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Facing Litigation And Years-Long Push For Increased Regulation, Conglomerate Ends Production Of PFAS Chemicals
3M factory (Photo by DAVID PINTENS/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images) BELGA/AFP via Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency describes PFAS, the acronym referring to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl chemical...
EPA Rule Change Expected To Trigger Additional State Regulation, Exacerbate Inflation
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Washington DC getty Eleven states have passed legislation banning PFAS chemicals in food packaging and other consumer products. In three of tho...
U.S. Gearing Up For Offshore Storage By Establishing Rules Of The Game
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar 378913 01: Pennzenergy Company Oil Exploration Drilling Rig In The Gulf Of Mexico During Sunset. … [+] (Photo By Getty Images) Getty Images We are still in the ...
New Lawsuit Would Overturn EPA Advisories Seen As Precursor To More State & Federal Regulation
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in Washington, D.C. getty In June the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four new drinking water health advisories related to PFAS contaminatio...
USPS To Boost Purchase Of Electric Delivery Vehicles
Topline The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said Wednesday it will dramatically increase the share of electric vehicles among a fleet of new delivery vehicles it’s ordering, following criticism from enviro...
With Coal On The Way Out, Policymakers Have Their Eye On Natural Gas
BUTTONWILLOW, CA – MARCH 22: Gas is flared as waste from the Monterey Shale formation where gas and … [+] oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on the verge of a boom ...
State & Federal Officials Move To Regulate & Even Ban PFAS Chemicals, But Many Wonder If That Makes Sense
California state capitol building getty For federal and state lawmakers who have an unending procession of meeting requests, committee hearings, markups, fundraisers, and other demands on their schedu...