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EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery [9]

"Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: ProPublica [20], 04/25/2024
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EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination [21]

"The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found."

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [22]
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Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 04/25/2024
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"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says" [25]

"California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry's role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters on Monday."

Climate Change [26]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
California [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [30]

"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Forests [33]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: High Country News [37], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [38]

"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste". "A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic pollution across six continents."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [17]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 04/25/2024
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"U.S. Requires More Dairy Cows Tested For Bird Flu As Viral Concerns Grow" [43]

"Dairy cows must be tested for bird flu before moving across state lines under a federal order to be issued Wednesday, as evidence mounts the virus is more widespread than feared among cows in the United States."

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [15]
Wildlife [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [44], 04/25/2024
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"In Vietnam, Farmers Reduce Methane Emissions By Changing How They Grow Rice" [45]

"There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [26]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
Asia [46]
Source: AP [47], 04/25/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [48]

"The hardy wild cousins of domesticated crops can teach us how to adapt to a hotter, more unpredictable future."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [26]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: Civil Eats [49], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [50]

"Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [17]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [36]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: AP [51], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [52]

"The Biden administration announced a goal Tuesday to protect and restore 8 million acres of wetlands over the next six years in an effort to counter development pressures and recently weakened federal regulations."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [53]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [54]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [55], 04/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Found In Grocery Milk As Officials Say Supply Still Safe" [56]

"Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought, according to two public health officials and a public health expert who was briefed on the issue."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [57], 04/24/2024
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"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [58]

"Extreme heat linked to climate change threatens more than 70 percent of workers globally, according to a report released Monday by the International Labor Organization (ILO)."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [59]
People & Population [60]
Public [18]
International [41]
Source: The Hill [61], 04/24/2024
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"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [62]

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [22]
Natural Resources [35]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [63]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Asia [46]
Source: Reuters [64], 04/24/2024
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"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [65]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [66]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [67]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [68], 04/24/2024
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Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos [69]

"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."

Air [66]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [59]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [67]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [70]
Source: AP [71], 04/24/2024
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