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Texas Quietly Sets Weak Cancer Risk Standard For Industrial Air Pollution [1]

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has quietly proposed maintaining a target cancer-risk level for air pollution permits that scientists and public health officials consider inadequate to protect public health, especially for communities like those east of Houston that are exposed simultaneously to many sources of industrial emissions."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 10/17/2023
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Watchdog Finds La. Honeywell Chemical Plant Isn’t Reporting Emissions of CFCs [11]

"U.S. chemical manufacturer Honeywell International released chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—climate super-pollutants and ozone depleting substances that are banned except for limited uses under an international environmental agreement—according to a report released Oct. 10 by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non-profit environmental organization based in Washington, D.C."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 10/17/2023
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"Biden Announces Huge Hydrogen Investment. How Much Will It Help The Climate?" [14]

"The Energy Department awarded up to $7 billion in grants for clean hydrogen “hubs,” but environmentalists warn some of the money could prop up fossil fuels and fail to cut emissions."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 10/16/2023
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Refrigerants Are A Nightmare For The Climate. Alternatives Must Spread Fast [20]

"When Jennifer Byrne, owner and technician at Comfy Heating and Cooling, gets a call to come and fix a relatively new air conditioning system, one of the first questions she asks is if the house has just been remodeled."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [21]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [22]
Source: AP [23], 10/16/2023
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"800,000 Tons Of Radioactive Waste From Pennsylvania Drilling Goes 'Missing'" [24]

"Waste from the oil and gas industry contains toxic and radioactive substances. Disposal of this waste is supposed to be carefully tracked, but 800,000 tons of oil and gas waste from Pennsylvania oil and gas wells is unaccounted for, according to a recent study."

Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: EHN [29], 10/13/2023
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October 18, 2023

Webinar: Chemical Recycling — It’s Not What You Think It Is [30]

Join Ocean Conservancy policy expert Dr. Anja Brandon and colleagues from GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) and Eureka Recycling to discuss the science, policy landscape and industry push around chemical recycling. Audience Q&A to follow. 2:00 p.m. ET.

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Fish & Fisheries [32]
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Water & Oceans [27]
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January 24, 2024 to January 26, 2024

Media Briefing on Plastic Pollution in Port Arthur, Texas [35]

Beyond Plastics and the Port Arthur Community Action Network are hosting a free media briefing for journalists on multiple issues related to plastics, including a kickoff by  Dr. Robert Bullard on the 24th and a “toxic tour”of Port Arthur on the 26th. Lodging and meals included if you register by Dec 1.

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November 6, 2023 to November 7, 2023

Public Health Research and Surveillance Priorities from the East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment: A Workshop [36]

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and convene a two-day virtual public workshop to explore potential health research and surveillance priorities arising from the train derailment and material hazards spill that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023.

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Disasters [38]
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Health [39]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]

Major CO2 Pipeline Project On Hold While Company Reevaluates In 5 States [41]

"OMAHA, Neb. — Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Tuesday that it is putting on hold one of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest so it can reassess the project.

The company withdrew its application for a key permit in Illinois and said it it was putting all its permit applications on hold. The decision comes after South Dakota regulators last month denied a permit.

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [44], 10/11/2023
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Watchdog Group Warns Of Big Ongoing Flaw In A Montreal Ozone Treaty [45]

"Findings by the Environmental Investigation Agency point to a perceived loophole in the Montreal Protocol".

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
International [22]
Source: Washington Post [46], 10/11/2023
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