Epa articles
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EPA awards $7B to 60 low-income solar access programs
The funds will support community solar programs as well as initiatives to provide loans and grants to low-income households looking to install rooftop solar, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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New EPA rule designates 2 ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
April 21 (UPI) — The Environmental Protection Agency has designated two PFAS substances, commonly known as “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the United States’ Superfund law. The rule designates perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS, as hazardous substances, allowing the EPA to investigate and clean up contaminations of the toxic chemicals, the […] The post New EPA rule designates 2 ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances first appeared on...
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EPA suit alleges San Francisco discharges sewage into bay and onto beaches
The federal government and the state of California sued the city of San Francisco on Wednesday over the city’s aging combined stormwater-sewer systems, which they allege can release raw sewage into the bay and onto beaches when overwhelmed during heavy rain, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.) Federal officials said the sewage threatens aquatic life and also puts swimmers, surfers and...