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EPA Shrugs After HuffPost Investigates Toxic Gulf Chemical Dump [1]

"After a HuffPost investigation last year brought to light a vast, decades-old chemical dumping ground in the Gulf of Mexico, the Environmental Protection Agency has officially declared that the site is nothing to worry about ― without reviewing any recent scientific data or visiting the site."

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Source: HuffPost [12], 02/16/2022
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Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid, Action Needed, Says UN Expert [13]

"Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals."

Air [14]
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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 02/15/2022
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"Alberta To Toughen Oil Sands Emission Rules That Reward Big Polluters [17]

"The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars’ worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters."

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Canada [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 02/15/2022
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Europe’s Tough BPA Proposal Puts More Scrutiny On US Regulatory Inaction [20]

"If a scientific opinion recently proposed by European officials is upheld, the recommended daily dose of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in Europe will be more than a million-fold lower than what U.S. regulators say is safe."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [10]
Europe [22]
Source: EHN [23], 02/15/2022
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"Harris in NJ Points To Newark As Model For Lead Replacement" [24]

"The success of New Jersey’s biggest city at replacing nearly 24,000 lead drinking water pipes can serve as a national model and shows why infrastructure spending is vital, Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday in Newark."

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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
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Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: AP [29], 02/14/2022
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Formaldehyde Increases By 17 Percent The Risk Of Memory, Thinking Woes [30]

"Health-care workers and others who are exposed on the job to formaldehyde, even in low amounts, face a 17 percent increased likelihood of developing memory and thinking problems later on, according to research published in the journal Neurology."

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Source: Washington Post [32], 02/14/2022
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1 in 3 Americans Have Detectable Levels Of Toxic Weedkiller: Study [33]

"One in three people across America have detectable levels of a toxic herbicide linked to cancers, birth defects and hormonal imbalances, a major nationwide survey has found."

Agriculture [34]
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Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [35]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [36], 02/10/2022
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New U.N. Treaty Effort Could Cap Skyrocketing Plastics Production [37]

"Negotiators from around the world will start work this month on a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, in what diplomats say is the most ambitious round of climate diplomacy since the 2015 Paris agreement that focuses on global warming."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [15]
Source: Washington Post [38], 02/09/2022
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EPA TSCA Database Back on the Street [39]

A key federal database on toxic chemicals, kneecapped under the Trump administration, is now back. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week resurfaced the ChemView service, and explains the background law that fuels its data, while offering tips on how to make smart use of the database as it expands in coming years.

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"Fed Nominee Hits Back At GOP Climate Attacks. Will It Work?" [44]

"President Biden’s nominee to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator came out swinging yesterday against Republican assertions that she’s on a mission to combat climate change by diverting dollars away from the oil and gas sector."

Chemicals [2]
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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [26]
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Laws & Regulations [6]
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Source: E&E News [46], 02/07/2022
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