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"Biden Administration Moves To Curtail Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’" [1]

"The Biden administration moved Monday to regulate a group of long-lasting, human-made chemicals that pose health risks to millions of Americans, even as they continue to be used in an array of products such as cosmetics, dental floss, food packaging, clothing and cleaning supplies."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [10], 10/19/2021
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Climate Risk Disclosure Guides Journalists, Not Just Investors [11]

A profound tightening of companies’ environmental risk disclosure requirements may be ahead, thanks to efforts by the Biden administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission. And the new WatchDog Opinion column argues that as fossil fuel firms position themselves as part of an environmentally sound future, journalists must act too — demanding full disclosure of corporate financial risks related to climate.

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Activism [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [20]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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"Flood Insurance Rates Are Spiking For Many, To Account For Climate Risk" [21]

"The cost of federal flood insurance is rising for millions of homeowners, threatening to make homes in coastal areas unaffordable for many. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its new rates better reflect flood risk in a warming climate."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [23], 10/18/2021
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Key Biden Climate Plan Likely to Be Cut Because of Manchin Opposition [24]

"The West Virginia Democrat told the White House he is firmly against a clean electricity program that is the muscle behind the president’s plan to battle climate change."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [26], 10/18/2021
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Vanished From 8 States, American Bumblebees Could Face Extinction [27]

"Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their complete disappearance from eight states has led to a call for the bee to be placed under the Endangered Species Act before they face extinction."

Biodiversity [28]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: USA TODAY [31], 10/15/2021
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"EPA Plans to Clean Up Troubled Chemical and Pesticide Programs" [32]

"The EPA announced the creation of two internal scientific advisory panels after whistleblower accounts of internal corruption."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [34]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [35], 10/15/2021
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"Democrats Begin Scrutiny of Abandoned Offshore Oil Equipment" [36]

"House Democrats began Thursday making the case for stricter regulation of thousands of abandoned wells, platforms and pipelines off the U.S. coasts following one of the biggest off-shore spills in California in nearly 30 years."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [37], 10/15/2021
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Biosurveillance of Wildlife Markets Needed To Curb Pandemic Risk: Experts [38]

"Almost 90% of the 180 recognized RNA viruses that can harm humans are zoonotic in origin. But disease biosurveillance of the world’s wildlife markets and legal trade is largely absent, putting humanity at significant risk."

Biodiversity [28]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [39]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [8]
International [40]
Source: Mongabay [41], 10/15/2021
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Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas" [42]

"EPA is set to ramp up scrutiny of facilities that do not currently report releases of a toxic gas as the Biden administration beefs up its environmental justice agenda."

Air [43]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [44], 10/14/2021
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"Over 100 Nations To Adopt 'Kunming Declaration' To Boost Biodiversity" [45]

"As of Wednesday, more than 100 countries have signed on to the so-called Kunming Declaration to protect biodiversity."

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [8]
International [40]
Source: DW [46], 10/14/2021
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