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EPA relaxed enforcement of pollution reporting due to COVID-19. That ends in August
Sun Herald
The Environmental Protection Agency will end a temporary policy that relaxed reporting requirements on pollutants due to the coronavirus at the end of August, amid criticism that the pandemic policy has jeopardized public health.
Stronger pollution standards could save 143k lives: study
The Hill
A recent study found that stronger pollution regulations could save more than 143,000 lives over a decade.
Farm States Still Struggling With Polluted Drinking Water
Tri-States Public Radio
A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates.
Texas moves ahead on discharging oil wastewater, even as EPA balks
Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON - Environmental officials in Texas and other western states are moving ahead on plans to allow oil and gas companies to treat drilling wastewater and discharge it into rivers and streams, even as the Trump administration balks at endorsing the practice amid widespread questions about public health effects.
