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Federal Judge's Ruling Allows Class Action Suit Against PFAS Makers to Proceed

An order issued today by a federal judge allows a class action case against 3M, DowDuPont, Chemours and six other companies to proceed when he denied every motion to dismiss the case brought by these...

New State Data: Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in California Drinking Water Sources

Drinking water sources for 74 community water systems serving 7.5 million Californians are contaminated with the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to an Environmental Working...

EWG: Study Estimates More Than 100,000 Cancer Cases Could Stem From Contaminants in Tap Water

A toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants in U.S. drinking water could result in more than 100,000 cancer cases, according to a peer-reviewed study from Environmental Working Group – the first study to...

Governors Urge Congress To Keep PFAS Provisions in Defense Bill

Governors from 15 states, including many facing mounting contamination of drinking water sources from toxic perfluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, are urging Congressional leaders to include provisions in...

Duke Energy’s Renewables Pledge Falls Short

The proposal announced today by Duke Energy, claiming the nation's largest investor-owned electric utility aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, is far from a serious commitment to...

Trump Completes Repeal of Clean Water Rule, Imperiling Drinking Water Sources for 117M People

Today the Trump administration will finalize its plan to repeal critical safeguards that prohibit the dumping of industrial and agricultural pollution into sensitive waterways that provide tap water...

Tests Find Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ at 10 Oregon Army Installations

Drinking water supplies at 10 Army installations in Oregon are contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense data obtained by EWG...

New PFAS Detections Reported at 90 Additional Army Installations

Drinking water supplies at an additional 90 current and former Army and Army National Guard installations nationwide are contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to...

FDA Finds Asbestos in Beauty Plus Products, Issues Voluntary Recall

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety alert urging consumers to stop using cosmetics from Beauty Plus, after the agency found the deadly carcinogen asbestos in at least four different...

Try, Try Again: Trump Mulling Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry

Although previous schemes to bail out the dying nuclear industry fizzled, the Trump administration is at it again. Bloomberg reports that the administration is considering using an obscure Cold War...

October Is Children’s Environmental Health Month in California

California lawmakers proclaimed October 2019 as Children's Environmental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of cleaner air and water, safer food and healthier products for children.

Hurricane Dorian Threatens To Spread Millions of Tons of Manure Again Throughout North Carolina’s Coastal Plain

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on North Carolina, the storm's flood waters threaten once again to spread millions of tons of animal waste from factory farms throughout the state's eastern coastal...

Federal Energy Data: Coal in Death Spiral, Renewables Surge

Coal-fired energy continues its free fall in the U.S. as renewables keep rising, according to the latest federal data. The Energy Information Administration's Electric Power Monthly shows that the...

Trump EPA To Repeal Rules Curbing Methane Pollution, a Potent Global-Warming Gas

In a move to increase the already soaring domestic production of oil and gas, the Trump administration plans to roll back Obama-era rules to curb methane leaks, which are even worse for the climate...

Monsanto Emails: ‘Let’s Beat the S*** Out of’ Moms Worried About Cancer-Linked Weedkiller

A Monsanto executive said he wanted to “beat the shit out of' a mothers' group that urged the company to stop selling its Roundup weedkiller, according to internal emails obtained by lawyers for...

Trump Skips G-7 Climate Meeting, Slams Renewable Energy, but Insists ‘I’m an Environmentalist’

President Trump insisted today he's an environmentalist – but he had a peculiar way of showing it. After skipping a key meeting of world leaders at the G-7 summit on climate change, Trump said he...

Study: Newer PFAS Chemicals ‘May Pose More Risks’ Than Those They Replaced

A new peer-reviewed study refutes claims by the chemical industry that the next generation of toxic fluorinated compounds, or PFAS, is safer than two notorious PFAS chemicals linked to cancer and...

White House Aides Evacuate Over Asbestos Risks as Administration Moves To Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal

Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed – even as the Trump administration is manipulating a federal chemical...

Duke Energy Blames Renewables for Increased Air Pollution in North Carolina

At a time when forward-looking utilities are rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, the nation's largest investor-owned electric utility is pushing an outlandish claim that the growth of solar...

Booker Legislation Would Reward Climate Stewardship on Farms and Forest Lands

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced legislation to support voluntary conservation practices on more than 100 million acres of U.S. farmland. The bill would also fund the planting of 10 billion...

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