The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new rule that mandates over 200 chemical plants nationwide to reduce toxic emissions that can cause cancer. The rule aims to deliver critical health protections for communities burdened by industrial pollution, particularly in majority-Black neighborhoods outside New Orleans.
The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.WASHINGTON — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The rule will apply to 218 facilities spread across the United States — more than half in Texas or Louisiana. Plants also are located in two dozen other states, including Ohio and other Midwest states, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and throughout the South, the EPA said. The action updates several regulations on chemical plant emissions that have not been tightened in nearly two decades.
The American Chemistry Council, which represents chemical manufacturers, said it was reviewing the rule but criticized EPA’s use of what it called “a deeply flawed” method to determine the toxicity of ethylene oxide. Denka, a Japanese company that bought the former DuPont rubber-making plant in 2015, said it “vehemently opposes” the EPA’s latest action.
Regan said the rule issued Tuesday was separate from the civil rights investigation. He called the rule “very ambitious,” adding that officials took care to ensure “that we protect all of these communities, not just those in Cancer Alley, but communities in Texas and Puerto Rico and other areas that are threatened by these hazardous air toxic pollutants.
EPA Rule Toxic Emissions Chemical Plants Cancer Environmental Justice Health Protections Industrial Pollution Majority-Black Neighborhoods New Orleans
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybridsThe Biden administration has announced new automobile emissions standards that officials call the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually reach nearly the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read more »
EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybridsThe Biden administration has announced new automobile emissions standards that officials call the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.
Read more »
EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybridsThe Associated Press
Read more »
EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybridsThe Biden administration has announced new automobile emissions standards that officials call the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.
Read more »
EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybridsThe Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.
Read more »
EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon, boosting EVs and hybridsNew rules will require a smaller proportion of EV sales as the EPA issues carbon-reduction guidance for automakers through 2032.
Read more »