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"More Than 50 Countries Sign UN Sustainable Tourism Declaration" [1]

"More than 50 governments have signed a U.N. declaration to make tourism around the globe more climate friendly, the United Nations said on Wednesday, in what it hailed as a major achievement of the climate summit in Azerbaijan."

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Natural Resources [5]
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International [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 11/21/2024
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"Despite Critics, Organic Farming Thrives In Heart Of US Corn Country" [11]

"With just shy of 800 residents, West Bend, Iowa is barely a blip on a prairie landscape, but it has become home base for an uncommonly large expanse of organically grown crops- operations that have found success in challenging the popular convention that pesticides and other agricultural chemicals are needed to feed the world."

Agriculture [12]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Source: The New Lede [20], 11/20/2024
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"The US No Longer Supports Capping Plastic Production In UN Treaty" [21]

"The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [16]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [9]
Source: Grist [26], 11/20/2024
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Sean Duffy, Fox News Host, Gets Trump’s Nod For Transportation Secretary [27]

"A former Wisconsin congressman and Fox Business host, Sean Duffy, was named on Monday by President-elect Donald J. Trump as his choice to lead the Transportation Department."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [30], 11/19/2024
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Is Fluoride Facing Phaseout in Your Community’s Drinking Water? [31]

Fluoridated drinking water has helped limit tooth decay in the United States for decades. But that could come to an end in the Trump administration, if fluoride nonfan Robert F. Kennedy Jr., slated to head Health and Human Services, has his way. In the first installment of SEJournal’s new weekly EJ TransitionWatch column, we examine the challenge to this public health success story. Plus, questions to ask and resources for your reporting.

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"Dozens Of Brands Come With A Side Of Dangerous Plastics, Report Finds" [39]

"Food and cosmetics from dozens of major retailers come wrapped in potentially dangerous plastics, a new report has found."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [16]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [40], 11/15/2024
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Trump Picks Anti-Vax Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Health Secretary [41]

"NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, Medicare and Medicaid.

Activism [33]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [23]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [6]
Science [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [42], 11/15/2024
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20+ Agrochemicals, Including Common Herbicides, Linked To Prostate Cancer [43]

"New research adds to evidence that several types of agrochemicals — including the widely used herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate — may raise the risk of prostate cancer."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [15]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [44], 11/12/2024
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Climate Change Identified As Main Driver Of Worsening Drought In U.S. West [45]

"New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening droughts in the Western U.S. Scientists say the severity of future droughts will be determined largely by how much more planet-heating gases humans release into the atmosphere."

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: LA Times [47], 11/08/2024
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Toxic PFAS In Menstrual Pads Harm Reproductive Health, Group Charges [48]

"Carefree menstrual pads are contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, which presents a threat to the reproductive health of women using the products, a new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges."

Chemicals [13]
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Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [29]
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National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [49], 11/08/2024
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