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2 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi |Lisa Friedman
Experts say the moves, which would apply to household appliances, will raise energy costs for consumers.
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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Rebecca Dzombak |Hiroko Tabuchi
It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other "billion dollar disasters," which are growing more frequent as the planet warms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday it would stop tracking the cost of the country's most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage.
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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi
For the past year, I've been reporting on how "forever chemicals," a group of toxic contaminants known as PFAS, can end up in our sewage and farmland. It's not well known, but when wastewater treatment plants treat our sewage or wastewater, there's a thick sludge that's left behind. And much of that sludge is used as fertilizer on farms across the country.
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1 week ago | 
pfascentral.org | Hiroko Tabuchi
By Hiroko Tabuchi | The New York Times | May 5, 2025 Read the full article by Hiroko Tabuchi (The New York Times)
"The 36-page official national strategy document bears the presidential seal and involves 10 agencies from across the federal government.
It isn’t the government’s policy on tariffs or border security.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Lisa Friedman |Hiroko Tabuchi
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi
An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn't gotten the same attention. The 36-page official national strategy document bears the presidential seal and involves 10 agencies from across the federal government. It isn't the government's policy on tariffs or border security. It's President Trump's master plan to eradicate paper straws and bring back plastic.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Hiroko Tabuchi
The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency. The planned cancellation of the research grants, which were awarded to scientists outside the agency, comes as President Donald Trump continues to dismantle some of the EPA’s core functions.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi
The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into "forever chemicals" contaminating the food supply. The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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3 weeks ago | 
pfascentral.org | Hiroko Tabuchi
By Hiroko Tabuchi | The New York Times | April 21, 2025 Read the full article by Hiroko Tabuchi (The New York Times) "The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply." "The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Hiroko Tabuchi |Lisa Friedman
It updates several regulations governing emissions from chemical plants, some of which have not been tightened in nearly 20 years, and applies to more than 200 chemical facilities across Texas and Louisiana, as well as the Ohio River Valley and West Virginia - all home to major chemical hubs. The rule had for the first time considered the cumulative effects of multiple chemical plants on communities in such hubs, rather than simply the effect of a single source of pollution.
