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Leaked memo reveals California debated cutting wildfire soil testing before disaster chief’s exit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s disaster chief quietly retired in late December amid criticism over the state’s indecisive stance…
#Environment #caloes #California #Eaton #home #memo #PalisadesFire #property #Publichealth #request #soilcontamination #state #survivor #Times #ward #wildfiresoiltesting
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Leaked memo reveals California debated cutting wildfire soil testing before disaster chief’s exit https://www.byteseu.com/1718842/ #CalOes #California #Eaton #environment #Home #memo #PalisadesFire #property #PublicHealth #request #SoilContamination #state #Survivor #times #Ward #WildfireSoilTesting

Former NSW Coalition government was warned recycled soil products posed ‘unacceptable risks’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/19/former-nsw-coalition-government-was-warned-recycled-soil-products-posed-unacceptable-risks-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalespolitics #Freedomofinformation #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Liberalparty #Environment #Pollution #MattKean #Waste

Former NSW Coalition government was warned recycled soil products posed ‘unacceptable risks’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/19/former-nsw-coalition-government-was-warned-recycled-soil-products-posed-unacceptable-risks-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalespolitics #Freedomofinformation #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Liberalparty #Environment #Pollution #MattKean #Waste

Former NSW Coalition government was warned recycled soil products posed ‘unacceptable risks’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/19/former-nsw-coalition-government-was-warned-recycled-soil-products-posed-unacceptable-risks-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalespolitics #Freedomofinformation #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Liberalparty #Environment #Pollution #MattKean #Waste

Former NSW Coalition government was warned recycled soil products posed ‘unacceptable risks’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/19/former-nsw-coalition-government-was-warned-recycled-soil-products-posed-unacceptable-risks-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalespolitics #Freedomofinformation #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Liberalparty #Environment #Pollution #MattKean #Waste

Victoria investigates waste facilities over cheap landscaping soil after asbestos found in NSW https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/09/epa-victoria-investigation-landscaping-soil-asbestos #Soilcontamination #Australianews #Environment #Victoria #Asbestos

NSW waste industry faces crackdown on recycled soil after asbestos found in more than half facilities tested https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/08/nsw-waste-industry-asbestos-found-epa #Soilcontamination #Australianews #NewSouthWales #Environment #Asbestos #Waste

Leading Australian labs retested landscape products for waste companies after contamination findings https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/sydney-nsw-asbestos-crisis-contaminated-soil-fill-landscaping #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Environment #Pollution #Asbestos

Some of the biggest NSW waste companies broke rules meant to keep contamination out of landscaping products https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/27/sydney-waste-companies-soil-contamination-landscaping-supplies- #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Environment #Asbestos

We tested landscaping supplies on sale in Sydney stores for asbestos – it came back positive https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/27/sydney-asbestos-crisis-independent-testing-recycled-soil #Soilcontamination #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Environment #Asbestos

If you are an #EU citizen, please support this initiative for a #EuropeanEnvironmentAuthority and share it with others too.

It's not just about #climateChange , one reason it was started was to stop the destruction that happened at the Fertő lake from happening again anywhere else.
Other examples the initiative explicitly lists:
#waterPollution #TransboundaryAirPollution #marinePollution #soilContamination #noisePollution #transboundaryWasteManagement

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2023/000011_en