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A group of 21 states and local governments filed a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency, challenging its rollback of a Clean Air Act provision that regulates Mercury and other hazardous emissions from coal and oil-fueled power plants. Delaware joined that lawsuit, which was filed on March 31.To help explain why this case matters and how it impacts the First State, Delaware Public Media’s Jay Shah spoke to Sarah Everhart - Assistant Professor and Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at Widener University Delaware Law School.
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More community air monitoring is coming around the Delaware City refinery.
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The Environmental Protection Agency and DNREC reach an agreement addressing a civil rights complaint.
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The EPA awards thea grant to investigate how extreme climate events and road salt could harm wetlands.
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Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva reach a settlement to resolve all PFAS-related drinking water claims with U.S. Water Systems.
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A Delaware site is added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List.
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A site in Georgetown is added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List while a second site in New Castle could join it.
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The EPA removes one site and part of another in Delaware from its list of the nation’s most contaminated sites.
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Cleaning up water in the First State is on lawmakers’ minds this session.Delaware is close to creating trust fund to help increase spending on water infrastructure in DelawareAnd late last month, a bill was introduced looking to set specific state limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water.Contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at that bill and how it compares to similar efforts elsewhere.
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The Croda plant where a toxic gas leak occurred in 2018 is under renewed scrutiny after an Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General…