[Source: The Hill] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon unveil a plan to address what it sees as “inadequate” regulations on a class of toxic chemicals that disproportionately affects vulnerable groups, according to documents obtained by The Hill. The agency’s forthcoming effort to crack down on the chemicals called PFAS, which have been linked Read More…
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California DA‘s offices settle environmental protection action against CarMax Auto Superstores
[Source: 23ABC News/Bakersfield] Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced she and 16 other DA’s offices throughout the state have reached a $1,600,000 settlement in an environmental protection action case against CarMax Auto Superstores California, LLC. The action filed in the Orange County Superior Court accused the auto company of unlawful handling and disposal of Read More…
State sues Quemetco, says battery recycling plant in City of Industry is guilty of 29 violations
[Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune] The state attorney general has sued Quemetco, the battery-recycling facility in City of Industry, citing 29 alleged violations involving failures to stop hazardous waste from migrating into the neighborhood and the underground aquifer, a source of drinking water for more than a million Los Angeles County residents, according to the Read More…
A clean energy’s dirty little secret
[Source: National Review] Discarded solar panels are piling up all over the world, and they represent a major threat to the environment. Clean energy may not be so clean after all. A new study by Environmental Progress (EP) warns that toxic waste from used solar panels now poses a global environmental threat. The Berkeley-based group Read More…