BRUSSELS -- Despite being banned, skin lighteners with illegal levels of mercury are still being sold by some of the world’s biggest online retailers to unsuspecting consumers, according to a new Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) report released today. More than 100 products purchased from sites including eBay and Amazon tested positive for mercury levels well above the one part per million (ppm) limit mandated by the global UN Minamata Convention and US safeguards for cosmetics. Of those products, seven contained between 2.8 to 12,418 ppm of mercury and were easily purchased from the US on eBay and delivered to a US address.
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental finalizó hoy la regla que restaura la excepción a la Ley de Aire Limpio para California que le permite establecer estándares de contaminación climática más exigentes que los federales. La regla también permite a California adoptar estándares de cero emisiones para vehículos ligeros.
CALIFORNIA - Today, President Biden’s EPA restored a key tool to address pollution from the transportation sector, the nation’s leading source of climate-disrupting pollution.
MINNESOTA - Today, President Biden’s EPA restored a key tool to address pollution from the transportation sector, the nation’s leading source of climate-disrupting pollution.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the EPA finalized its rule reinstating California’s Clean Air Act waiver allowing it to set greenhouse gas standards more protective than federal standards and to adopt zero-emissions standards for light-duty vehicles, reversing an illegal and unprecedented waiver revocation by the previous administration that threatened our climate and the well-being of communities around the country.
Today, 120 organizations sent letters to the six biggest American banks urging them to stop lending and support for new and expanded gas export facilities, citing environmental justice and climate concerns as well as rising home heating costs for American communities being driven by the rise in exports.
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció una propuesta para reducir las emisiones de camiones pesados, una fuente significativa de contaminación del aire que impacta desproporcionadamente a latinos y otras comunidades de color.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal for curbing emissions from heavy duty trucks, a significant source of dangerous air pollution nationwide which disproportionately impacts communities of color.
Tomorrow, Tennessee’s Senate Commerce and Labor Committee and House Commerce Committee will convene to vote on an amendment to SB 2077/HB 2246 that would completely rewrite the energy infrastructure bill to strip local communities of decision making authority over the impacts of energy projects.
The national Veterans and Military Outdoors Coalition and New York’s Outdoor Rx Coalition are adding Blue Star Families, one of the largest military family organizations in the country, to their membership. Launched in 2021, the Veterans and Military Outdoors Coalition is a national partnership of more than 35 organizations focused on improving veterans health nationwide through access to nature-based therapies and outdoor recreation. The Outdoor Rx Coalition, which also began work in 2021, is an alliance of 67 groups in New York advocating for the effective implementation of the state’s Outdoor Rx Act, which seeks to make it easier for veterans to heal from service-related trauma on public lands.