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The Biden administration on Friday designated two pervasive pollutants as “hazardous substances” — making it easier to put companies that dumped them on the hook for cleanup costs.  The move, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), designates two types of PFAS as hazardous under the nation’s legacy pollution law.  PFAS, which stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl…

A group of prominent Arizona Republicans sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday over new air pollution regulations that they claim will hurt the economy. The Republican leaders of the state’s House and Senate joined with the state Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the suit, alleging the new standards for fine air pollutants known…

The Biden administration will ban or phase out ongoing uses of asbestos, the agency said Monday.  The Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule that set deadlines for industry to transition away from using the substance, which causes lung cancer. It will also bar imports of the type of asbestos currently used in the U.S. Historically,…

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