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Air Quality Monitors — and Their Data — Now Easy To Find Via Online Map [1]

High-impact environmental stories often come by tracking polluted air, whether from summer smog, wildfire smoke or numerous other sources. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a series of air pollution data reporting resources, including an interactive map of U.S. air quality monitors. Get the details, plus eight smart suggestions for critical stories from the air pollution data you tap.

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Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
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"The Methane Hunters" [12]

"Frackers in America’s largest oil field are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists and activists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further."

Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Waste [15]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg [16], 08/23/2021
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What Will Happen To Millions Of Retired Electric Car Batteries? [17]

"A tsunami of electric vehicles is expected in rich countries, as car companies and governments pledge to ramp up their numbers – there are predicted be 145m on the roads by 2030. But while electric vehicles can play an important role in reducing emissions, they also contain a potential environmental timebomb: their batteries."

Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [13]
Natural Resources [18]
Transportation [19]
Waste [15]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [20], 08/23/2021
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Born To Be Wild: India’s First Captive-Bred Endangered Vultures Set Free [21]

"Numbers of the country’s carrion-loving birds dropped by over 97% in the 1990s. Now, a successful breeding scheme is giving them a boost".

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [5]
Wildlife [23]
Public [11]
Asia [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 08/20/2021
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"Attack of the Superweeds" [26]

"Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [5]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [27], 08/20/2021
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Energy Dept. Proposes Reversal Of Trump-Era Furnace Efficiency Rollback [28]

"The Energy Department on Wednesday proposed reversing a Trump-era rule that was expected to undermine its ability to regulate efficiency of both residential furnaces and commercial water heaters."

Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [30], 08/19/2021
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"Minnesota Issues Plan To Treat Water Marred By 3M Chemicals" [31]

"Minnesota pollution control and natural resources officials on Wednesday released a $700 million plan to improve the drinking water for 14 Twin Cities communities whose groundwater was contaminated due to decadeslong chemical disposal by 3M Co."

Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: AP [35], 08/19/2021
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Corps To Take Closer Look At Formosa Plant's Impact On Environment [36]

"Construction on an enormous $9.4 billion plastics plant proposed in St. James Parish must be delayed so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can do a more extensive and lengthy review of the facility's impacts on the environment and nearby minority communities, a top Army official said Wednesday."

Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate [38], 08/19/2021
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E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children [39]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a pesticide widely applied on food crops but linked to neurological damage in children, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [5]
Consumer [40]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [42], 08/19/2021
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"Air Pollution From Household Products Is Cutting People’s Lives Short" [43]

"Researchers attribute up to 900,000 premature deaths every year to a dangerous component of air particle pollution found in paints, pesticides, and cleaning supplies."

Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [44], 08/17/2021
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