Bipartisan coalition reintroducing House legislation to prevent insider trading
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Elizabeth Duan | January 22, 2021
“Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger is reintroducing legislation to prevent insider trading by members of Congress. The bipartisan TRUST in Congress Act has been endorsed by many key advocacy and government accountability organizations, including the Project on Government ...
Legislators plan to introduce PFAS bills in both houses
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Elizabeth Duan | January 21, 2021
“Sen. Jesse Kiehl and Rep. Sara Hannan, both D-Juneau, say they plan to introduce bills during the current legislative session to protect Alaskans from adverse health impacts of unregulated toxin substances. On Friday, Jan. 15, the EPA acknowledged that the agency has found toxic ...
President Biden’s flurry of actions to protect the environment reignites a controversy about the Atlantic’s only marine monument
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Last June, as part of a concerted campaign to dismantle the environmental policies of the Obama administration, Donald Trump met with fishermen in Maine and signed a proclamation that allowed commercial fishing in nearly 5,000 square miles of federally protected waters southeast of ...
EPA Confirms Widespread PFAS Contamination of Pesticides, Announces “Investigation,” Stops Short of Action to Protect Public
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Elizabeth Duan | January 20, 2021
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that PFAS (per and polyfluorinated alykyl substances) ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating containers that store pesticide products, and subsequently the products themselves. The confirmation comes after preliminary testing ...
EPA Announces Plan to Regulate ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Just before leaving office, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency announced some changes regarding the regulation of a group of chemicals known as PFAS, or sometimes branded as “forever chemicals.” Most recently, just a day before the end of Trump’s only ...