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Lead Paint Upended This Boy’s Life. Now EPA Will Eliminate The Threat [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is about to issue strict limits on lead dust, which poses a threat to millions of children across the United States."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 10/24/2024
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EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Many at Risk [19]

"Advocates say vulnerable communities can’t afford to wait 20 years for service line replacement and that more outreach is required."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 10/24/2024
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Bayer’s New Roundup Products Appear More Toxic Than Prior Formulations [25]

"New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to US consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group. The report was disputed by Bayer, which called the analysis “deeply flawed.”"

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [27], 10/24/2024
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Coal-Based Pa. Steelmaking Causes Up To 92 Premature Deaths A Year: Report [28]

"Pollution from Pennsylvania’s three remaining coal-based steelmaking plants cause an estimated 50 to 92 premature deaths each year, according to a new report."

Air [29]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Daily Climate [32], 10/24/2024
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"Dems Call On Reclamation To Pay Tribes Unable To Use Colorado River" [33]

"Colorado lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to offer payments to Native American tribes that are unable to use their full share of the Colorado River, arguing the groups should be compensated for reducing pressure on the drought-stricken waterway."

Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: E&E News [37], 10/24/2024
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"Explainer: UN Nature Talks Debate Rules For Genetic Information" [38]

"Countries are expected to reach a deal at this month's U.N. COP16 nature summit on how the world uses and pays for genetic information extracted from nature, according to negotiators."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
International [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 10/24/2024
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"One Year In, US Clean Hydrogen Hubs Face Questions — And Have Few Answers" [44]

"There’s little detail available on the $7B federal program to jump-start U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [46], 10/24/2024
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Revealed: Tens of Billions in Oil Company Payments to Governments [47]

"New reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal payments around the globe. One takeaway? The U.S. government might be getting a bad deal."

Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Government [49]
Journalism & Media [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 10/24/2024
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"Millions Pour in to Reelect Texas Oil and Gas Regulator" [52]

"Republican incumbent Christi Craddick has raised upwards of $10 million in her campaign for a third term on the Railroad Commission of Texas. Her campaign focuses on fighting federal regulations and what she calls “radical anti-oil protesters.”"

Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 10/24/2024
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Meet The Rangers Who Protect One Of Earth’s Most Remote And Diverse Reefs [54]

"The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth’s most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each other for company for months at a time. They worry about running out of gas for boat patrols, their drinking water can get dangerously low and rising seas are nipping away at the tiny island that hosts their station."

Biodiversity [39]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
International [42]
Australia & Oceania [56]
Source: AP [57], 10/24/2024
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"Despite Global Crises, Gas Prices Slide as U.S. Election Nears" [58]

"Fuel prices, which had soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have dropped to their lowest level since February."

Climate Change [59]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [20]
Transportation [60]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [61], 10/23/2024
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"EPA Cancels Pesticide Shown To Be Harmful To Unborn Babies" [62]

"Citing a need to protect the unborn babies of pregnant women, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday banned a pesticide used to kill weeds on farms, golf courses and athletic fields."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [63], 10/23/2024
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Proposed Okefenokee Refuge Expansion Could Lead To Buyout Of Mining Project [64]

"A federal agency proposed an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge on Friday, which could lead to a buyout offer for land intended for a private company’s mining project that conservationists have fought for years."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Forests [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: AP [67], 10/23/2024
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Afro-Colombians Fight The Effects Of Gold Mining With Biodiversity Projects [68]

"In an outdoor classroom surrounded by snake specimens preserved in jars, teacher Melqui Mosquera proudly talks about the nature reserve he set up in a Colombian region environmentally devastated by illegal mining."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [22]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
South America [69]
Source: AP [70], 10/23/2024
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Biden Admin Puts $428M Into Manufacturing Projects In Coal Communities [71]

"The Biden administration is putting $428 million into bolstering manufacturing projects in 15 communities whose economies have historically relied on coal plants or mining."

Climate Change [59]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [72], 10/23/2024
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