EJToday: Top Headlines

"Some Condom And Lubricant Brands Contain Alarming Levels Of PFAS – Study" [9]

"Several brands of condoms and lubricants contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, including styles of Trojan and K-Y Jelly, new research finds."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 07/29/2024
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"Wildfire Smoke Descends Across Central US, Causes 'Unhealthy' Air Quality" [16]

"The sun looked orange as it shined through a thick blanket of wildfire smoke on Tuesday across a large area of North America, including in Denver, and the smoke could spread even farther in the coming days."

"The sun appeared orange and red through a layer of haze on Tuesday morning as a large blanket of wildfire smoke covered part of the central United States and Canada.
Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [24]
Source: AccuWeather [25], 07/26/2024
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"Pesticide Exposure As Risky As Smoking, Study Finds" [26]

"People who don’t farm, but live in US agricultural communities where pesticides are used on farms, face an increased cancer risk as significant as if they were smokers, according to a new study."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [29], 07/26/2024
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"How ‘Carbon Cowboys’ Are Cashing In On Protected Amazon Forest" [30]

"A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest."

Climate Change [18]
Forests [20]
Public [13]
South America [31]
Source: Washington Post [32], 07/26/2024
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US Targets Emissions of N2O With Eye Toward US-China Climate Agreement [33]

"Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from U.S. chemical plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions at little cost. Similar plants in China offer a “far bigger prize.”"

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Asia [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 07/26/2024
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"Harris Offered A ‘Blueprint’ For Environmental Justice. Can She Grow It?" [36]

"The vice president could double down on President Joe Biden’s focus on communities burdened by pollution if she is elected president."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [39], 07/26/2024
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"Surge In Electricity Demand Boosts Coal Use — IEA" [40]

"Coal remains the largest source of power globally despite its decline in the U.S."

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 07/26/2024
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"How Pennsylvania’s Oil Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State" [44]

"Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Source: Grist [47], 07/26/2024
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Recycled Bottle Tops And Tables From Shuttlecocks - Greenest Olympics?" [48]

"The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016."

Environmental Politics [37]
Journalism & Media [49]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: BBC Sport [50], 07/26/2024
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"Red States Ask Supreme Court To Halt Biden Climate Rule For Power Plants" [51]

"Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s effort to cut planet-warming emissions from the power sector."

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [52], 07/26/2024
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"Not a B Movie: Sharks Are Ingesting Cocaine In The Ocean, Scientists Find" [53]

"Scientists in Brazil have come up with the first evidence that sharks are being exposed to cocaine."

Biodiversity [54]
Chemicals [10]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [56]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
South America [31]
Source: NPR [58], 07/26/2024
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"Wildfires Across Western U.S. And Canada Force Thousands To Evacuate" [59]

"Wildfires are blazing across western U.S. and Canada, prompting thousands to evacuate, shutting down highways and fouling the air quality over several states."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [24]
Source: NBC News [60], 07/25/2024
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"Meet Kamala Harris’ Go-To Guy On Climate" [61]

"Vice President Kamala Harris’ longtime climate adviser is a 37-year-old Colorado native who has a Ph.D. in marine science, a penchant for electric buses and a miniature poodle named Newton who’s a member of the KHive."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [37]
People & Population [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [62], 07/25/2024
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"PFAS Widely Added To US Pesticides Despite EPA Denial, Study Finds" [63]

"Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds directly into the US’s food and water supply."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [64], 07/25/2024
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EPA Takes Next Step Toward Banning Vinyl Chloride [65]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the next step to a full ban."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Studies [66]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [67], 07/25/2024
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