The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.

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    The EPA had failed to note the sky-high cancer risk from the marine fuel additive in the agency’s document approving the chemical’s production. When ProPublica asked why, the EPA said it had “inadvertently” omitted it.

    Asked last week for an accurate estimate of the true risk posed by the chemicals, the EPA declined to respond, citing pending litigation. The EPA also did not respond when asked why it did not acknowledge that its approval may have been made in error during the months that ProPublica was asking about it.

    Uhhh… Anyone know what the fuck is happening over at the EPA???

    Edit, also a worthwhile excerpt:

    As ProPublica and The Guardian noted last year, making fuel from plastic is in some ways worse for the climate than simply creating it directly from coal, oil or gas. That’s because nearly all plastic is derived from fossil fuels, and additional fossil fuels are used to generate the heat that turns discarded plastic into fuels.

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      Did Trump put another DeJoy in charge of it? I know Repugs want to destroy the EPA. Wouldn’t surprise me if they have troublemakers on staff…

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      It’s not an industry, and it’s something that can happen to any agency. Figure out how to recover it if you want ANY environmental protection agency, because this kind of stuff can happen with ANY remotely compromised protection agency.

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    I think hiding behind the three-letter acronym “EPA” is pretty weak journalism. I want to find out who was bribed, when, why, and how harshly they will be sentenced for approving this obviously toxic chemical exposure to our environment.