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"Biden Takes Moonshot Approach to Replacing Lead Water Pipes" [1]

"The Biden administration wants to take a huge swing at the problem of lead water pipes, proposing to replace 100% of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines."

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Environmental Justice [5]
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Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
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Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 04/01/2021
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Lead Pipes: Biden Visit Highlights Pittsburgh Water Contamination Woes [13]

"President Biden's scheduled appearance in Pittsburgh tomorrow to unveil a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan could have a direct bearing on the city's ongoing efforts to combat contaminated drinking water."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [15], 03/31/2021
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"Industry Eyeing EPA’s Hustle to Control ‘Forever Chemicals’" [16]

"Industry attorneys say they’re bracing for a wave of corporate liability and litigation as the Biden administration works swiftly to fulfill a campaign promise to control “forever chemicals.”

The Environmental Protection Agency this month announced it’s working on three water-related regulations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. It sent a fourth chemical data-collection proposal to the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, for approval.

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [17], 03/29/2021
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Biden EPA Yanks Permit for St. Croix Refinery over Environmental Justice [18]

"The Biden administration handed environmental justice advocates a major victory on Thursday when it announced it was withdrawing a key pollution permit for an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that locals say has long fouled their air and water and endangered their health."

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Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
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Source: Inside Climate News [23], 03/26/2021
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Florida Lead Smelter Exposes Hundreds of Workers to Dangerous Neurotoxin [24]

"Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound."

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Source: Tampa Bay Times [26], 03/26/2021
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In Conservation Success Story, Bald Eagle Numbers Have Soared [27]

"The number of bald eagles — a species that once came dangerously close to extinction in the United States — has more than quadrupled over the last dozen years despite massive declines in overall bird populations, government scientists announced Tuesday."

Biodiversity [28]
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Wildlife [29]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: LA Times [30], 03/25/2021
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"'Buyer Beware': Ads Hide PFAS Cookware Risks" [31]

"Consumers trying to avoid toxic chemicals in their nonstick cookware face convoluted advertising claims that can confuse even the most well-informed buyers."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [32]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [33], 03/25/2021
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Did Chemical Company Misrepresent Data To Avoid Making A Safer Product? [34]

"A former Syngenta scientist alleges lives could have been saved with tweaks to the formulation of weedkiller paraquat".

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [36]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [37], 03/25/2021
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Senate Dems Plan To Use Review Act To Reinstate Obama Methane Rule [38]

"Senate Democrats plan to deploy an obscure but powerful legislative weapon in the coming weeks to try to quickly reinstate a major Obama-era climate change rule that the Trump administration had effectively eliminated."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/25/2021
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Trump’s Parting Gift to St. Croix: One of America’s Largest Refineries [40]

"Environmentalists say Trump’s EPA bent rules to speed its restart. Now, they want President Biden to address what they call a textbook case of environmental injustice."

Air [19]
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Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
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Pollution [8]
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Central America & the Caribbean [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 03/23/2021
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