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"Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New Record Despite Lockdowns, UN Reports" [1]

"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 [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 10/26/2021
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Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [8]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [10]
Air [2]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [4]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
International [6]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"Navajo Nation Pushes For Radioactive Waste Remnants To Be Removed" [26]

"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 [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Source New Mexico [31], 10/25/2021
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"See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather" [32]

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

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [33]
Forests [34]
Public [5]
California [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 10/21/2021
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Wildfire Smoke Harms More People In The Eastern U.S. Than West: Study [37]

"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 [33]
Environmental Health [14]
Forests [34]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [38], 10/21/2021
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"Diesel Trucks Are Causing Environmental Injustice Across US Cities" [39]

"Low-income people of color in the U.S. are exposed to 28% more nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air they breathe compared to their wealthier white counterparts, a new study using satellite measurements reports."

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [41]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: EHN [42], 10/20/2021
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"Russia Allows Methane Leaks At Planet’s Peril" [43]

"On the morning of Friday, June 4, an underground gas pipeline running through the ancient state of Tatarstan sprang a leak. And not a small one. In a different era, the massive leak might have gone unnoticed."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Pollution [4]
Technology [44]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Washington Post [45], 10/19/2021
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Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas" [46]

"EPA is set to ramp up scrutiny of facilities that do not currently report releases of a toxic gas as the Biden administration beefs up its environmental justice agenda."

Air [2]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [47], 10/14/2021
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Research Finds 'Suite Of Chemicals' In Vape Liquids, Some Unsafe [48]

"They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use."

Air [2]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Australian ABC [49], 10/12/2021
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"6 Aspects of American Life Threatened by Climate Change" [50]

"Two dozen federal agencies flagged the biggest dangers posed by a warming planet. The list spreads across American society."

Agriculture [51]
Air [2]
Biodiversity [52]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [53]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Forests [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [54], 10/08/2021
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