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Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk [9]

"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 08/29/2024
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Plutonium Levels Near Los Alamos Similar To Chernobyl, Study Finds [20]

"Soil, plants and water along popular recreation spots near Los Alamos, New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, are contaminated with “extreme concentrations” of plutonium, a new study has found, but calls for the federal government to act have been dismissed."

Environmental Health [12]
Military [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 08/29/2024
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"Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift" [26]

"New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture."

Climate Change [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/29/2024
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Emissions From Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Higher Than All But 3 Countries [30]

"Last year’s Canadian wildfires, which blanketed much of the eastern U.S. in smog, released more carbon emissions than all but three countries worldwide, according to research published Wednesday."

Climate Change [27]
Forests [31]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
International [28]
Canada [32]
Source: The Hill [33], 08/29/2024
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EPA Watchdog Says Air Chief Had ‘Disqualifying Financial Interest’ [34]

"An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry in which he reportedly had financial holdings."

Chemicals [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [37], 08/29/2024
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"They’re Knocking On Doors For Harris. But They Still Won’t Endorse Her." [38]

"The Sunrise Movement plans to contact 1.5 million Americans about voting for Kamala Harris. But it is waiting to decide about endorsing her until her climate plans are clearer."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [40], 08/29/2024
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"Sweaty Corn Is Making It Even More Humid" [41]

"Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very much know about,” Boustead, a meteorologist and climatologist, recalled."

Agriculture [10]
Air [42]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [44], 08/29/2024
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After Protests, DeSantis Says Plan To Develop State Parks Is On Hold [45]

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”"

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: AP [47], 08/29/2024
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"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C." [48]

"The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders."

Activism [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 08/29/2024
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"The Hidden Life Of Seeds" [50]

"Buried in the earth, almost too small to see, seeds have long been underestimated — dismissed as mere inert specks, barely even considered alive. Yet the more closely researchers have examined these embryonic plants, the more they have learned about their dynamism and endurance."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [51]
Natural Resources [22]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [28]
Source: Washington Post [52], 08/29/2024
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Chemical Industry Scientists Plan To Derail PFAS Rule On Drinking Water [53]

"Scientists with financial ties to industry and histories of producing controversial research to derail chemical regulations are mobilizing to attack strict new federal drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, documents reviewed by the Guardian reveal."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: HuffPost [55], 08/28/2024
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Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis In Emergency Shelters After Monsoon Flooding [56]

"More than 4 million people have been affected by flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh, with almost 300,000 taking refuge in emergency shelters on Saturday, the ministry of disaster management said."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [57]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [17]
Asia [58]
Source: AFP [59], 08/28/2024
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"Extreme Rain Is a Growing Climate Threat to the Northeastern US" [60]

"As high temperatures break records around the US and wildfires rip through the West, another climate-driven weather hazard — extreme rainfall — is pummeling the country’s Northeast and scientists say it will get worse as the climate changes. That will bring more rain-induced flooding to a region of millions that isn’t prepared."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [57]
Infrastructure [61]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Source: Bloomberg Green [63], 08/28/2024
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"How A Sweet-Smelling Chemical Upended Life In Salinas, Puerto Rico" [64]

"An industrial worker got one whiff of ethylene oxide. Twenty years later, he still hasn’t recovered — and his community is searching for answers."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Grist [65], 08/28/2024
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"As Seen on TV: Big Oil’s Dystopian View of California’s Climate Agenda" [66]

"A $5 million prime-time ad campaign is aimed at climate policies the industry claims make life miserable for Californians."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [67]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [68]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [69]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [70]
Source: Capital & Main [71], 08/28/2024
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