The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has proposed revising limits on toxic chemicals that can be released into surface waters, something it’s supposed to do from time to time under the Clean Water Act but hasn’t since the early 1990s. The agency is updating human-health criteria for 43 dangerous chemical compounds it currently regulates and…
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US Senate Debate Flint Michigan Aid | Video
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduces an amendment to an energy policy bill calling for $800 million in assistance to Flint, Michigan to address the lead contamination of the city’s drinking water. The Senate later voted 54-43 to block the energy bill from advancing. Source: US Senate Debate Flint Michigan Aid | Video | C-SPAN.org
Flint’s newest challenge: a flood of plastic bottles
In October, the city told residents to stick to filtered or bottled water because of unsafe levels of lead, a problem that developed after it temporarily switched to using water from the Flint River in order to cut costs. But residents had been trying for more than a year to get officials’ attention about the…
After blowing the whistle on Flint’s water, EPA “rogue employee” has been silent. Until now.
Del Toral was first alerted to Flint’s water problems last spring, when Lee Anne Walters called the EPA to complain about high levels of lead in her tap water and warn officials that her child had been diagnosed with lead poisoning. Del Toral followed up with Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality, asking about corrosion control…
West Virginia Passes Bill Rolling Back Regulations On Chemical Storage Tanks
The West Virginia legislature has passed a bill that scales back regulations meant to protect state waterways from storage tank spills, a piece of legislation that some worry could leave the state’s water more vulnerable to the kind of spill that contaminated the water of 300,000 state residents last year. The bill, which was passed…
In Texas’ worst drought on record, trees dying by the millions
The National Weather Service has officially declared last year as the driest on record in Texas and the second hottest. Meteorologists predict the situation wont improve much this year. That means water restrictions will continue, and well lose millions of trees.Record-setting heat and little rain in 2011 has left North Texas in a severe drought….
Republicans in the House have averaged a vote every day to undermine the EPA
They have picked up the pace recently — just last week they voted to stop the EPAs efforts to limit mercury and other hazardous pollutants from cement plants, boilers and incinerators — and it appears their campaign will continue for the foreseeable future.Using the economy as cover, and repeating unfounded claims that “regulations…