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"FCC Ordered to Explain Cell Phone Radiation Guidelines" [1]

"The Federal Communications Commission must take a second look and explain how its regulations protect against the harmful effects of radiation from cell phone towers and wireless devices, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday."

Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [9], 08/16/2021
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"Manufacturers Make PFAS-Free Food Packaging Recipe Available To All" [10]

"Two American manufacturers unveiled a new recipe on Thursday for PFAS and plastics-free packaging for everything from burgers to salads, in a bid to make takeout food more sustainable and safer for consumers. While the companies—Zume and Solenis—are not the first to design a grease-resistant, PFAS-free food container, this is the first time that manufacturers have open-sourced such packaging technology."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [13]
Technology [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: EHN [14], 08/13/2021
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"Biden Asked OPEC To Pump More Oil. Is That Climate Denial?" [15]

"On Wednesday, the White House asked the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to pump more oil in hopes of stemming the rise in gas prices in the United States."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: HuffPost [19], 08/12/2021
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"Biden Officials Push To Hike Lightbulb Efficiency After Trump Reversal" [20]

"The Biden administration is proposing the restoration of Obama-era rules aimed at increasing efficiency of consumer lightbulbs by including more types of bulbs in regulations."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [21], 08/11/2021
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"EPA Ordered To Update Rules On Oil Spill-Fighting Chemicals" [22]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills, which some environmental groups contend cause serious health problems."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [26], 08/11/2021
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"FDA Raises Alarm Over PFAS-Tainted Food Containers" [27]

"FDA is warning the food industry that certain processes for producing plastic used for food containers may result in PFAS leaching into food. "

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [28], 08/11/2021
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"Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu" [29]

"The chief executives of the world’s biggest automakers gathered with President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center in 2011 to announce they had agreed to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon -- the largest increase in history."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Green [31], 08/10/2021
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Address Risky Human Activities Now Or Face New Pandemics: Scientists [32]

"Globally, numerous infectious diseases are being transmitted between wildlife, livestock and humans at escalating rates, including outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola, dengue, HIV and others, as the threat of new emergent zoonotic diseases grows ever greater. The cost is huge in lives lost and ruined economies. The driver: human activities, particularly intrusion into wild landscapes and eating and trading wild animals."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [13]
Forests [36]
Natural Resources [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [7]
International [39]
Source: Mongabay [40], 08/06/2021
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FEMA Not Pushing Homeowners Hard Enough to Buy Flood Insurance: GAO [41]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been collecting a lot of information about flood risks across America, including the increased risk of flooding linked to climate change. But the agency has not effectively used that new knowledge to persuade more Americans to buy flood insurance, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [12]
Government [42]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/05/2021
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"California Resorts To Water Cutoffs As Drought Worsens" [44]

"California water regulators took unprecedented action this week, passing an emergency regulation that will bar thousands of Californians from diverting stream and river water as the drought worsens."

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [35]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [7]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 08/05/2021
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