The final EPA rule explicitly omitted the report commissioned last year to justify revoking the endangerment finding, citing “concerns raised by some commenters.”
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its bedrock endangerment finding Thursday, it explicitly excluded a controversial report issued last year by the U.S. Department of Energy that argued the dangers of human-induced climate change were being overstated.
American Efficient says it was helping incentivize energy savings at major companies. One member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said that the company’s “entire business is a scam.”
This story was published in partnership with The Assembly.
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The drainage district that commissioned the test has now sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tesla’s operations, near Corpus Christi.
After Texas regulators said Tesla’s lithium refinery near Corpus Christi wasn’t violating its permits by discharging what local officials reported as black wastewater into a drainage ditch, independent water testing there this month found two toxic metals and other contaminants.
Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals
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