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Shell Chemical Plant At Norco, La., Polluted Air For Decades [1]

"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 [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Source: New Orleans Advocate [7], 02/20/2018
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Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial [8]

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

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: MPR News [11], 02/20/2018
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"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge" [12]

"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 [13]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [15], 02/20/2018
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"Monsanto Loses Bid To Stop Arkansas Ban On Farm Chemical" [16]

"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 [17]
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [18], 02/20/2018
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Trump Interior Dept. Wants to Charge More to Access Public Records [19]

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 [17]
Chemicals [2]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Gizmodo [21], 02/19/2018
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"Critics Blast EPA for Lowering Syngenta Pesticide Fine" [22]

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

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [23], 02/19/2018
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"Senate Bill Would Let EPA Implement Global Greenhouse Gas Deal" [24]

"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 [25]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [26]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [27], 02/19/2018
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"Want Cleaner Air? Try Using Less Deodorant" [28]

"The deodorants, perfumes and soaps that keep us smelling good are fouling the air with a harmful type of pollution — at levels as high as emissions from today’s cars and trucks."

Air [25]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NY Times [30], 02/19/2018
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EPA: Pesticide Company’s Penalty Cut From A Proposed $4.8M to $150K [31]

"A settlement agreement between U.S. EPA and Syngenta Seeds LLC to resolve violations of pesticide regulations at a Hawaii farm includes a civil penalty that's significantly lower than what the Obama administration had sought."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Greenwire [33], 02/15/2018
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"Toxic Secrets: Pollution, Evasion And Fear In North Jersey" [34]

"An investigation by The Record and NorthJersey.com found that DuPont knew cancer-causing solvents could vaporize into Pompton Lakes homes."

"For decades, an underground plume of toxic chemicals — about eight football fields wide and covering 140 acres — has lurked beneath 400 homes in the shadow of a now-shuttered munitions plant in suburban North Jersey.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Bergen Record [36], 02/15/2018
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