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Your blood, like the blood of 97 percent of Americans, probably contains what are known as “forever chemicals.” These compounds—per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances commonly referred to as PFAS—have been linked to a range of cancers and adverse health effects. This past week, the Trump administration announced a bold new plan to tackle forever chemicals in drinking water. But it has a curious way of showing its commitment to ending PFAS pollution. The new plan will unravel historic restrictions approved by the Biden administration in 2024—the first and only regulations in the nation’s history to put limits on PFAS in drinking water. “This is about being realistic,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said at an event Monday. The EPA intends to lift restrictions on four types of PFAS and extend by two years the amount of time water utilities have to comply with restrictions on two other legacy forever chemicals if the utilities can prove they need the time. The Biden-era limits would not have survived court challenges, the EPA argued. Legal experts I spoke with disagreed. “It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry,” said Richard L. Revesz, a former Biden official and dean emeritus at the New York University School of Law. Aware that the announcement is sure to anger the Make America Healthy Again contingent—which is already rebelling against the administration’s support for the herbicide glyphosate—Trump officials sought to divert attention away from PFAS repeals and are focusing instead on the EPA’s recent unveiling of $1 billion in grant funding for small and disadvantaged communities to detect and eliminate PFAS. “We have a president who has made a greater financial commitment than any president in US history,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pointing to the $1 billion. The catch: That money comes from an appropriation made by Congress in 2021, when Joe Biden was president. Read all about it in my story for Grist. —Zoya Teirstein |
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“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.” |
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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS excerpt: ‘Galapagos of California’ Up in FlamesSanta Rosa is one of the five islands that make up Channel Islands National Park, described as the “Galapagos of North America” due to the trove of native species that exist only there. This includes the island fox, island spotted skunk and plants such as the bright red island monkeyflower or the Dudleya gnoma succulent (adorably nicknamed the “munchkin liveforever”). The archipelago is also an archaeological hub, with culturally important sites for the Chumash people who once lived there and fossils from long-extinct animals such as pygmy mammoths and ancient sea cows scattered throughout. Some of North America’s oldest human remains were also discovered on the island, dating back 13,000 years. |
CANARY MEDIA excerpt: Utility-scale solar, one of the cheapest and quickest forms of power generation to build, isn’t just a lever to bring down electricity prices. It’s also key for Vermont’s quest to fight climate change, which poses myriad threats to the state: more devastating floods, intensified drought, a shorter ski season, the erasure of iconic wildlife like the common loon, and a supercharging of disease-carrying ticks and mosquitoes. Vermont already has 139 solar arrays of up to 5 MW each and one 20-MW array, according to the state’s Public Service Department. But more is needed, according to Peter Sterling, executive director of the trade group Renewable Energy Vermont. The state must build 60 to 80 megawatts of solar annually over the next four years to meet its goals, he said. (Vermont’s Public Service Department said this number is closer to 42 to 50 MW on average to meet the state’s renewable energy target.) Sterling added that leaning on polluting, out-of-state gas plants for power — as Vermont does now — is “the height of environmental discrimination” if residents refuse to allow energy development in their own communities. |
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The discovery of more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year shows how unexplored our oceans really are. |
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