"Fired Scientists Blast EPA Soot Standard In Medical Journal" [1]
"Scientists who served on a now-disbanded EPA advisory panel are again accusing the agency of slighting public health, this time in the pages of a top national medical publication."
"Scientists who served on a now-disbanded EPA advisory panel are again accusing the agency of slighting public health, this time in the pages of a top national medical publication."
"Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating a global hacker-for-hire operation that sent phishing emails to environmental groups, journalists and others."
"An environmental group on Tuesday said it will sue the White House if President Trump doesn’t walk back an executive order that waives endangered species protections along with a host of other environmental laws."
"In an effort to move forward a $576 million Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project, the California State Assembly passed AB 3005 on June 8, the Expedited Dam Safety for Silicon Valley Act, facilitating the construction of the project."
"In the midst of uprisings against police brutality across the U.S., Iowa legislators quietly passed a bill on Friday to increase penalties for animal rights activism that has targeted the factory farming industry. Debates in both the state House and Senate were followed rapidly by votes in favor of the legislation. The bill now awaits the governor’s signature."
"The EPA’s analysis of asbestos underestimates the extent to which people are exposed to the mineral and its potential to cause cancer and other diseases, an agency science advisory panel said."
"The Trump administration is preparing to open the door to oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast — but will wait until after the November election to avoid blowback in a swing state whose waters both parties have long considered sacrosanct, according to four people familiar with the plan."
"Democratic lawmakers are requesting an investigation into the U.S. Park Police’s use of force in clearing demonstrators who had gathered near the White House to protest the killing of George Floyd."
"Some of the country's most polluting industries have flooded state regulators with requests to ease environmental regulations, according to an NPR review of hundreds of state environmental records.
Companies across the country say the pandemic is interfering with their ability to comply with laws that protect the public from pollution.
"The environmental injustice that disadvantaged communities suffer affects the country’s overall health and economic bottom line, witnesses told House lawmakers Tuesday."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fired-scientists-blast-epa-soot-standard-medical-journal
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[11] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063370679
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmentalists-targeted-exxon-mobil-then-hackers-targeted-them
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[16] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/nyregion/exxon-mobil-hackers-greenpeace.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-faces-suit-order-lifting-endangered-species-protections
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[22] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/501805-white-house-faces-suit-on-order-that-lifts-endangered-species
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/calif-assembly-passes-expedited-dam-safety-silicon-valley-act
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[26] https://www.enr.com/articles/49534-california-assembly-passes-expedited-dam-safety-for-silicon-valley-act
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iowa-quietly-passes-its-3rd-ag-gag-bill-after-constitutional-challenges
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[31] https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/iowa-animal-rights-crime-ag-gag-law/
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/advisers-say-many-exposed-asbestos-omitted-epa-analysis
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[35] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/advisers-say-many-exposed-to-asbestos-omitted-from-epa-analysis
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-push-drilling-florida-waters-after-november-election
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[38] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/interior-drilling-florida-waters-november-election-310595
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lawmakers-seek-investigation-park-police-after-clearing-park
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[41] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/501910-lawmakers-seek-investigation-of-park-police-after-clearing-of-white
[42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-steps-back-states-face-wave-requests-leniency
[43] https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/867004030/as-epa-steps-back-states-face-wave-of-requests-for-environmental-leniency
[44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/congress-told-take-holistic-approach-environmental-justice
[45] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/congress-told-to-take-holistic-approach-to-environmental-justice
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=406
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=403
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=404
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=405
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=408
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=409
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=410
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=411
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=975