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A Bull Has An Afternoon Out In Baltimore : NPR

A 1,600-pound bull ventured on a short-lived quest for freedom Wednesday in West Baltimore, spending about three hours on the loose before finally succumbing to tranquilizers and being put back into the trailer whence he came.

Trump’s EPA Can’t Erase Interstate Smog Rules | InsideClimate News

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Court: Trump’s EPA Can’t Erase Interstate Smog Rules | InsideClimate News

A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday struck down a 2018 Trump administration rule that had relieved states of their obligation to curb air pollution that causes smog in downwind states hundreds of miles away.

The ruling requires the Environmental Protection Agency to draw up a new plan for addressing the nation's long-standing problems with ground-level ozone, or smog, to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. It's a task that the Trump administration has made far more difficult by rolling back the restrictions on coal power plant pollution in the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's signature policy on climate change.

‘Forever chemical’ found in drinking water serving 7.5 million people in California – New York Daily News

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‘Forever chemical’ found in drinking water serving 7.5 million people in California – New York Daily News

A nonprofit environmental organization reported it found evidence of a potentially harmful chemical in drinking water systems used by 7.5 million Californians. The review by the Environmental Working Group detected PFAS, a “forever chemical” that does not break down, in 74 different communities’ water.

Even “very low doses” of PFAS in drinking have been linked to health problems such as cancer and birth defects, the organization said. All of the tested water exceeded the safe level recommended for PFAS (one part per trillion) and nearly half of the samples had samples over 70 parts per trillion.

I suspect they will be finding PFAS in drinking water for a long time, and it will be all over. As they note, it doesn't really go away, it gets washed into drinking water from washing clothes and pans, it comes out of landfill lechate, and sewage treatment plants have no ability to remove it.