New rule mandates 200 US plants to reduce toxic emissions linked to cancer – Guardian

EPA finalizes crackdown on toxic air pollutants from chemical plants – WaExaminer

“Officials maintained that the new rule delivers on the Biden administration’s long-standing public health and environmental justice commitments, including the $60 billion fund created by the 2022 Democratic Inflation Reduction Act aimed at helping poorer towns and minorities combat pollution. Biden officials also noted it delivers on cancer-fighting commitments under the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ initiative, first announced by then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2016.

“In announcing the actions, EPA Administrator Michael Regan recounted the trips he made in recent years to ‘Cancer Alley,’ the 85-mile stretch of industrial land in Louisiana that earned the nickname due to high air pollution rates from nearby petrochemical plants and a cancer rate at least 50 times as high as the national average.”

Game between St. Gabriel’s East Iberville HS and Varnado HS.

Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse – ProPublica

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