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Florida Plant Emits Vast Quantities of a Potent Greenhouse Gas N2O [1]

"Ten miles north of Pensacola, Florida, on the west bank of the Escambia River,  an aging chemical plant, its tanks, smokestacks and stainless steel pipes sprawling across hundreds of acres, is a climate killer hiding in plain sight."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [7], 03/24/2020
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"EPA Sued Over Reapproval Of Key Roundup Chemical" [8]

"Multiple groups on Friday sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its decision to re-approve a chemical used in Bayer's Roundup weed killer."

Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [12], 03/23/2020
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Chlorpyrifos Ban: "Pesticide Bill Passes Maryland General Assembly" [13]

"A bill that will phase out the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the state has passed the Maryland General Assembly."

Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Frederick News-Post [15], 03/20/2020
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"Groups Say EPA’s Withholding New Chemicals Data From Public" [16]

"An environmental health coalition is suing the EPA, saying the agency failed to provide information about chemical use and new chemicals to which the public is legally entitled."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 03/19/2020
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"The Global Victory Over Ozone-Killing Chemicals Is Coming Undone" [20]

"Mysterious emissions have been slowing the atmosphere’s healing. Scientists think they’ve finally discovered the source."

Air [21]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
International [22]
Source: Bloomberg [23], 03/19/2020
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"White House Greenlights Rule for Reporting Chemical Data to EPA" [24]

"Chemical makers will soon learn what specific information they’ll have to give the EPA later this year, now that the White House has approved the agency’s final data reporting rule."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 03/17/2020
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Chem Plant Cites Study It Funded to Ask Regulators to OK Higher Emissions [26]

"Denka Performance Elastomer, the owner of a LaPlace plant that is the only one in America to produce the presumed carcinogen chloroprene, is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the level of that compound deemed safe for public health."

Air [21]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Science [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [28], 03/17/2020
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Lithium Startup Backed By Bill Gates Seeks Breakthrough At Salton Sea [29]

"David Snydacker knew going in that California’s Imperial Valley was a “graveyard for lithium-extraction technologies.”"

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Transportation [33]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: LA Times [34], 03/17/2020
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"EPA Lays Out New Plan for Phasing Out Climate Pollutants" [35]

"The EPA will issue a plan on Tuesday for the phase-out of ozone-depleting chemicals commonly used in refrigeration, portable fire extinguishers, and metal cleaners."

Air [21]
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 03/17/2020
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"Military Sees Surge In Sites With 'Forever Chemical' Contamination" [37]

"The military now has at least 651 sites that have been contaminated with cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” a more than 50 percent jump from its last tally."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [38]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [40], 03/17/2020
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