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"$1B Cleanup Of Lower Fox River Complete" [1]

"Federal, state and tribal officials are hailing the completion of a more than $1 billion cleanup of contaminated sediments in the Lower Fox River. The cleanup is considered one of the largest and most expensive in the nation."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [10], 09/02/2020
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"Biden Pushes Back On Trump Claims: 'I Am Not Banning Fracking'" [11]

"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on Monday sharply refuted claims from President Trump that he plans to ban fracking, a key drilling method for oil producers in the swing state."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 09/01/2020
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"Microplastics in Farm Soils: A Growing Concern" [17]

"Researchers say that more microplastics pollution is getting into farm soil than oceans—and these tiny bits are showing up in our fruits, veggies, and bodies."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [21]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: EHN [22], 09/01/2020
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"Water Pollution: EPA Eases Limits On Coal Plants' Toxic Discharges" [23]

"EPA is relaxing Obama-era regulations for wastewater coming from coal-fired power plants, discharges that can contain high levels of toxic chemicals like mercury, arsenic, nitrogen and selenium."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/01/2020
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"Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic." [25]

"Faced with plunging profits and a climate crisis that threatens fossil fuels, the industry is demanding a trade deal that weakens Kenya’s rules on plastics and on imports of American trash."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [6]
Waste [26]
Public [8]
International [27]
Africa [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 08/31/2020
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As Hurricanes Bring Chemical Fires, Minority Neighborhoods Take a Hit [30]

"Hurricane Laura rolled over a coast studded with refineries and chemical plants. Other storms have caused the release of toxic substances, often affecting poorer or minority communities."

Air [31]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [33], 08/31/2020
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Millions Of Pounds Of Extra Pollution Were Released Before Laura Hit [34]

"Hurricane Laura tore through a region that is home to dozens of major oil refineries, petrochemical plants and plastics facilities. Now, residents could be breathing dangerously polluted air from those sites, public health experts and local advocates say."

Air [31]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [35], 08/31/2020
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"Stranded Whales And Dolphins Offer A Snapshot Of Ocean Contamination" [36]

"When a seabird is found with a belly full of plastic bags, or a turtle is strangled by six-pack rings, it's easy to see how our trash turns deadly when it enters the oceans. It's much harder to track the effects of the tens of thousands of chemicals that are dumped in the ocean every day, through sewage, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste—most of which have unknown effects on wild ecosystems."

Biodiversity [19]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [27]
Source: EHN [37], 08/28/2020
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"Bayer’s $11 Billion Roundup Deal Faces New Concerns From Judge" [38]

"Bayer AG’s comprehensive settlement of U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer is in jeopardy after lawyers for some consumers accused the company of reneging on the $11 billion deal and the judge overseeing the litigation questioned its truthfulness."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 08/28/2020
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"Chlorine Plant Fire Has Residents Sheltering After Hurricane" [40]

"A fire at a Louisiana chlorine plant erupted with thick, billowing smoke Thursday after Hurricane Laura plowed through part of the country’s petrochemical corridor with storm surges and fierce wind, forcing residents around the plant to shelter in their homes."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: AP [42], 08/28/2020
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