New EPA Review Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride
An aerial view of the Norfolk Southern freight train that was carrying toxic chemicals that derailed in East Palestine.NTSB/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that vinyl chloride would be among five chemicals to begin the process for risk…
18 California Kids Sue EPA For “Allowing” Dangerous Emissions
A three-year-old at a climate change protest in Los Angeles, California with a sign that says “My Future is In Your Hands”Ronen Tivony/SOPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Eighteen California children are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency over its role in the climate crisis. In a lawsuit filed on Sunday,…
UN Deems North Carolina Chemical Pollution a Human Rights Violation
Lance King/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations says the ongoing PFAS contamination of the Cape Fear watershed in North Carolina violates residents’ right to a clean and safe environment, and it has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to hold the polluters accountable. Its…
Louisiana’s New Governor Is a Major Fossil Fuel Booster
Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change looms larger in Louisiana than it does almost anywhere else in the United States. The state is facing down monster hurricanes as well as sea-level rise, and it still relies on a fossil fuel industry that…
EPA Promised to Address Environmental Racism. Then Conservatives Struck Back.
ichigan’s permitting of an asphalt plant just outside Flint was the subject of a civil-rights complaint to the US Environmental Protection Agency.Jenifer Veloso/The Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. FLINT, Mich – Civil rights law offers a tool for communities…
Facing Environmental Discrimination? Read This Before Complaining to EPA.
A sign in protest of the recently built asphalt plant stands outside of St. Francis Prayer Center on Wednesday, June 6, 2023 in Flint, Michigan. Jenifer Veloso/Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. Is your neighborhood choked with pollution or facing…