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EPAThe EPA is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates. Residents have long complained that the pollution is negatively impacting their health. Large-scale livestock and agriculture operations are largely to blame for the contamination. High levels of nitrates can lead to increased heart rate, headaches, stomach cramps.
Morrow County water contamination could prompt EPA to intervene
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
BusinessThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered states to stop blocking contaminated waste from a fiery train derailment in Ohio from being sent to hazardous waste storage sites around the nation.
EPA tells states not to block hazardous waste shipments from Ohio derailment
60% Center coverage: 28 sources
Business · United StatesNearly two dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants. The final rule, issued Wednesday, will save thousands of lives, keep tens of thousands of people out of the hospital, prevent millions of asthma attacks and reduce sick days. The rule will take effect in May for power plants and "lock in significant pollution reductions," the EPA says.
EPA 'neighbor' rule cuts downwind pollution by power plants
92% Center coverage: 13 sources
EPA · WashingtonThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday morning announced finalized new rules on interstate air pollution, regulating downwind interstate pollution.
EPA issues final rule cutting interstate smog
52% Center coverage: 29 sources
Evacuations · East PalestineThe state of Ohio sued Norfolk Southern (NSC.N) seeking civil penalties and other damages after a Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of a freight train carrying hazardous materials, and accused the railroad of violating numerous Ohio laws.
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over Feb. 3 train derailment
58% Center coverage: 148 sources
Joe Biden · WashingtonThe Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on so-called forever chemicals in public drinking water, a move that is expected to cost water utilities billions of dollars to filter out substances that have contaminated the water supplies of millions of people.
EPA Proposes Regulations for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
63% Center coverage: 228 sources
US & CanadaThe head of the US Environmental Protection Agency visits East Palestine, Ohio. EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan says the agency has full authority to use its enforcement capabilities. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asks the CDC to send medical experts to the area. The EPA is testing for the full breadth of toxic chemicals that were on the train, he says.
EPA pledges to hold train company accountable over Ohio toxic train disaster as frustrations grow
Coverage: 10 sources
Joe BidenThe money is the second installment in $3.5 billion appropriated under the 2021 infrastructure law. Sites targeted for cleanup include a lead-contaminated neighborhood on Atlanta's Westside. Money also will be used to speed cleanup of 100 ongoing Superfund projects across the U.S.
EPA awards $1B to clean up 22 toxic waste sites nationwide
77% Center coverage: 13 sources
