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"Protecting Workers Exposed To Oregon’s Heat Waves And Wildfire Smoke" [1]

"Oregon is considering ways to protect workers required to labor in extreme weather conditions, which are becoming more common in this age of climate change."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Source: OPB [9], 05/18/2021
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EPA Orders Virgin Islands Refinery To Shut Down, Cites ‘Imminent’ Threat [10]

"The St. Croix oil refinery, senior EPA official said, is ‘not how a normal refinery operates’"

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 05/17/2021
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"EPA Revokes Trump-Era Policy That Loosened Clean-Air Rules" [15]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants, a move the Biden administration says will make it easier to enact limits on dangerous and climate-changing emissions."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 05/14/2021
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U.S. Steel Abandons Clean Tech Plans Near Pittsburgh After Health Study [20]

"The company scraps planned Pennsylvania investments and will instead shut down three polluting batteries in 2023. The announcement comes a week after a study shows lower lung function in people living near its Pittsburgh-region facility."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: EHN [22], 05/11/2021
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Denka Toxic Releases Targeted By St. John Parish Group, EPA Watchdog [23]

"An environmental group is demanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency take emergency actions to reduce chloroprene emissions at the Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in LaPlace and ethylene oxide emissions at two nearby chemical plants, charging that EPA’s own data show nearby minority and low-income residents of St. John the Baptist Parish face the highest risk of cancer in the country."

Air [2]
Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [25], 05/11/2021
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Air Pollution From Farms Leads To 17,900 U.S. Deaths Per Year: Study [26]

"The first-of-its-kind report pinpoints meat production as the leading source of deadly pollution"

Agriculture [27]
Air [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [28], 05/11/2021
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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy [29]

The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [27]
Air [2]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Policy [34]
Pollution [6]
Waste [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy [29]

Minnesota 'Clean Cars' Rules May Move Forward, Judge Says [37]

"More electric vehicles could soon be for sale on Minnesota car lots after an administrative law judge ruled Friday that the Walz administration can set new emissions standards without the OK of lawmakers."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [38]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune [40], 05/10/2021
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California Pollution Regulators Place New Rules On Warehouse Industry [41]

"Southern California air quality officials have adopted first-of-their-kind rules on warehouse distribution centers in an effort to cut truck pollution, increase electrification and reduce health risks in communities hit hardest by lung-damaging diesel exhaust."

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [38]
Public [7]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 05/10/2021
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After 3rd Leak, EPA Probes Whether St. Croix Refinery Poses ‘Imminent Risk' [44]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was weighing whether a controversial refinery on St. Croix posed “an imminent risk to people’s health” after a third accident in the span of three months sickened local residents and forced three schools to close."

Air [2]
Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Source: Washington Post [45], 05/07/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/protecting-workers-exposed-oregon-s-heat-waves-and-wildfire-smoke [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [9] https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/17/oregon-heat-wave-temperatures-wildfire-smoke/ [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-orders-virgin-islands-refinery-shut-down-cites-imminent-threat [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/14/limetree-bay-refinery/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-revokes-trump-era-policy-loosened-clean-air-rules [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [19] https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-science-technology-environment-and-nature-government-and-politics-f394883794b097ea35d4786bc0eb0f03 [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-steel-abandons-clean-tech-plans-near-pittsburgh-after-health-study [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [22] https://www.ehn.org/us-steel-pittsburgh-pollution-asthma-2652882219.html [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/denka-toxic-releases-targeted-st-john-parish-group-epa-watchdog [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [25] https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_df8b0e62-af5a-11eb-ba33-83df3dfa551b.html [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/air-pollution-farms-leads-17900-us-deaths-year-study [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [28] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/10/farm-pollution-deaths/ [29] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/do-list-climate-change-gas-methane-long-challenging-and-newsy [30] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/minnesota-clean-cars-rules-may-move-forward-judge-says [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [40] https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-clean-cars-rules-may-move-forward-administrative-law-judge-says/600054749/ [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-pollution-regulators-place-new-rules-warehouse-industry [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [43] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-07/diesel-death-zones-trigger-new-pollution-rule [44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-3rd-leak-epa-probes-whether-st-croix-refinery-poses-imminent-risk [45] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/06/limetree-bay-refinery/ [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=68 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=65 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=66 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=67 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=70 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=71 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=72 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=73 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=210