Keyword: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Solvay in $393 Million PFAS Deal with New Jersey

30.06.2023 -

Belgian chemical major Solvay has reached a $393 million deal with the US state of New Jersey to remedy contamination from poly- and per-fluorinated alkyl substances...

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EPA Ends Louisiana Environmental Justice Probe

29.06.2023 -

Due to considerations likely to reflect objections not only from the chemical industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice have...

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3M to Pay $10.3 Billion for PFAS Claims Resolution

27.06.2023 -

3M has agreed to pay $10.3 billion to resolve legal challenges brought against the company by US public water systems over its discharges of polyfluoroalkyl substances...

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DuPont to Pay $19 Million for 2014 Plant Explosion

26.04.2023 -

Du Pont has been found guilty of criminal negligence and fined $12 million in connection with a November 2014 explosion that killed four employees of its methyl mercaptan...

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EPA Wants Tighter Emissions Monitoring near Chemical plants

18.04.2023 -

As part of administrator Michael Regan’s drive to improve air quality in residential areas bordering chemical production facilities, the US Environmental Protection...

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EPA Cranks up PFAS Regulation Plans

23.03.2023 -

After years of little or no movement on regulation of per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), Europe and the US, separately, are now preparing legislation to...

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EPA to Award $550 Million for Environmental Justice

24.02.2023 -

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received $550 million from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to spend on measures to remediate...

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Chip Makers Alarmed over PFAS Phaseout Proposals

09.02.2023 -

Across the US and Europe, health and environment NGOs are putting pressure on national authorities to curb contamination from poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)...