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With Key Senate Races Mired In Pollution Issues, GOP Strategists Shrug [1]

"GOP candidates in Arizona, Texas and Florida face environmental attacks, but party strategists think voters won’t care."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [7], 10/24/2018
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"Microplastics Are Turning Up Everywhere, Even In Human Excrement" [8]

"Microplastics have been found in human stool samples from countries in many parts of the world, according to a small pilot study being presented this week at the 26th annual United European Gastroenterology conference in Vienna."

Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
International [9]
Source: NPR [10], 10/24/2018
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"EPA Proposes Reducing Cleanup Plans At Portland Harbor Superfund Site" [11]

"Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are proposing to scale back the scope and cost of the Portland Harbor Superfund cleanup."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: OPB/EarthFix [16], 10/24/2018
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Environment Issues Figure in Many 2018 Mid-Term Races, Ballots [17]

Climate, environment and energy issues figure prominently in the upcoming Nov. 6 elections, whether in individual races, ballot measures or significant power shifts. This week’s TipSheet provides starting points to track relevant races, and runs down 11 big environmental ballots, ranging from measures like a carbon tax in Washington state and drilling ban in Florida, to tight congressional races in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [26]
Policy [27]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
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Public [5]
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"Greens Challenge Trump’s Rollback Of Coal Ash Standards" [35]

"Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration for rolling back parts of a major regulation governing how companies store coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [36], 10/23/2018
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Water Around Utah Uranium Mill Grows More Polluted, Impacts Nearby Town [37]

"There once was a time when the children of White Mesa played outdoors without their parents fearing for their health."

Environmental Health [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
People & Population [39]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: Salt Lake Tribune [40], 10/23/2018
  • Read more about Water Around Utah Uranium Mill Grows More Polluted, Impacts Nearby Town [37]

"Trump Administration Wants Phase-In Of U.N. Rules On Maritime Fuel" [41]

"The Trump administration wants pollution limits on ship fuels that a United Nations maritime agency will implement in 2020 to be phased in to protect consumers from any price spikes in heating and trucking fuels, a White House spokesman said on Friday."

Air [42]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [43]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [44], 10/22/2018
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"EPA Withdraws Proposed Obama-Era Rule Change For Uranium Mining" [45]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it has withdrawn a regulation proposed in the last days of the Obama administration that aimed to tighten health and safety compliance rules for uranium miners."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [46], 10/22/2018
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Everglades: Climate Change Threatens Work To Reverse Manmade Damage [47]

"Report warns that rising temperatures threaten the Everglades, including changing rainfall patterns and accelerating sea-level rise."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [20]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Guardian [49], 10/22/2018
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14-Year Oil Spill In Gulf May Become One Of The Worst In US History [50]

"An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [51], 10/22/2018
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