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California Acts As Young Men Making Quartz Countertops Face Lung Damage [9]

"California is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt special measures to protect workers who make kitchen and bathroom countertops out of a popular kind of artificial stone known as "quartz.""

Air [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: NPR [16], 07/25/2023
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"Bug-Eating Venus Flytrap Won’t Get Endangered Species Protection" [17]

"The Venus flytrap—a toothy, insect-eating plant native to wet pine forests in the Carolinas—will not be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday in a decision that refutes the findings of 26 scientists who petitioned for the plant’s protection."

Biodiversity [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 07/25/2023
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July Is On Track To Be The Hottest Month On Record; Worse Is Coming [22]

"July is shaping up to be the planet’s hottest month on record as global warming, El Niño and regional heat waves conspire to push civilization into uncharted thermal territory, experts say."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: LA Times [26], 07/24/2023
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Scientists Say Record Heat Numbers Paint The Story Of A Warming World [27]

"With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: AP [28], 07/24/2023
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"The World’s Moving Closer To Deep-Sea Mining. There Are No Rules." [29]

"With a Canadian company preparing a bid to mine the Pacific Ocean for minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries, an international oversight agency is meeting in Jamaica this month to come up with permitting rules."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [31]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [13]
Technology [34]
Transportation [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [37], 07/24/2023
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Catastrophic Calif. Flood Plunged Marginalized Farmworkers Into Crisis [38]

"It was half past midnight on March 11 when a cacophony of sirens and shouting jolted Emilio Vasquez and his family from a sound sleep. “Get out of your houses immediately!” a voice barked in Spanish through a bullhorn. “The water is coming!”"

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 07/24/2023
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Biden DOE Proposes Tighter Efficiency Rule For New Home Water Heaters [43]

"The Biden administration on Friday proposed tightening an efficiency standard for new residential water heaters — a move that it said would both save consumers money and combat climate change."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [44]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [46], 07/24/2023
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15 Billion Gallons/Yr Of Sewage-Polluted Water Flows Into Philly Rivers [47]

"Each year, Philadelphia's waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment."

Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Infrastructure [48]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [50], 07/24/2023
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"EPA’s Top Cop Finally Cleared for Job as Senate Confirms Uhlmann" [51]

"David Uhlmann, the White House’s pick to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, will finally ascend to the job after the Senate voted 53-46 Thursday to confirm him following an odyssey lasting more than two years."

Environmental Politics [52]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [53], 07/24/2023
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"Would You Drink Wastewater? What if It Was Beer?" [54]

"In an era of drought, turning treated wastewater into drinking water may be the future. Utility companies are working with breweries to get people past the “ick factor.”"

Consumer [44]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [55], 07/24/2023
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Explorers Track Down Ancient Fruit Trees Before They Are Gone Forever [56]

"Fruit and nut explorers traverse the US on an ecological mission to preserve the last cultivars of old and important plants".
Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [18]
Forests [57]
Natural Resources [33]
Science [58]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [59], 07/24/2023
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"Sandhill Cranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles" [60]

"Once elusive inhabitants of remote wetlands, sandhill cranes can now be found thriving in yards, athletic fields, and college campuses".

Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Sierra [62], 07/24/2023
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New Biden Rule Would Make Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands [63]

The Interior Department proposed a rule that would significantly increase how much energy companies must pay to lease and drill on federal lands. It would also give the Bureau of Land Management greater authority to keep fossil fuel development away from sensitive ecosystems and cultural sites.

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: HuffPost [64], 07/21/2023
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Researchers Find Evidence Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Blood Of Pregnant Women [65]

"California researchers have found new evidence that several chemicals used in plastic production and a wide array of other industrial applications are commonly present in the blood of pregnant women, creating increased health risks for mothers and their babies."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [15]
Source: Guardian [66], 07/21/2023
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Utilities’ Fossil Fuel Investments Driving Up Rates For The Most Vulnerable [67]

"A proposed rate hike on gas in Chicago highlights a troubling nationwide trend."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [44]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Justice [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [68]
Source: Daily Climate [69], 07/21/2023
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