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"EPA Proposes Ban On Carcinogenic Cleaning Chemical TCE" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to ban a toxic chemical that is used in cleaning and has become infamous for health effects, including cancer."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 10/24/2023
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Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process [9]

"A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [14], 10/23/2023
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FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns [15]

"The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [17], 10/23/2023
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Do Home Buyers Have a Right to Flood Risk Disclosure? [18]

In the second of a two-parter for our 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy [19], the latest TipSheet considers how local environmental journalists can make news out of the state-by-state patchwork of flood risk disclosure laws amid rising climate extremes. A dozen-and-a-half story ideas and reporting resources on the topic. Plus, see part one [20] on climate and insurance.

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Climate Change [11]
Consumer [22]
Disasters [23]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)" [30]

"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [16]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [32]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ICT [33], 10/20/2023
  • Read more about "‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)" [30]

GOP AGs, Industry Ask For Emergency Supreme Court Stay Of Biden Smog Rule [34]

"A coalition of Republican attorneys general on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stay the federal “Good Neighbor” interstate smog rule while they appeal a lower court ruling."

Air [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [37], 10/20/2023
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New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says [38]

"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Earther [40], 10/20/2023
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‘It’s Never Too Late’: Canada Sued Over Near-Extinction Of Spotted Owls [41]

"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".

Biodiversity [42]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [44]
Public [6]
Canada [45]
Source: The Narwhal [46], 10/20/2023
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Ships Speeding Through US 'Go Slow' Zones Meant To Protect Endangered Whale [47]

"More than 80% of ships are speeding through "go slow" zones set by environmental regulators along the U.S. East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Oceana."

Biodiversity [42]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [48], 10/20/2023
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Feds OK Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion In Pacific Northwest Over Protests [49]

"Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk."

Activism [50]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
Source: AP [52], 10/20/2023
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