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Three US states call on environmental agency to regulate PFAS air emissions (www.theguardian.com)

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North Carolina, New Jersey and New Mexico petitioned regulators to classify some PFAS as hazardous air pollutants

Three US states are formally demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin regulating PFAS “forever chemical” air emissions, as the toxic threat that the pollution poses to the environment and human health comes into sharper focus.

So far, federal regulators have focused on water pollution, but state environmental agencies in North Carolina, New Mexico and New Jersey last week filed a petition calling for the EPA to categorize four types of PFAS compounds as hazardous air pollutants and to begin regulating them under the Clean Air Act.

The petition comes after a Guardian investigation earlier this year found a Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chemours PFAS production plant is likely emitting much higher levels of the chemicals into the air than regulators and the company claimed. The air pollution is thought to be a driver of PFAS contamination in soil, water and food supplies across hundreds of square miles in the region.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Too bad the SJC ruled that the EPA doesn't have the power to regulate pollution. Let us know how that works out for you, NC!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man at what point can we all get together and just agree the court is insane and ignore its dumb decisions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

1832, though "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it" is apocryphal.

Also that was Andrew Jackson being a racist so maybe not the best role model.

I'm not aware of SCOTUS directing federal marshals to enforce their decisions. That may not ever have been tried.