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Wood Pellets Boom To Feed EU Demand At A Cost For Black People In South [9]

"This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors."

Air [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
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Source: AP [19], 07/29/2024
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"Some Condom And Lubricant Brands Contain Alarming Levels Of PFAS – Study" [20]

"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 [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 07/29/2024
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"Wildfire Smoke Descends Across Central US, Causes 'Unhealthy' Air Quality" [25]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [27]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Canada [28]
Source: AccuWeather [29], 07/26/2024
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"Pesticide Exposure As Risky As Smoking, Study Finds" [30]

"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 [31]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [32], 07/26/2024
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"How ‘Carbon Cowboys’ Are Cashing In On Protected Amazon Forest" [33]

"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 [26]
Forests [13]
Public [17]
South America [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 07/26/2024
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US Targets Emissions of N2O With Eye Toward US-China Climate Agreement [36]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [26]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Asia [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 07/26/2024
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"Harris Offered A ‘Blueprint’ For Environmental Justice. Can She Grow It?" [39]

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

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [42], 07/26/2024
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"Surge In Electricity Demand Boosts Coal Use — IEA" [43]

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

Air [10]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 07/26/2024
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"How Pennsylvania’s Oil Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State" [47]

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

Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [48]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: Grist [50], 07/26/2024
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Recycled Bottle Tops And Tables From Shuttlecocks - Greenest Olympics?" [51]

"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 [40]
Journalism & Media [52]
Public [17]
International [45]
Source: BBC Sport [53], 07/26/2024
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"Red States Ask Supreme Court To Halt Biden Climate Rule For Power Plants" [54]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [55], 07/26/2024
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"Not a B Movie: Sharks Are Ingesting Cocaine In The Ocean, Scientists Find" [56]

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

Biodiversity [57]
Chemicals [21]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [59]
Wildlife [60]
Public [17]
South America [34]
Source: NPR [61], 07/26/2024
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"Wildfires Across Western U.S. And Canada Force Thousands To Evacuate" [62]

"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 [26]
Disasters [27]
Forests [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Canada [28]
Source: NBC News [63], 07/25/2024
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"Meet Kamala Harris’ Go-To Guy On Climate" [64]

"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 [26]
Environmental Politics [40]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [65], 07/25/2024
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"PFAS Widely Added To US Pesticides Despite EPA Denial, Study Finds" [66]

"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 [31]
Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [67], 07/25/2024
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