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‘Polluter Pays’ Tax Could Jump-Start Languishing Superfund Cleanups [1]

"Toxic Superfund sites vulnerable to flooding, hurricanes and wildfires driven by climate change should be prioritized for cleanup with funds from a tax on polluting industries reinstated in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan approved by Congress last month, two environmental watchdog organizations urge in a new report."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 12/10/2021
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These Chemicals Disrupt Sexual Development of Children; They’re Everywhere [11]

"The EPA said that it would begin monitoring for DINP, a phthalate that causes birth defects and cancer, more than 20 years ago. It still hasn’t."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [13], 12/09/2021
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"The Fierce Politics of Dust" [14]

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

Air [15]
Chemicals [2]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 12/08/2021
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"Deal Forces EPA To Revisit Chemical Industry Emissions" [18]

"The Biden administration has tentatively agreed to revisit EPA air toxics standards for hundreds of chemical plants, signaling a move on an issue that groups framed as central to the pursuit of environmental justice.

Under the terms of a proposed consent decree officially made public today, the agency commits to consider tightening the existing emissions limits for synthetic organic chemical manufacturers on a series of deadlines running from next year to 2024.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [19], 12/08/2021
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"Pushing Back On Lead Ammo And Fishing Tackle Misinformation" [20]

"A science denial campaign is being waged to keep lead in hunting and fishing. Who’s fighting back and how should they do it? "

"Groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are waging science denial campaigns to keep lead products in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.

As a result, wildlife is poisoned and human health is at risk.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [24], 12/08/2021
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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [25]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

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Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [28]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [4]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Government [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [34]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
International [42]
Canada [43]
Mexico [44]
Central America & the Caribbean [45]
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When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries [46]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [15]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [48]
Environmental Studies [49]
Government [31]
Health [50]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [51]
Pollution [6]
Science [52]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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Honolulu Shuts Down Largest Well Due To Navy Oil Contamination [53]

Honolulu's Board of Water Supply (BWS) shut down the Halawa Shaft, Oahu's largest water source, on Thursday after the Navy said it found "a likely source of the contamination," the Navy said in a virtual town hall meeting."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [54]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [55]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [56]
Source: CNN [57], 12/06/2021
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"Climate Change Makes It Harder for Iowa to Provide Clean Drinking Water" [58]

"Janis Elliott started testing the private well water that comes out of the faucets in her home for nitrates after she attended an environmental meeting more than five years ago. Elliott lives in the small unincorporated town of Avon, Iowa not too far south of Des Moines."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: NPR [59], 12/02/2021
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"Science Report: US Should Make Less Plastic To Save Oceans" [60]

"America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [54]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [61]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Waste [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [42]
Source: AP [62], 12/02/2021
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