LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Ashley Jordan from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) this evening. This comes after new research into the environmental impacts surrounding toilet paper and facial tissues. NRDC is continuing to shine a spotlight on the potential major climate impacts behind some U.S. tissue brands. Their goal is to work on helping consumers embrace sustainable options.
A former employee of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says state government ignored a 2010 study of toxic materials that should have triggered remedial action at the closed Keystone landfill. The information surfaced as the agency was meeting with locals who say contamination has caused an uptick in cancer cases. NewsNation’s Rich McHugh reports. #Health #Environment Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
For the first time, the federal government is moving to test drinking water for traces of abortion drugs. The EPA is adding mifepristone and misoprostol to a new screening project that will test water samples alongside more than 1,000 other pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and other chemicals, the result of years of pressure from anti-abortion advocates, attorneys general, and members of Congress.
The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.
The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a “thorough investigation” of the dangers.
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and others are speaking with the media Thursday on the subject of PFAS ‘forever chemicals,’ environmental contaminants linked to serious health conditions. #PFAS #Pollution #Environment #Tonko
