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"California Paraquat Ban Moves Forward" [9]

"California has moved a step closer to banning the controversial weed killing chemical paraquat after a key state legislative committee on Thursday [May 16] allowed the measure to proceed."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
California [16]
Source: The New Lede [17], 05/28/2024
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"‘New Territory’ for Americans: Deadly Heat in the Workplace" [18]

"In the coming months, this team of roughly 30 people at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to propose a new rule that would require employers to protect an estimated 50 million people exposed to high temperatures while they work."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 05/28/2024
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"Pakistan Temperatures Cross 52 C In Heatwave" [22]

"Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country’s record high amid an ongoing heatwave, the met office said on Monday."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [15]
International [24]
Asia [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 05/28/2024
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After 5 Years Santee Nation Asks: When Will Our Tap Water Be Safe? [27]

"The Santee Sioux Nation reservation in northeast Nebraska has been under a no-drink order since 2019. Leaders hope a new state law could jumpstart funding needed to fix the problem."

Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [32], 05/28/2024
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Maryland Hospitals Grapple With Health Fallout Of Medical Waste Incineration [33]

"Maryland’s largest health systems are under pressure to cut their dealings with an incinerator that has a history of environmental violations."

Air [34]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Health [35]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [36]
Waste [37]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 05/28/2024
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"Haaland Upends NPS Uniform Ban For Pride Parades" [40]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a directive Friday that could pave the way for National Park Service employees to wear their uniforms in Pride marches celebrating the LGBTQ+ community next month."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [44], 05/28/2024
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Senate Dems Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry [45]

"Senate Democrats opened an investigation on Thursday into former President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with oil and gas executives last month to determine whether Mr. Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” when he asked for $1 billion for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House and delete President Biden’s climate regulations."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [47], 05/24/2024
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"US Forecasters See Large Number Of Major Hurricanes In 2024" [48]

"U.S. government forecasters said on Thursday up to seven major hurricanes may form in an "extraordinary" 2024 Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [49], 05/24/2024
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‘Heat Dome’ Leads To Sweltering In Mexico, Central America And US South [50]

"Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Mexico [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Source: AP [55], 05/24/2024
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Deadline Nears. Will The Global Pandemic Treaty Be Finished In Time? [56]

"Delegates from 194 countries are racing to complete a global pandemic treaty before the World Health Assembly starts next week on Monday, May 27."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [41]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
International [24]
Source: NPR [57], 05/24/2024
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"EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste" [58]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has formally denied Alabama’s plan to allow Alabama Power and other utilities to continue storing toxic coal ash in unlined pits at sites across the state."

Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [36]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 05/24/2024
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House GOP Farm Bill ‘Robs Peter To Pay Paul,’ Agriculture Secretary Says [60]

"The House Agriculture committee is trying to fund its farm bill proposals with “counterfeit money,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday morning. Vilsack spoke after a range of groups from across the political spectrum criticized House Republicans’ proposed farm bill, which seeks to direct tens of billions to subsidies for farmers of peanuts, rice and cotton."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [41]
Food [61]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [62], 05/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Found In Michigan Dairy Worker, Second U.S. Case In Two Months" [63]

"A Michigan dairy worker has been infected with a highly virulent bird flu, the second human case in less than two months of the H5N1 virus circulating among dairy cows."

Environmental Health [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [64], 05/24/2024
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Native American Tribes Approve Proposal Securing Colorado River Water [65]

"The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest -- a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress."

Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [43]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: AP [66], 05/24/2024
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Why Are Dead Baby Sea Lions Showing Up Along California Coastal Islands? [67]

"On May 7, Patrick Robinson took a boat out to Año Nuevo Island to survey the sea lions that come to birth on this rocky outcropping north of Monterey Bay. The shore was littered with dead pups — babies that looked as though they’d been delivered too early and therefore were too weak and small to nurse, or had been dead at birth."

Biodiversity [68]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [69]
Public [15]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [70], 05/24/2024
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