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Enviros Will Sue Over Allegheny Co. Inactivity on Air Pollution Permits [1]

"The Clean Air Council has filed notice it will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless the agency forces the Allegheny County Health Department to review and issue long overdue operating permits for many of the county’s biggest industrial air pollution sources."

Activism [2]
Air [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [9], 03/06/2018
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EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [10]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Air [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [6]
Technology [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
California [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
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Public [7]
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Parts Suppliers Call for Cleaner Cars, Splitting With Automakers [24]

"In the debate over how quickly to make American cars pollute less, the nation’s auto-parts makers are now in open disagreement with the automakers that buy the countless transmissions, turbochargers and other components that make up modern automobiles."

Air [3]
Climate Change [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NY Times [27], 03/02/2018
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“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [28]

A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”

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BookShelf [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [30]
Air [3]
Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [34]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"Senate Bill Would Let EPA Implement Global Greenhouse Gas Deal" [36]

"A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Friday that would let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implement a global deal meant to phase out certain greenhouse gases."

Air [3]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [37], 02/19/2018
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"In Win For Greens, Court Nixes Parts Of Obama-Era Ozone Rule" [38]

"A federal court today [Friday] sided with environmentalists in vacating a significant chunk of an Obama-era rule guiding implementation for the 2008 ozone standard."

Air [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Greenwire [39], 02/19/2018
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"Want Cleaner Air? Try Using Less Deodorant" [40]

"The deodorants, perfumes and soaps that keep us smelling good are fouling the air with a harmful type of pollution — at levels as high as emissions from today’s cars and trucks."

Air [3]
Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NY Times [41], 02/19/2018
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"How $225,000 Can Help Secure a Pollution Loophole at Trump’s E.P.A." [42]

"The gravel parking lot at the Fitzgerald family’s truck dealership here in central Tennessee was packed last week with shiny new Peterbilt and Freightliner trucks, as well as a steady stream of buyers from across the country. But there is something unusual about the big rigs sold by the Fitzgeralds: They are equipped with rebuilt diesel engines that do not need to comply with rules on modern emissions controls."

Air [3]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NY Times [43], 02/16/2018
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Is Pruitt Bluffing? Or Will He Gut Tough Calif. Emissions Standards? [44]

"California officials and clean air advocates are increasingly concerned the Trump administration may attempt to unravel a key program to drive down greenhouse gas emissions from automobile fleets while also jeopardizing the ability of California and other states to set pollution standards stronger than federal rules."

Air [3]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: McClatchy [45], 02/12/2018
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"It Looked As If Earth’s Ozone Layer Was Healing Nicely — Until Now" [46]

"The rescue of the planet’s protective ozone layer has been hailed as one of the great success stories of modern environmental regulation — but on Monday, an international team of 22 scientists raised doubts about whether ozone is recovering as expected across much of the world."

Air [3]
Climate Change [25]
Pollution [6]
Science [47]
Public [7]
International [48]
Source: Washington Post [49], 02/07/2018
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