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DEADLINE: ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography [1]

The Social Documentary Network seeks submissions for this award from a global community of photographers —  for documentary projects that have the highest visual and storytelling components while exploring important global issues that affect us all. Deadline: Apr 30, 2021.

"Is the EPA Stifling Science on Chemical Toxicity Reports?" [6]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is changing its approach to chemical toxicity oversight, according to a report issued recently by the Government Accountability Office. In the overhaul, the EPA reassigned staff from its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)—a program that conducts comprehensive scientific reviews—to duties related to the Toxic Substances Control Act, which has a narrower mandate. The agency has also reduced the number of its ongoing chemical toxcity assessments from 20 to three. Former EPA officials contend the shake-up takes chemical assessments out of the hands of career scientists, potentially to the detriment of public health."

Source: Scientific American [7], 04/26/2019

EPA Proposes Weaker Standards on Chemicals Contaminating Drinking Water [10]

"After pressure from the Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency significantly weakened a proposed standard for cleaning up groundwater pollution caused by toxic chemicals that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans and that have been commonly used at military bases."

Source: NY Times [11], 04/26/2019

"Interior Dept. Delays Its Plan to Open U.S. Coastline to Drilling" [12]

"The Trump administration on Thursday confirmed that it will likely delay the release of a long-awaited plan that had been expected to open most of the nation’s coastline for offshore oil drilling, pending the final outcome of a recent court decision that blocks drilling off the Alaskan coast."

Source: NY Times [13], 04/26/2019

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