The government has the power to regulate or eliminate toxins in the environment? So why are so many of them still here?
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about major universities taking big donations from the oil and gas industry, and the proposed settlement in the East Palestine disaster. Then Dr. Tracey Woodruff talks about her years at the EPA and how the government regulates (or fails to regulate) toxins in the environment.
Links from the interview:
Dr Tracey Woodruff:https://profiles.ucsf.edu/tracey.woodruff
Air pollution and infant mortality (study):https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2199284
Links from the news:
Documents reveal what the fossil fuel industry gets from university donations:https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/denial-disinformation-and-doublespeak_big-oils-evolving-efforts-to-avoid-accountability-for-climate-change
Big oil's efforts to avoid accountability for climate change:https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/denial-disinformation-and-doublespeak_big-oils-evolving-efforts-to-avoid-accountability-for-climate-change
Norfolk Southern agrees to settle for $600 million following train derailment:https://www.reuters.com/legal/norfolk-settle-ohio-derailment-class-action-lawsuit-600-mln-2024-04-09/
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