees to advance call for utility reform
Clean energy advocates are urging sweeping reform of California’s monopoly utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and claiming decades of misguided power investments that hiked ratepayers’ energy bills, and they are looking to a state Senate nomination fight to advance their call.
EPA’s strict PFAS health advisories justify calls for swifter regulation, environmentalists say
The Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement of four strict advisories for when levels of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in drinking water can harm human health are welcome, but also justify calls for the agency to move faster on regulating PFAS, environmentalists say.
Facing tight budgets, states ask Congress for $636 million to protect environmental programs
Warning that some of their budgets are at a breaking point, state environmental agencies are urging Congress to provide more than $636 million in fiscal year 2023 funding to ensure the viability of key programs to protect air and water, handle waste, and fight the climate crisis.
EPA prioritizes PFAS, equity for $6.5 billion water infrastructure funding
The Environmental Protection Agency is offering up to $6.5 billion in funding to support water infrastructure projects around the United States, prioritizing work that tackles the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS and promotes environmental justice.
Bayer wins latest Roundup cancer trial; tied 3-to-3 with plaintiffs for court wins
A Kansas City, Mo., jury on Thursday dismissed claims by a man who blamed his cancer on exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, agreeing with the company that the weed killer was not the source of the man’s disease.
EPA’s biofuel targets are not achievable, refiners say
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new biofuels production targets announced last week are unachievable and “bewildering” given already high fuel costs, according to leading refinery industry players.
As farmers struggle with PFAS ‘forever chemicals,’ Maine races for solutions
For the past 18 years, Maine farmer Bill Pluecker has worked long hours tending to his family’s organic vegetable farm, growing crops he sells directly to consumers through a community agricultural program.
Warning of food and gas price hikes, critics fight EPA rule to boost biofuels
With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) poised to finalize a rule setting annual biofuel production goals, industry players from jet fuel producers to pet food makers are warning the rule will hike already rising food and gas prices and exacerbate supply shortages.
Monsanto’s former CEO testifies in Roundup trial, points to EPA safety findings
Former Monsanto chief Hugh Grant spent several hours on the witness stand on Tuesday – testifying for the first time in front of a jury at a Roundup trial – telling the court repeatedly that global regulators had found no evidence that the company’s herbicides cause cancer.