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Chemical Industry Used Big Tobacco’s Tactics To Conceal Evidence Of PFAS Risks [9]

"Like the tobacco industry before it, the chemical industry managed to keep PFAS’s health risks hidden from the public for decades. A new peer-reviewed study dissecting PFAS producers’ public relations strategies provides a smoking gun timeline composed of industry studies and comments from DuPont and 3M officials showing they knew the dangers, but publicly insisted the chemicals were safe."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 06/08/2023
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‘Absolute Scandal’: UAE State Oil Firm Able To Read Cop28 Climate Summit Emails [21]

"The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [25], 06/08/2023
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Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Harmful Pollutants: Study [26]

"The release of cancer-causing benzene and other toxic gases from sites in Pennsylvania raises concerns about millions of other abandoned wells across the U.S."

Air [27]
Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 06/08/2023
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"Virginia Panel Votes To Exit Carbon Trading Market" [29]

"A Virginia regulatory board on Wednesday voted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, fulfilling a directive from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin but triggering the threat of legal action from environmental groups who say the board overstepped its authority."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Washington Post [32], 06/08/2023
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"Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists" [33]

"Parts of the U.S. territory reached a “life-threatening” heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño and climate change."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 06/08/2023
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"The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River" [37]

"Down beneath the tourist lodges and shops selling keychains and incense, past windswept arroyos and brown valleys speckled with agave, juniper and sagebrush, the rocks of the Grand Canyon seem untethered from time. The oldest ones date back 1.8 billion years, not just eons before humans laid eyes on them, but eons before evolution endowed any organism on this planet with eyes."

Climate Change [22]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [39], 06/08/2023
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"America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack" [40]

"Lovers often carve their initials in the smooth gray bark of beech trees. Now those beloved trees—which can reach nearly 40 meters tall, live up to 400 years and are among the most abundant forest trees in the Northeast and Midwestern U.S.—are increasingly threatened by beech leaf disease."

Forests [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 06/08/2023
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Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Curb Invasive Spotted Lanternfly [43]

"A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday unveiled a proposal aimed at addressing the spread of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species they warn poses “a significant threat” to the U.S. agricultural economy."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [46], 06/08/2023
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"Destruction of Kakhovka Dam Takes Ukraine War Into Uncharted Territory" [47]

"The breach of a huge dam on the front-line Dnipro river has muddied the picture for a much-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian invaders and threatens an environmental disaster for civilians living in the war zone."

Disasters [34]
Infrastructure [48]
Military [49]
People & Population [50]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Europe [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/07/2023
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"Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Sets Off Health Alerts In New York, Ottawa" [53]

"Authorities in New York, Toronto and Ottawa on Tuesday warned residents about the health risks from air polluted by smoke from unprecedented early summer wildfires in eastern Canada."

Air [27]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [41]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Canada [54]
Source: Reuters [55], 06/07/2023
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"Conservatives Block Debate On Regulation, Gas Stove Bills" [56]

"House conservatives blocked debate on legislation against gas stove rules Tuesday afternoon in protest of their leadership team."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [57], 06/07/2023
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DOJ Settles Probe Of Illegal Dumping In Houston's Minority Neighborhoods [58]

"The U.S. Department of Justice secured a settlement in its environmental justice investigation into Houston's response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, the department and the city of Houston said separately on Tuesday."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [15]
Waste [60]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 06/07/2023
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Climate Activists Crash Event Featuring Manchin, Chanting ‘Dirty Deal’ [63]

"Climate activists interrupted an event with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Tuesday, shouting “dirty deal,” as he began discussing the Mountain Valley pipeline deal he secured in the recent debt-ceiling agreement."

Activism [64]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [48]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: The Hill [65], 06/07/2023
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"Pres. Biden Announces $115 Million For Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis" [66]

"President Joe Biden is awarding $115 million to support needed investments to rebuild Jackson, Mississippi’s water infrastructure, theGrio is first to report. The federal dollars are part of $600 million in appropriations funding approved by Congress last year."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [48]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: theGrio [67], 06/07/2023
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"Cleveland’s Tree Canopy Is in Trouble" [68]

"New efforts are afoot to bring more trees back to Forest City to address both climate resilience and environmental justice."

Environmental Justice [59]
Forests [41]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 06/07/2023
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