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Ignoring COVID-19 Link, EPA Leaves Lax Soot Standard in Place [1]

As researchers are finding that soot and other forms of fine particulates in the air may actually make people more vulnerable to the coronavirus, the EPA decided earlier this month against tightening related standards under the Clean Air Act. The latest TipSheet explains why the decision matters, provides deeper context and offers story ideas and resources.

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Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
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Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
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"EPA: 'All-Out Assault.' Trump Critics Open Fight Against CO2 Rule" [19]

"Critics of the Trump administration fired their opening shots last week in a legal brawl over EPA's rollback of power plant emissions standards."

Air [3]
Climate Change [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ClimateWire [21], 04/21/2020

When the Crisis Was Immense, SEJ Award-Winner Went Narrow [22]

How do you gain perspective on a widespread public health disaster? Award-winning reporter Apoorva Mandavilli shares valuable lessons on using a small lens to cover a big story — no, not COVID-19, but the deadly 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India. And as she explains in this Inside Story Q&A, this decades-old story never really went away in the first place.

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Activism [24]
Air [3]
Chemicals [25]
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Environmental Health [5]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [26]
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International [27]
Asia [28]
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"E.P.A. Weakens Controls on Mercury" [29]

"The Trump administration on Thursday  weakened regulations on the release of mercury and other toxic metals from oil and coal-fired power plants, another step toward rolling back health protections in the middle of a pandemic."

Air [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Food [33]
Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NY Times [34], 04/17/2020

"Air Pollution: Wheeler Dismisses Research On Tighter Soot Limit" [35]

"EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler today proposed leaving national soot standards unchanged at least through the middle of the next decade as he questioned the reliability of scientific research suggesting that tighter limits are needed to save lives."

Air [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Greenwire [36], 04/15/2020

"EPA to Relax Quality Tests for Air Monitoring During Pandemic" [37]

"Companies unable to get outside contractors to verify the accuracy of air emissions monitoring data because of the pandemic would be able to delay some tests under an EPA rule now under review."

Air [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 04/14/2020
April 8, 2020

After the Pandemic: Health Care in Crisis [39]

The pandemic has laid bare the poor condition of health systems around the world and shows that health care as a human right remains elusive for many people. The current health crisis is severely affecting low-income communities and people of color. And that won’t end when the pandemic does – the health impacts of climate change will keep those challenges alive. What steps must be taken now to protect those most vulnerable? A discussion for journalists. 11:00 a.m. ET; registration required.

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Climate Change [20]
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Diversity [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [9]
People & Population [12]

"Obama Policy on Climate-Warming Chemicals Partially Revived" [42]

"The EPA overcorrected when it scrapped an entire Obama-era climate regulation in response to a court order focused on just part of the rule, the D.C. Circuit said."

Air [3]
Chemicals [25]
Climate Change [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 04/08/2020

"New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates" [44]

"Coronavirus patients in areas that had high levels of air pollution before the pandemic are more likely to die from the infection than patients in cleaner parts of the country, according to a new nationwide study that offers the first clear link between long-term exposure to pollution and Covid-19 death rates."

Air [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [9]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NY Times [45], 04/08/2020

"Public Health: Years Of Toxic Leaks Raise Cancer Risk In Refinery Town" [46]

"ARTESIA, N.M. — When the new pastor arrived at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church a few years back, he was struck by the sight and smell of the towering refinery a block east of his chapel. The Rev. A.L. Vijaya Raju had a question: Were fumes from the flares, pipes and tanks to blame for breathing problems afflicting some parishioners?"

Air [3]
Chemicals [25]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Greenwire [48], 04/03/2020

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