"Microplastics have been found in every human placenta tested in a study, leaving the researchers worried about the potential health impacts on developing foetuses."
"EPA announced an additional $1 billion will go toward cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated areas under its Superfund program." "The funding will help scrub 25 waste sites and speed cleanups at another 85 existing tracts."
"To win allies for climate action, activists must understand how the environment, intersects with concerns for the health and well-being of people and communities. Inequities of the past and the present must be addressed by the policies and programs offered for a sustainable future."
"A new report finds that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty.""
"A measure that will ban local governments from passing heat-protection ordinances inspired strong emotions from the public Thursday, but lawmakers approved the bill backed by big business interests."
"An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support."
"It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes. The slime was destructive algae, the result of the excess of chemicals used by farmers to boost their crops, but at a high cost to nature."
"Federal environment officials have ordered a Los Angeles County landfill to take urgent action to protect public health, citing noxious odors and hazardous waste issues in the surrounding community."
"Nancy Matela co-owns a vacation home in a wildfire zone northwest of Bend that has a new, annual property insurance premium of $9,000. It’s more than nine times what the company Safeco charged her a year ago."
"Texas regulators recently authorized a company to operate ponds to store and recycle millions of gallons of oilfield wastewater laced with toxic chemicals next to a Baptist summer camp in the Permian Basin."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study-health-impact
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-offers-another-1b-superfund-cleanups
[4] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-offers-another-1b-for-superfund-cleanups/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-books-black-history-month
[6] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/climate-books-for-black-history-month/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-undoing-decades-progress-air-quality
[8] https://grist.org/health/climate-change-is-undoing-decades-of-progress-on-air-quality/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-lawmakers-want-eliminate-local-heat-protection-rules-workers
[10] https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/02/22/despite-fls-scorching-heat-lawmakers-want-to-eliminate-local-heat-protection-rules/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-awards-bids-frack-oil-and-gas-under-state-parks-wildlife-areas
[12] https://apnews.com/article/fracking-state-parks-ohio-oil-gas-investigation-c72fae07430e317d34ec801a0c181355
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tractor-protests-threaten-drive-eu-s-green-farming-policies-ditch
[14] https://apnews.com/article/farmers-environment-eu-elections-tractors-protests-9e6369d9fb4c06c31c26c71a30ec2f40
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-orders-la-county-landfill-curb-hazardous-waste-leakage-immediately
[16] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4485382-epa-orders-la-county-landfill-curb-hazardous-waste-leakage-immediately/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ore-homeowners-face-soaring-premiums-few-insurance-options-over-fires
[18] https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/oregon-homeowners-face-soaring-premiums-few-property-insurance-options-over-wildfires
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tx-railroad-commission-approves-toxic-waste-ponds-next-baptist-camp
[20] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26022024/railroad-commission-approves-toxic-waste-ponds-next-to-baptist-camp/
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=523
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=520
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=521
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=522
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=525
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=526
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=527
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=528
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4898