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Another PFAS-containing pesticide headed for US registration

1 week ago | ehn.org | Brian Bienkowski

Editor's note: This story was originally published in The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. US regulators are poised to approve a pesticide made with a controversial class of toxic chemicals, stoking concerns of new risks for farms across the country.
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

1 week ago | ehn.org | Cami Ferrell

HOUSTON — Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have previously violated the pollution limits in their permits have recently applied for new federal operating permits or renewals. These facilities include the Chevron Pasadena Refining facility, the LyondellBasell Houston refinery, and the Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny Complex in Brazoria County, all of which are seeking renewed Title V permits.
Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

2 weeks ago | ehn.org | Kristina Marusic

PITTSBURGH — On Wednesday, the morning after hurricane-like weather conditions killed at least four people and caused power outages at more than 400,000 homes in southwestern Pennsylvania, community advocates and scientists held an event to discuss how President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have set back climate action and harmed environmental health and research.
More women than men now rank climate change as their top voting concern - EHN

2 weeks ago | ehn.org

A growing gender gap among environmental voters reveals women, especially women of color, are increasingly prioritizing climate issues at the ballot box.Jessica Kutz reports for The 19th.In short:A new analysis by the Environmental Voter Project found that 62% of voters likely to prioritize climate ...
The greater Pittsburgh region is among the 25 worst metro areas in the country for air quality: Report

3 weeks ago | ehn.org | Kristina Marusic

PITTSBURGH — The greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area is among the 25 regions in the country with the worst air pollution, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

3 weeks ago | ehn.org | Cami Ferrell

Health impacts are likely being underestimated by traditional risk models used by regulators, according to a new study that has found a different way to measure the cumulative risk air pollution poses to health. The new method, which accounts for the ways numerous chemical exposures impact the entire body, found increased risks to people’s brains, hearts, lungs, kidneys, and hormonal systems from air pollution in a community near Philadelphia.
California lanza un sistema estatal que avisa con anticipación la aplicación de pesticidas

1 month ago | ehn.org | María Paula Rubiano

Haz clic aquí para leer este reportaje en inglés. To read a version of this story in English click here. A Byanka Santoyo se le quiebra la voz mientras explica lo que significa para ella SprayDays, el sistema estatal de notificación de pesticidas de California, puesto en marcha el lunes. “Le dije a mi hija. Si un día yo me muero, mija, date por seguro que esto va a estar en mi tumba. Yo quiero que sepas que luche por ti, luche por el mejor porvenir, por tu familia y por el futuro de tu familia”.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

1 month ago | ehn.org | Kristina Marusic

PITTSBURGH — International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons.
Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

1 month ago | ehn.org | Cami Ferrell

HOUSTON — Climate activists expressed concern that discussions behind closed doors at the nation’s largest energy conference, CERAWeek by S&P Global, will further contribute to environmental health risks.
Los defensores ambientales están pasando por un mal momento, pero su situación no es exclusiva de la administración de Trump

1 month ago | ehn.org | Cami Ferrell

Es un momento difícil para ser activista ambiental. En su primer día como presidente, Trump revirtió casi todo las políticas climáticas de la administración de Biden con una serie de órdenes ejecutivas. Desde entonces, la administración ha congelado la financiación para proyectos de energía limpia y subvenciones climáticas, puso en baja administrativa a la oficina de justicia ambiental de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE.UU. y echó atrás protecciones ambientales vitales.