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"Sustainability In The Fashion Industry Faces An Uphill Climb" [1]

"Sustainability in fashion is a hot button topic, with retailers large and small racing to prove their green credentials, but the desire for new attire churns and the industry remains one of the world’s largest polluters as climate activists and watchdogs sound alarms."

Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Waste [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: AP [7], 01/08/2020
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“Whose Water Is It Anyway?: Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands” [8]

Water rights activist Maude Barlow eschews sanitized language to take on what she calls the “lords of water,” fighting global and local battles to turn communities “blue.” Barlow’s new book, “Whose Water Is It Anyway?: Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands” is the subject of our latest BookShelf review.

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BookShelf [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [10]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [6]
Canada [16]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"EPA Bans Consumer Use of Methylene Chloride Paint Stripper" [17]

"A retail ban on the sale of methylene chloride paint strippers takes effect Nov. 23, the EPA announced."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 11/25/2019
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"Ford Wants to Sell You an Electric S.U.V. It’s Called a Mustang." [22]

"Ford Motor’s latest offering seems like an oxymoron twice over: It’s a sport utility vehicle that’s electric … that’s a Mustang. It’s also Detroit’s biggest bet yet on a mass-market future for battery-powered cars."

Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NY Times [26], 11/18/2019
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"Big Plastic Polluters Accused Of Cynically Backing Us Recycling Day" [27]

"America’s government-backed national recycling awareness day is being used as cover by large corporations that are churning out enormous volumes of plastic that end up strewn across landscapes, rivers and in the ocean, critics have said."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Waste [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [28], 11/18/2019
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"Electric Vehicles: What We Learned On The Electric Road Trip" [29]

"After two crazy months, we're done. The reporters of E&E News have completed the Electric Road Trip, an 8,000-mile journey in an electric car and an investigation into how electric transportation will change America. What did we learn?"

Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: EnergyWire [30], 11/14/2019
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Exposed: A Scientific Stalemate Leaves Our Hormones And Health At Risk [31]

"Bisphenol A is likely coursing through your body right now. Every day, you're inadvertently consuming and absorbing trace amounts as it migrates from can and bottle linings into your food and drink, and from thermal paper receipts onto your skin. Scientists have found BPA in more than 90 percent of Americans tested. Yet whether exposures to such small amounts of the common chemical pose any real health hazard remains highly controversial."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: EHN [32], 11/14/2019
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"EPA Proposes Relaxed Rules For Widely Used Insecticides" [33]

"EPA yesterday [Tuesday] proposed watered-down regulations for a set of widely used insecticides linked to a range of human health and environmental concerns."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Greenwire [36], 11/14/2019
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Environmental Stories 'Down The Road' in 2020 From Highway Bill [37]

A massive transportation measure is working its way through Congress, with environmental elements including climate change and public transit. But will this “must-pass” measure actually pass in the coming year? Or will it be bogged down by politics or looming questions of how to pay for it? A new Issue Backgrounder explains.

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Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [39]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Planning & Growth [41]
Policy [13]
Pollution [42]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Ongoing Climate Change Will Bring More Bad News on Health in 2020 [43]

Illness, injury, death. Those are the worsening health impacts of climate change, as global warming shifts disease vectors, encourages bacteria and foodborne illness, and leaves people increasingly suffering from heat, smog, smoke, allergies and other risks of extreme weather. Our latest TipSheet helps you get a handle on the sprawling health-climate story.

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Agriculture [34]
Air [45]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [39]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [19]
Food [47]
Health [48]
Journalism & Media [49]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [42]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
International [6]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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