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Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions [9]

"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 04/25/2024
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"Air Quality In Some Parts Of US Worst In 25 Years, Report Says" [20]

"About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S., in part because of wildfires, a report released on Wednesday found."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [21], 04/25/2024
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EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery [22]

"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 [23]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [26]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [28], 04/25/2024
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EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination [29]

"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 [24]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 04/25/2024
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"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says" [33]

"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 [11]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
California [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [36]

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

Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Forests [39]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: High Country News [43], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [44]

"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 [24]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [16]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [17]
International [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 04/25/2024
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"U.S. Requires More Dairy Cows Tested For Bird Flu As Viral Concerns Grow" [49]

"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 [23]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [27]
Wildlife [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [50], 04/25/2024
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"In Vietnam, Farmers Reduce Methane Emissions By Changing How They Grow Rice" [51]

"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 [23]
Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [17]
Asia [52]
Source: AP [53], 04/25/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [54]

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

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [17]
International [47]
Source: Civil Eats [55], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [56]

"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 [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [16]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [42]
Public [17]
International [47]
Source: AP [57], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [58]

"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 [37]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [26]
Environmental Studies [59]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [41]
Planning & Growth [60]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [61], 04/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Found In Grocery Milk As Officials Say Supply Still Safe" [62]

"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 [23]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [63], 04/24/2024
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"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [64]

"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 [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [65]
People & Population [66]
Public [17]
International [47]
Source: The Hill [67], 04/24/2024
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"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [68]

"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 [23]
Chemicals [24]
Disasters [30]
Natural Resources [41]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [69]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
Asia [52]
Source: Reuters [70], 04/24/2024
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