The Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules Thursday to try and reduce air pollution that makes people sick and destroys the climate.
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a rule setting enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water for five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. The EPA concluded that there is no level of exposure for two of the compounds, PFOS and PFOA, without risk of harm to human health. The EPA set
The EPA has announced its new national drinking water standard for certain PFAS compounds.
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April 21 (UPI) — The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two PFAS substances, commonly known as “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the United States’ Superfund law. The rule designates perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS, as hazardous substances, allowing the EPA to investigate and clean up contaminations of the toxic chemicals, the […] The post New EPA rule designates 2 ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances first appeared on...
The EPA recently introduced regulations that could transform the landscape of air, water, and climate pollution in the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the []
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants
Under the EPA rule announced today, coal plants that plan to stay open beyond 2039 would have to cut or capture 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions by 2032.
WASHINGTON >> U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.
Columbus City Utilities is taking steps to prepare for new federal limits on long-lasting and highly toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses and were detected in the city’s lone water source last year. Continue reading at The Republic News.
The Title IX provisions promise to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new safeguards for students accused of sexual misconduct. Biden’s policy does not have any mention of transgender athletes.