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The stories you need to start your day: EPA’s new “forever chemicals” rule, Arizona’s abortion ban and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter

The Supreme Court heard arguments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interstate air pollution rule Wednesday, with members of the court’s liberal minority expressing skepticism about the appropriateness of hearing the case but the conservative majority seeming amenable to blocking the rule. The “Good Neighbor” rule, which regulates downwind air pollution produced by upwind states,…

EPA hits DHEC for approving more air pollution from an industrial plant without proper public notice

EPA hits DHEC for approving more air pollution from an industrial plant without proper public notice

Coffin Butte Landfill is leaking methane at levels that exceed state and federal limits, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inspection has found.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that will tighten the reporting requirements for facilities that use or release certain types of toxic “forever chemicals.” With the rule’s implementation, the EPA is now designating 189 compounds from a group of chemicals known as PFAS — of which there are thousands — as “chemicals of special concern.”…

Although not legally enforceable, the EPA's new definition could appeal to developers looking to simplify sustainable projects.

Ohio’s two senators are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study whether a public health emergency exists in East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of the February derailment of a Norfolk Southern train. The Feb. 3 derailment involved 20 railcars containing hazardous materials, according to the EPA’s determination, and the subsequent controlled burning…

An internal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step up its actions to address emissions of cancer-causing benzene, saying that oil refineries have been releasing unsafe levels of the substance. The EPA has classified benzene — which can come from burning coal and oil— as a known human carcinogen. Refineries turn…

Local Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff failed to properly alert national-level colleagues to lead contamination in the water in a Michigan city, an internal watchdog said Thursday. A new report issued by the office of the EPA’s inspector general noted that staff in the EPA’s Midwest region did not use the agency’s “elevation policy” to…