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After the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced Wednesday they intend to repeal the Trump administration’s definitions of the waters of the United States and rewrite the definition, Republicans in Congress expressed…
Superfund cleaning monies have dwindled in the past 20 years to a fraction of what’s needed for cleanup, leaving one in six Americans living within three miles of a dangerously toxic site.
The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod to the legacy of the Flint water crisis, which lifted the issue of lead in drinking water into the national spotlight. The bill was signed a week after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency introduced new requirements for water utilities to test water in elementary schools and day cares for lead. The Flint crisis spurred a national conversation on the dangers of exposing children to lead. “It really alters the entire life...
Grace Reader Created: January 24, 2021 09:15 PM In New Mexico, the industry accounts for nearly one-third of the state’s general fund revenues, and industry officials said even a temporary halt on leasing will hurt the state. "It has two issues for the oil and gas industry: number one is that there's a huge economic impact for oil and gas producers in New Mexico. When the oil and gas industry suffers, that will have a huge ripple effect to impact New Mexico,” said Ryan Flynn, CEO of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association. According to Flynn, he said the moratorium...
The federal appropriations bill for the 2021 fiscal year, signed into law this week, included $26.5 million to test for lead in schools and child care centers, a nod to the legacy of the Flint water crisis, which lifted the issue of lead in drinking water into the national spotlight.