“I think this bill as written, it’s going to pass this committee, but I don’t believe as written it’s going to get 60 votes in the Senate,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas told KOMO.
Dr. Matthew Christiansen, state health officer and commissioner, says the data is helping the state plan ahead in anticipation of new drinking water standards.
According to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, over two dozen public water systems in West Virginia have detectable levels of so-called "forever chemicals."
The primary Senate sponsors of S.B.543 are Oregon State Senators Janeen Sollman and Michael Dembrow. The primary House sponsors are Oregon State Representatives Maxine Dexter and Tom Andersen.
The bill tackles the issue of excess plastic pollution by requiring that any new construction that requires a drinking fountain must also have a bottle filling station and more.
To achieve its goals, HB 1085 engages several different government agencies and councils. After deliberating with industry groups, the bill also allows for differing implementation timelines.
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Matrix is employee-owned and broadly held with 570 employees, having grown into one of Canada’s leading pure-play providers of environmental solutions.
'These settlements exemplify how EPA holds commercial enterprises accountable for assuring that they do not harm the communities where they are,' says EPA New England Admin.
All six companies promptly corrected the EPCRA violations after EPA inspections and have filed required reports about their use or generation of toxic chemicals under EPA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program.
Framework will put people to work in locally led landscape restoration projects driven by collaborative partnerships while advancing climate resilience.
On April 18 and 19, CNMI’s Inter-island Solid Waste Task Force (ISWTF) conducted a Zero Waste Visioning Workshop during which attendees reviewed recent collection and survey data, then discussed and identified solid waste management priorities.
In the next few weeks, EPA will begin cleanup work at the Lewis Chemical Site in Hyde Park, Mass. to address polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination.