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Tat Spat in EU Departures in Bonn Elections and Carbon Emissions
By Chuck McCutcheon
Questions about potential health dangers in tattoos are promptii
ulators for 28
European countries to ponder stamping some f
restrictions on the skin
signatures.
A man has his arm tattooed during a fair at the Diagora Labege centre in Toulouse on Jan. 10, 2016.
Photo: Remy Gabalda/AFP/Getty Images
European Union regulators are concerned that tattoo inks and colorants may be harmful even years after tattoos have been applied, Adam Allinqton explains in a story being published today.
hie,, U. ' ''<-j d Drug Administration has the authority i ulate tattoos,
but it has left that up to local government
however, has more regulatory
skin in the game.
Tl
<ed Europe's chemicals agency to look into the risks of tattoo inks and
permanent makeup on human health. The agency recommended restrictions on
some 4,000 substances when used in tattoo inks and permanent makeup--which, if
enacted, would become the world's strongest restrictions of their kind.
climate talks in Bonn are entering their final days, and the U.S.
delegati
st weather a new complication--its original top negotiators aren't
there.
Divisions arose between the differing priorities of official negotiators ar
oup of
ip administration political appointees who said they were being shut out of the
process. Now Dei r tot reports that State Department diplom - i Shannon did
not travel to Germany for the talks, while State climate negotiate
g Talley left
due 1
tiily emergency.
Shannon's replacement is Judith Garber, an acting State Department assistant secretary. But Garber has neither the stature nor the political connection to the
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ip administration that Shannon held..
Elections have consequences, and last week's results in the New Jersey and Virginia governors' races are expected to mean an expansion of efforts among Northeast states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
With the election of Democrats Phil Murphy in New Jersey ai
ph Northam in
Virginia, the two states could join or become affiliated with the Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative as early as next year, Gerald Silverman reports in a story
being published this morning. The initiative i
rtnership among nine states to
cap and reduce the power sect
irbon dioxide emissions. New Jersey used to
belor ' V : G( w. Chris Christie pulled his state out six years ago.
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in to discuss
reducing ozone and regional haze. Jennifer Lu is covering.
The environment panel of the Hous
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"It's one thing to be responsive in the immediate aftermath of a hurricane, it's
another thing to be engaged in something that we would all call gouging of the
taxpayer."
--Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, questioning the Puerto Rico Electric
Power Authority's sole-source $300 million contract with Whitefi
srgy Holdings.
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8 a.m. Energy West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee, and others speak at CQ News/Roll Call forum on
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energy policy.
.m. I I In'irmation Technology & Innovation Foundation holds
forum on tt
rgy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency's role
in clean energy innovation.
1 .m. Air Emissions The SenaR - vt vironment committee will hear
about ways to reduce air emissions through innovation.
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oup's report card on reducing toxic chemicals in consumer
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swagen will pay New Jersey $69 million to set " ' tate lawsuit over
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Nuclear regulators want small modular reactors and other new technologies to
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' .'mservation group warns regulators and the South Carolir ctric & Gas
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Congaree River.
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