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WONDONG, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 19: A sign warns of the dangers of asbestos at a burnt out property in the Wondong region on February 19, 2009 in Wondong, Australia. Victoria Police have revised the bushfire disaster death toll to over 200, the worst in Australia's history. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

EPA Outlaws All Asbestos Used In U.S.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is taking a “historic” move in outlawing any further use of asbestos, which has long been connected to many types of cancer.

Steam rises from the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama on April 13, 2021. - The James H. Miller Jr. site faces no immediate shutdown threat and has the backing of many locals because of the jobs it offers -- despite sending about as much planet warming carbon dioxide into the sky last year as 3.7 million cars. The plant highlights a key problem in counteracting climate change -- even for people who have accepted it is happening, the threat can be overshadowed by pressing daily needs like paying bills. That ongoing battle will bring together world leaders this week in Washington as President Joe Biden works to revitalize a global effort left in chaos by his predecessor Donald Trump. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Industry groups claim US power grid can’t meet Biden’s climate rule

The new rule implemented by the Biden administration aimed at driving drastic changes in how power companies across the nation produce electricity, reportedly escalates the risk of outages according to various industry groups.