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WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded [1]

"When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. “When there’s smoke or there’s a fire, they lock you in,” Whitman said. Whitman, president of the advocacy group Black Prisoners’ Caucus, is incarcerated at Airway Heights Corrections Center."

Air [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Source: Washington State Standard [9], 09/27/2023
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"Court Rejects Utah’s Request To Block EPA Smog Rule" [10]

"A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Source: The Hill [14], 09/26/2023
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Youngstown Council Unanimously Nixes ‘Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant [15]

"The Youngstown City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday night opposing an “advanced recycling” plant that would have used a process called pyrolysis to burn old tires to make steam for heating and cooling downtown buildings."

Air [2]
Pollution [5]
Waste [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 09/25/2023
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Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Years Of Progress Toward Cleaning Up America's Air [19]

"Over the last few decades, air in the U.S. has undergone a remarkable transformation: pollution levels of health-damaging tiny particles have dropped by roughly 40% since 2000, primarily thanks to the country's decades-long effort to improve air quality through the Clean Air Act, a landmark environmental law."

Air [2]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Forests [21]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Canada [22]
Source: NPR [23], 09/21/2023
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"Revealed: Almost Everyone In Europe Is Breathing Toxic Air" [24]

"Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year".

Air [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Europe [25]
Source: Guardian [26], 09/21/2023
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Top Data Sources Can Help Cover the Larger Wildfire Story [27]

In the aftermath of breaking wildfire news, when environmental journalists are looking to tell the bigger picture story, there are myriad resources that provide data and insight. To help you sort through it all, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox scans eight powerful data portals that provide everything from real-time tracking and satellite data to risk analysis and health impacts.

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Air [2]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Forests [21]
Government [29]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [6]
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"EPA To Undo Trump-Era Rollback Of Air Toxics Policy" [32]

"In a long-anticipated move, EPA is poised to target the Trump-era rollback of a venerable industrial air pollution policy."

Air [2]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [34], 09/13/2023
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Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air [35]

Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with the ongoing burning of plastics especially troubling for the environment and public health. Get the backstory on where the regulatory regime may have holes, plus key reporting angles and story ideas.

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TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [37]
Air [2]
Chemicals [33]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [39]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [5]
Waste [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Burning Tires: PA Residents ‘Shocked’ By Firm’s Bitcoin-Mining Plan [40]

"A crypto-mining company in Pennsylvania is seeking to burn tires to produce bitcoin, prompting an outcry from residents and environmental groups."

Air [2]
Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 09/01/2023
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"There’s One Nasty Wildfire Pollutant We’ve Been Ignoring" [44]

"A newly identified particle in smoke, dark brown carbon, can warm the atmosphere by absorbing sunlight."

Air [2]
Climate Change [20]
Forests [21]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [45]
Source: Popular Science [46], 09/01/2023
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