EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals
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E15 is aimed at reducing gasoline consumption as military conflicts around the world lead to a rise in fuel prices. In addition, since ethanol is cheaper than gasoline, it will help reduce the price of fuel that is currently skyrocketing. Despite the advantages, the additional ethanol content could lead to engine problems in the long run.
Scientists, clinicians and residents of communities near medical device sterilization plants called for the EPA not to weaken its oversight of ethylene oxide in a public hearing.
How do microplastics and pharmaceutical medications affect the safety of the nation’s tap water? It’s a question the US Environmental Protection Agency says it will try to answer for the first time.
The Environmental Protection Agency is temporarily switching to gasoline with more ethanol, increasing the amount from 10 percent to 15 percent starting May 1.
E15, or unleaded 88, is typically cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline, but not all vehicles can accommodate the higher ethanol gas blend.
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The EPA just valued a human life at $0. That’s not just a moral crisis — it’s a market crisis
When the government quietly removes human life from its cost-benefit ledger, it isn't environmental policy. It's a fundamental repricing of the economy.
HHS Secretary Kennedy and EPA Administrator Zeldin announce “major MAHA win” regarding microplastics.
The standards were created in 2012 and strengthened in 2024 by former President Joe Biden. The Trump administration is returning to the looser 2012 restrictions.