Tag: mercury pollution
Hyundai Steel’s Potential Economic Costs, Mercury Pollution & Drinking Water Threats Must Be Fully Evaluated Under Louisiana Public Trust Doctrine
The Air Permit Application for the Facility Submitted to LDEQ Lacks Full Analysis Required by Law The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality must fully evaluate the veracity of local job claims, community impacts of taxpayer subsidies, and other economic ripple effects of Hyundai Steel’s proposed facility, according to new comments … [continued]
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The MAHA movement is mad about the weedkiller glyphosate and Trump’s EPA
The coalition focused on making Americans healthier is frustrated with the Trump administration’s stance on environmental toxins and most recently, its support of the company that makes the pesticide.
Donald Trump Guts Public Health Protection to Bolster Big Coal
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution — one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country. Coal ash contains a toxic brew of … [continued]
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Donald Trump Tears Down Another Key Public Health Safeguard
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. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power … [continued]
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