When we think about pollutants spewed from our daily commute, exhaust fumes tend to be the first thing that springs to mind. But a startling new study from the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society (acs.org) challenges this assumption, spotlighting an underappreciated source of vehicular emissions: windshield washer fluid. This study suggests that windshield washer fluid’s alcoholic Read More…
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ACC Challenges EPA’s Revised Health Advisories for PFOS and PFOA
EPA’s Revised Lifetime Health Advisories (LHAs) for PFOA and PFOS Reflect a Failure of The Agency to Follow Its Accepted Practice for Ensuring the Scientific Integrity of Its Process The American Chemistry Council (ACC) filed a petition in D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revised Lifetime Health Advisories (LHAs) for PFOA and Read More…
EPA announces proposed drinking water limits for six ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time on Tuesday proposed enforceable regulations for “forever chemicals,” also called PFAS, in Americans’ drinking water. The six PFAS are the first new contaminants to be regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s 1996 amendments. The EPA set a threshold of 4 nanograms per liter for the Read More…
Blocked by legislators, Newsom shifts oil profits penalty plan to regulators
IN SUMMARY The Newsom administration announces it will go through the state Energy Commission instead of the Legislature for a penalty on windfall profits of oil refiners. Facing public skepticism from lawmakers over his push to penalize oil companies for excessive profits, Gov. Gavin Newsom has dropped that proposal in favor of an alternative Read More…
Old refineries incapable of manufacturing enough light hydrocarbons to electrify the world Only about 10 percent of a 42-gallon barrel of crude oil are light hydrocarbons to make most products in the world. Published March 30, 2023 at CFACT https://www.cfact.org/2023/03/30/old-refineries-incapable-of-manufacturing-enough-light-hydrocarbons-to-electrify-the-world/ Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for the Heartland Institute Read More…
End of the rainbow? California bill targets Skittles, other snacks with ‘toxic’ chemicals
Candy and snacks at your local market could be made with different ingredients if a bill proposed by California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel is voted into law. Last month, Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) introduced AB 418, which would ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of foods containing chemicals that have been linked to health concerns including decreased Read More…
Cal Chamber Names Arbitrary Greenhouse Gas Target as Job Killer
The California Chamber of Commerce today announced that it has identified SB 12 (Stern; D-Canoga Park), which sets an arbitrary greenhouse gas target, as a 2023 Job Killer bill. SB 12 would require statewide greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to at least 55% below the 1990 level by December 31, 2030. This would be a dramatic increase Read More…
Own a 2010 or Older Big Rig or Bus In California? It’s Now Banned
Almost 15 years ago, California’s Air Resources Board, known as “CARB”, passed a set of clean air regulations with assigned dates for implementation. Of those emissions rulings, the last to go into effect hits the trucking and bus industry the hardest, going into effect on January 1, 2023. It bans large trucks and buses built before 2010 from California Read More…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responds to criticism of its chemical review process with a webpage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making its chemical review process more transparent. That’s in response to industry complaints that the agency takes too long to approve chemicals and environmental groups who complain the agency’s culture is too cozy with industry. The EPA used to only do full risk assessments on about 20% of new Read More…