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Future of Justice40 Program Hangs in Balance [1]

A Biden administration initiative that commits to allocating 40% of federal investments to disadvantaged communities plagued by overpollution is an environmental justice breakthrough, writes columnist Yessenia Funes. But it’s also a program with weaknesses, such as how it factors in race or keeps track of impacts. What is Justice40, what has it missed and what is its future?

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
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"These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic." [20]

"Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been detected in the breath of dolphins."

Air [4]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [19]
International [24]
Canada [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 10/17/2024
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Supreme Court Allows Rule Limiting Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants [27]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out."

Air [4]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [29], 10/17/2024
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Public Records Bring Independent Reporting to the Next Level [30]

Freelancers may worry they don’t have time to chase down government documents. But if you’re looking for tools to help get your hands on public records, help is on the way. In the new Freelance Files, MuckRock’s Dillon Bergin offers a step-by-step guide to filing document requests, organizing and analyzing your documents and joining the FOIA community. Get started [30].

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Freelance Files [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [34]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
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In Baltic, Ship Scrubbers Cause Millions Of Dollars Of Environmental Damage [36]

"The adoption of ship scrubbers—technology meant to clean up dirty fuel—has caused a surge in heavy metal pollution."

Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [22]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [19]
International [24]
Europe [39]
Source: Hakai [40], 10/04/2024
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S. Calif. Study Shows Extensive Exposure To Toxic Airborne Plasticizers [41]

"Urban populations in Southern Californian are facing chronic exposure to toxic airborne “plasticizer” compounds — two of which have already been banned from children’s products, a new study has found."

Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [22]
Pollution [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [43]
Source: The Hill [44], 10/03/2024
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"Feud Erupts Between Fla. Officials Over Proposed Trash Incineration Plant" [45]

"Residents of two south Florida counties are feuding over the proposed construction of a huge trash incineration plant that environmentalists say will subject thousands of people to toxic fumes and a risk of polluted drinking water."

Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 10/01/2024
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Looking for Environmental Justice Through the Smog [48]

A serious air pollutant prevalent in underserved communities, Superfund hazardous waste sites nearby, public drinking water systems out of compliance. All are new or enhanced insights found in an improved version of the federal government’s EJScreen data tool. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reviews the changes and how they can be used to tell stories of real people’s daily lives.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [49]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [19]
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NY State Lets Dangerous Chemical Foul Niagara Falls’ Air [50]

"For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what state regulators now consider safe for the public to breathe, documents show."

Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: Public Health Watch [52], 09/19/2024
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DC Circuit Lets EPA Rework ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule Halted By Supreme Court [53]

"A federal appeals court is giving EPA a second chance to justify its rule targeting smog-forming pollution that crosses state lines after the Supreme Court froze the regulation in June."

Air [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [54], 09/16/2024
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