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Smokey’s 420 Gets the ‘Dirt’ on Pot Crop [1]

The story of Smokey’s 420, mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective. Plus, why the explosion in the infant business legal cannabis could be bad news for the environment [2], if left largely unregulated. 

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Why an Unregulated Pot Business May Be Bad for the Environment  [2]

One industry seemingly unharmed by the coronavirus-related shutdown is legal cannabis. But the explosion in this infant business could be bad news for the environment, if left largely unregulated. A closer look at the issues. Plus, the story of Smokey’s 420 [1], mom-and-pop pot shop that’s taken a more environmental perspective.

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Activism [4]
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Chemicals [6]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
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National (U.S.) [19]
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"Big Plastic Asks for $1 Billion Coronavirus Bailout" [22]

"The plastic industry is asking Congress for $1 billion to bail out plastic recycling during the coronavirus crisis."

Chemicals [6]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Waste [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Intercept [25], 04/29/2020

Developers Put Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Cite Virus [26]

"The developers of a proposed plastics manufacturing plant in Ohio on Friday indefinitely delayed a final decision on whether to proceed, citing economic uncertainties around the coronavirus pandemic."

Chemicals [6]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Public [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: InsideClimate News [29], 04/28/2020

"Dry Cleaning Solvent Carries Unreasonable Public Risk, EPA Finds" [30]

"A common solvent used to dry clean, make refrigerants, and clean muck from industrial equipment appears to have the potential to harm people’s nervous systems, the EPA said on Monday."

Chemicals [6]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [24]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 04/28/2020

"EPA Faces Court Over Backing Of Monsanto's Controversial Crop System" [32]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is due in federal court on Tuesday to answer allegations that it broke the law to support a Monsanto system that has triggered “widespread” crop damage over the last few summers and continues to threaten farms across the country."

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Source: Guardian [33], 04/21/2020

When the Crisis Was Immense, SEJ Award-Winner Went Narrow [34]

How do you gain perspective on a widespread public health disaster? Award-winning reporter Apoorva Mandavilli shares valuable lessons on using a small lens to cover a big story — no, not COVID-19, but the deadly 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India. And as she explains in this Inside Story Q&A, this decades-old story never really went away in the first place.

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People & Population [37]
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"White House Moves To Weaken EPA Rule On Toxic Compounds" [40]

"The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [6]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [10]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [41], 04/20/2020

"Making Toxic-Free Births A Christian Issue" [42]

"Christian groups fiercely defend the rights of the unborn but have long neglected to advocate for pollution-free births and childhoods. Some evangelicals are trying to change that."

Chemicals [6]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: EHN [44], 04/15/2020

"EPA Charts Path To Suspend Hazardous Waste Cleanup Amid Coronavirus" [45]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced that the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and other pollution spills may be slowed or paused during the coronavirus outbreak."

Chemicals [6]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [10]
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Waste [17]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [46], 04/13/2020

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