Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans.
Category: Pollution
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How Bad Are Microplastics? An Expert Weighs In.
“We’re becoming aware that they’re everywhere.” An environmental researcher weighs in on the little particles that break away from the everyday plastic items in our lives.
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Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies
Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring.
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Dobby’s Grave Can Stay on a Beach in Wales, but Please Stop Giving Him Socks
After a grave site for the “Harry Potter” elf became a tourist attraction, tributes to the character prompted environmental concerns.