ATLANTA - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, cancer, and even premature death, as well as causing severe neurological damage to fetuses and children.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - Today, at an event here in Louisville, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the dismantling of a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Kentuckians, and all Americans, from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service has reinstalled signage at Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site.
MONTGOMERY, AL - A new report released today has found PFAS in nearly all of Alabama’s waterways, confirming the statewide threat of these deadly toxins.
DENVER - Today legislators introduced HB26-1226 aimed at reducing the impact of the Department of Energy's 202(c) dubious "emergency" order to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating past its planned retirement date at the end of 2025. That executive order could cost ratepayers up to $85 million annually, according to one analysis.
SALEM, Ore. — Today, the Oregon Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board (RMSB) voted to approve a package of updates to the state’s residential energy code, including a requirement that new homes be built with energy-efficient heat pumps instead of ducted air conditioning. An analysis conducted by the Building Code Division found that these changes will save residents an average of $171 per year on energy bills.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - This week, a reported text exchange between Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico and current JEA Board Member Arthur Adams appears to show Carrico removing Adams in order to give his JEA Board or Directors position to Paul Martinez, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida, where Carrico serves as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Carrico calls the move a “big favor to a friend.”