Pollution

Major Win for Youth Climate Activists in Montana Supreme Court

Major Win for Youth Climate Activists in Montana Supreme Court

The Montana Supreme Court upheld a landmark victory on Wednesday, affirming a lower court’s decision that the energy policies of the state violated youth activists’ constitutional rights to a clean environment. The ruling in Held v. Montana last August invalidated a law stopping regulators from taking into consideration the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions when […]

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    EPA Bans Two Chemicals Common in Dry Cleaning and Industrial Use

    EPA Bans Two Chemicals Common in Dry Cleaning and Industrial Use

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned two chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning because of their toxicity and cancer risks.  The EPA announced on Dec. 9 that it finalized the risk management regulations for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). PCE is commonly used for dry cleaning […]

    North Carolina Town Launches First U.S. Climate Lawsuit Against a Utility Company

    North Carolina Town Launches First U.S. Climate Lawsuit Against a Utility Company

    The small North Carolina town of Carrboro has initiated the country’s first climate accountability litigation against an electric utility. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, claims Duke Energy waged a “deception campaign” in order to obscure the climate hazards of fossil fuels. This led to delayed action in curbing planet-warming emissions, which caused the costs of […]

    Glyphosate Exposure Linked to Long-Term Brain Inflammation

    Glyphosate Exposure Linked to Long-Term Brain Inflammation

    A new study led by Arizona State University has revealed an association between exposure of glyphosate, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, and long-term impacts on brain health in mice. The study tested the impacts that two different doses of glyphosate exposure had on mice, with a high dose (500 mg […]