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U.S. Department of Justice appeals pesticide ban

By Kaolin Sewell/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | September 28, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing a federal appeals court to reconsider their decision on the pesticide chlorpyrifos more than a month after a three-judge panel ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban it.

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Coal Ash: A hash of regulation
State and federal laws unclear on rules for utilities

By Jack Brighton | September 18, 2018

Coal ash isn't regulated in the U.S. as a hazardous waste. The Obama EPA set rules which the Trump EPA reversed. Now it's up to the courts, and the states, to resolve the confusion and prevent future coal ash disasters.

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