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Federal workers struggle for years to prove they got sick on the job
… numerous toxins including trichloroethylene (TCE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The EPA considers PCBs to be a probable human carcinogen and TCE as a known one. Ptacek reported on … with toxins on their shoes and clothing. He reported when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detected small amounts of beryllium and depleted uranium on the GSA side of the Bannister … Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) ordered the inspector general of the GSA to conduct a probe. The EPA was brought in to look for toxins in Buildings 50 and 52, then later tasked to supervise a …
Bishops say EPA plan to roll back pollution rule would harm the unborn
… March 18 at a public hearing on the proposed revision in Washington. The Covenant asked EPA to give "due consideration" to the co-benefits of regulating mercury pollutants, especially … and acute health disorders to the human body." Catholic Climate Covenant also cited a 2016 EPA report that estimated more than 240,000 children had been exposed prenatally to mercury … and Air Toxics Standards. By doing so, human life and the environment is valued justly, and EPA's mission is honored," Aguto said. [Information on Catholic Climate Covenant's testimony …
Rollback of environmental regulations spur Catholic advocates to action
… an attack on human health and the environment." "One of the messages we give back to the EPA is that its mission is to protect human health and the environment and every single one of … and impacts on the environment. The message has met with a sympathetic ear by high-ranking EPA officials, some of whom have come from the industries they now are charged with regulating. … and gas producers, are not expected to step back from actions to reduce emissions despite the EPA's proposed rule. "They know there's a real reputational risk to the industry to uncontrolled …
World leaders, faith groups gather for Global Climate Action Summit
… pollution from coal-fired power plants. … Related: … Catholic groups disagree with Trump EPA "Affordable Clean Energy" rule Brown, the California governor who is Catholic, has been a …
Catholic groups disagree with Trump EPA 'Affordable Clean Energy' rule
… emissions in the country but recently surpassed by transportation; earlier this month, the EPA also moved to roll back fuel efficiency standards for vehicles. The EPA said that the Clean Power Plan, issued by the agency under President Barack Obama but which … Power & Light, said the rule's projected increase in lives lost is "unacceptable." "The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment," she said in a statement. Faith …
Ireland adopts 100-percent fossil fuel divestment strategy
… decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and his removal of climate scientists from the EPA. "I think it is having the opposite effect to what he had expected," Gold said. "I think …
Morning Briefing
… horror stories are emerging about the treatment of adults and children held in detention . EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday just as the Vatican is hosting a conference on climate …
Links for 6/7/2018
… the aisle. Also at Politico, one of the weirder stories of the week : ethically challenged EPA administrator Scott Pruitt apparently had a staffer try and purchase an old mattress from the …
Trump turned us into a National Enquirer nation
… and small, one with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. And there was a spot about the EPA's Pruitt trying to cast aspersions on another member of Trump's Cabinet in order to get the …
Morning Briefing
… mind about the priest’s ouster. We have some Catholic House members’ reaction in our story . EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, already under scrutiny for questionable spending and ethical …