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President Donald Trump has the opportunity to challenge the Biden administration’s hydrogen tax credit rules under the Congressional Review Act, but the clock is ticking. The act only allows for changes within 60 days of the rules’ publication. On March 4, time will run out. Last week representatives from 117 trade associations, energy companies, and…

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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Read Part I of this story here. YUKON, Pa.—When government inspectors arrived at the hazardous waste landfill here in 2023, they found themselves in a barren and…

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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. YUKON, Pa.—In a rural pocket of western Pennsylvania, along the leafy banks of Sewickley Creek, a small, jagged pipe juts just above the waterline, its cement casing…

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Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The New Lede and is republished here with permission under a Creative Commons license. Concerns are growing about the fate of a Biden-era rule to limit toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with some states moving to introduce laws that would lock in place PFAS protections that…

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Editor’s note: A version of this op-ed was originally published on Matthew Tejada’s LinkedIn profile. There is a lot of misinformation out there, much of it quite intentional, about what environmental justice, or EJ, is. As a result, billions of dollars in funding and technical assistance that flows directly to communities and their partners has…

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This article was originally published by U.S. Right To Know and is republished here with permission under a Creative Commons license. High exposure to multiple pesticides may cause childhood and adolescent cancers, especially brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. A…

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I have never been so motivated and grateful to be a woman in science as while watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing. During the hearing, RFK Jr. repeatedly thanked the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) moms who have supported his political aspirations. MAHA moms, as well as MAHA women, represent a…

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Twenty-two kinds of essential oils from 11 popular brands contain detectable levels of phthalates, according to a new report from Mamavation. Partnering with EHN, Mamavation — an environmental wellness blog and community — had 22 lavender and peppermint essential oils from 11 brands tested by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab, and found that all…

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PITTSBURGH — After more than two years in operation, Shell’s petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania has failed to deliver economic growth to the surrounding region, according to a new report. Western Pennsylvania’s Beaver County, which is home to the plant, is worse off than it was before the Shell plant was announced in terms of jobs,…

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This article originally published at The Revelator and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The water flowing from taps in Wilmington, North Carolina, looked clean, tasted normal, and gave no indication that it carried an invisible threat. For decades the Cape Fear River had provided drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents…

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