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On April 8, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14261: Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241 and issued a Presidential Proclamation entitled “Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy.” These actions gave almost 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from meeting tighter emissions laws […]
The “International Maritime Organization’s [IMO] 83rd Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC83) has approved the creation of a new Emission Control Area (ECA) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. This ECA introduces stricter regulations on emissions from ships, with considerable benefits for both environmental protection and public health. It will be the world’s largest ECA to date,” […]
On April 7, 2025, the EPA announced it will expeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water. The National Toxicology Program released a report in August 2024 concluding with “moderate confidence” that fluoride exposure above 1.5 milligrams per liter is associated with lower IQ in children. The report also […]
On April 7, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the Agency is rescinding Guidance on the Preparation of Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 179B Demonstrations for Nonattainment Areas Affected by International Transport of Emissions. Last month, the EPA also announced in a news release it’s tackling the troubled “Good Neighbor Plan.” The release reiterated the […]
As part of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative, the EPA announced in a press release its intent to reconsider the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “regulation governing the review of chemicals already in commerce by initiating a rulemaking that will ensure the agency can efficiently and effectively protect human health […]
Shortly after assuming his new role as EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin accused the Biden administration of fraudulent activities in the distribution of funds made available through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). A March 11, 2025, EPA news release stated it was terminating funding for several grant recipients awarded under the National Clean Investment Fund […]
On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “The goal of today’s Commission action and notification to the court is to cease the Commission’s involvement in the defense of the costly and unnecessarily intrusive climate […]
On March 24, 2025, the EPA announced an update on the effective date of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) final risk management rule for trichloroethylene (TCE). TCE is an extremely toxic chemical known to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It also, even in miniscule amounts, causes fetal heart defects and damage […]
On episode 247 of EHS On Tap, Dan Diehl, CEO of Aircuity and Thrive Buildings, talks about the challenges involved in reducing carbon emissions in life science buildings.
On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced it will work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise to review the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). “The agencies will move quickly to ensure that a revised definition follows the law, reduces red tape, cuts overall […]