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Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides

The Biden Administration has implemented a broad "whole-of-government" policy to address issues of environmental justice.

Companies should take note and be prepared to respond quickly to more—and more aggressive—EPA enforcement, on the heels of two new enforcement initiatives announced by David Uhlmann...

Companies should take note and be prepared to respond quickly to more—and more aggressive—EPA enforcement, on the heels of two new enforcement initiatives announced by David Uhlmann,...

Louisiana has been at the center of the Biden Administration’s prioritization of environmental justice (EJ) issues. In United States v. Denka Performance Elastomer, the...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice are alleging that Denka Performance Elastomers is a "public health endangerment" due to the neoprene producer's chloroprene emissions.

Synthomer is linking a 45-percent year-on-year drop in first-half earnings to a decline in its nitrile rubber business, but the U.K.-based company expects glove demand to grow.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed an agreement to settle litigation filed by Concerned Citizens of St. John that alleges the agency failed to revise air pollution standards affecting a region of Louisiana dubbed “Cancer Alley.”

ProPublica found more than 1,000 toxic air hot spots across the country, and determined Black residents were disproportionately at risk. Environmental experts called the EPA’s response to our investigation historic and a “radical change in tone.”