The EPA recently introduced regulations that could transform the landscape of air, water, and climate pollution in the United States.
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 Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules Thursday to try and reduce air pollution that makes people sick and destroys the climate.
FTC votes to ban measures which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of timeUS companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency on Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.The Federal Trade Commission voted to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of time....
Until now, the only staffing rule for nursing homes has been that they have “sufficient” staff, without specifying what that means.
Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.
Since Friday's release of Taylor Swift's latest album "The Tortured Poet's Department" and her surprise double album "The Tortured Poet's Department: The Anthology," Swifties have been quick to point out subtle nods to past relationships and traumas - including an ongoing feud with Kim Kardashian. In Swift's track titled "thanK you aIMee," Swift sings about a "bronze, spray-tanned" mean girl at school that her mom wishes were "dead." "All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’...
Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanupThe Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the toxic compounds and require industries and others responsible for contamination to pay for their removal.Designation as a hazardous substance under the Superfund law...
The UK's manufacturing sector suffered a fresh downturn last month as
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Monday that her office has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Education to challenge the recent revisions to Title IX.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Monday that her office has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Education to challenge the recent revisions to Title IX.
New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).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 nation’s...