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Biden’s Proposed Auto Emissions Crackdown Will Be Strengthened: Regan [1]

"The Biden administration will strengthen its proposed limits on auto and truck emissions, U.S. environmental chief Michael Regan said Wednesday, addressing complaints that the plan announced last summer is too weak."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [10], 11/11/2021
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"Chinese-Owned Steel Mill Coats Serbian Town In Red Dust; Cancer Spreads" [11]

"A few hundred meters from the huge furnaces of the Chinese-owned Smedrevo steel mill in central Serbia, the village of Radinac is covered in thick red dust. Cancer rates have quadrupled in under a decade, and residents want the plant to clean up or shut down."

Air [2]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 11/10/2021
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"Poison in the Air" [16]

"From the urban sprawl of Houston to the riverways of Virginia, air pollution from industrial plants is elevating the cancer risk of an estimated quarter of a million Americans to a level the federal government considers unacceptable." "The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis."

Air [2]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ProPublica [18], 11/03/2021
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"Supreme Court to Hear Case on EPA’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions" [19]

"The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear appeals from Republican-led states and coal companies asking it to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [20], 11/01/2021
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Enviros Petition EPA To Rescind Factory Farms’ “Free Pass To Pollute” [21]

"A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups petitioned the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday to abandon a "sweetheart" deal with factory farm owners—and start enforcing air pollution regulations."

Agriculture [22]
Air [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [23], 10/29/2021
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"Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New Record Despite Lockdowns, UN Reports" [24]

"Levels of climate-heating gases in the atmosphere hit record levels in 2020, despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has announced."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [25], 10/26/2021
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Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [26]

Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [28]
Air [2]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Food [33]
Government [34]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Policy [37]
Pollution [6]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [14]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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"Navajo Nation Pushes For Radioactive Waste Remnants To Be Removed" [41]

"Navajo Nation continues to hold strong on its stance against radioactive waste being dumped near its lands, while also pushing for the waste to be removed completely."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [42]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Source New Mexico [44], 10/25/2021
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"See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather" [45]

"This year’s largest blaze generated powerful storm clouds. We show you in 3-D."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [46]
Forests [47]
Public [8]
California [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 10/21/2021
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Wildfire Smoke Harms More People In The Eastern U.S. Than West: Study [50]

"About 75 percent of asthma cases and deaths from smoke pollutants occurred east of the Rocky Mountains in recent years".

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [47]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [51], 10/21/2021
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