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"Major EPA Reorganization Will End Science Research Program" [1]

"A federal environmental program that distributes grants to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults and children is being shuttered amidst a major organization consolidation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 02/27/2018
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"America’s Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think" [10]

"A small city in remote Alaska is working to reduce contamination from the nearby Red Dog Mine."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: National Geographic [13], 02/22/2018
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"3M, Minnesota Settle Water Pollution Claims For $850 Million" [14]

"Industrial group 3M Co and Minnesota’s attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $850 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney’s office said on Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 02/21/2018
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Shell Chemical Plant At Norco, La., Polluted Air For Decades [19]

"When Iris Carter heard that the Shell Chemical plant near her childhood home in Norco had been ordered to spend $10 million on pollution control equipment to resolve decades of allegations that the plant was violating the federal Clean Air Act, she felt a variety of emotions."

Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [12]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: New Orleans Advocate [21], 02/20/2018
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Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [22]

Minnesota's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M for polluting natural resources is finally going to trial after yers of delay.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [12]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: MPR News [23], 02/20/2018
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"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge" [24]

"Greens notched a court victory Friday as a California judge ruled that U.S. EPA unlawfully delayed an Obama-era rule aiming at limiting formaldehyde emissions from wood products."

Chemicals [2]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [26], 02/20/2018
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"Monsanto Loses Bid To Stop Arkansas Ban On Farm Chemical" [27]

"An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto Co lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [29], 02/20/2018
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Trump Interior Dept. Wants to Charge More to Access Public Records [30]

A recently unearthed report reveals Bureau of Land Management plans to limit how many FOIA requests a single person or group can submit and to make government records more expensive to acquire.

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [2]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Gizmodo [32], 02/19/2018
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"Critics Blast EPA for Lowering Syngenta Pesticide Fine" [33]

"Critics are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically lowering a fine on agribusiness company Syngenta for violations of pesticide regulations."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [34], 02/19/2018
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"Senate Bill Would Let EPA Implement Global Greenhouse Gas Deal" [35]

"A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Friday that would let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implement a global deal meant to phase out certain greenhouse gases."

Air [36]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [37]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [38], 02/19/2018
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