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"E.P.A. Announces Tightest-Ever Auto Pollution Rules" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced strengthened limits on pollution from automobile tailpipes in a bid to reduce a major source of the carbon dioxide emissions that are heating the planet."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 12/21/2021
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"Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year" [12]

"Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by a system that lets the industry regulate itself."

Air [2]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ProPublica [16], 12/20/2021
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High Rates Of Methane Spewing From Permian Oilfield Operations: Report [17]

"Methane continues to escape at a high rate from oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin, according to an aerial survey released Tuesday that detected major methane plumes from 40% of 900 sites that were measured. The latest research conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund via helicopter during the first two weeks of November found that 14% of those plumes were the result of malfunctioning flares."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [7]
Waste [19]
Public [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 12/15/2021
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La. Plant Has Been Spewing Sulfur Dioxide For Years; Now EPA Will Act [22]

"Almost a decade after a Chalmette fuel plant admitted responsibility for most of the toxic sulfur dioxide emissions in St. Bernard Parish, federal regulators are taking steps that might finally force Louisiana and the plant to clear the air."

Air [2]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [25], 12/14/2021
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"The Fierce Politics of Dust" [26]

"A small town in southern Utah wanted to suppress dust on its roads. Not everyone was pleased."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Source: Washington Post [28], 12/08/2021
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When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries [29]

As awareness grows about how pollution can cause certain cancers, it’s smart to look beyond cancer risk and also explore available information about actual cancer cases. Reporter’s Toolbox explains how extensive data collected regularly in state-level cancer “registries” can take your coverage on the pollution-public health connection to another level. Plus, avoiding pitfalls in reporting possible clusters.

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Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [32]
Health [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [7]
Science [36]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
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Public [9]
  • Read more about When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries [29]

In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves [39]

"A community program tracks air pollution in real time. Burdened by polluting facilities, 86 percent of Bayview’s children developed severe asthma before kindergarten."

Activism [40]
Air [2]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [36]
Public [9]
California [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 11/30/2021
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [44]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [40]
Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [46]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [32]
Health [33]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [35]
Planning & Growth [48]
Policy [49]
Pollution [7]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
  • Read more about Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [44]

"EPA Forces Natural Gas Plants To Make Pollution Data Public" [53]

"For the first time, hundreds of natural gas processing plants will have to publicly report emissions of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [54], 11/24/2021
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Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK [55]

"The Biden administration submitted a treaty amendment aimed at curbing a set of climate super-pollutants for Senate approval on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/17/2021
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