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"Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need" [1]

"Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Civil Eats [10], 10/31/2024
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"Super Polluting Coal Plants Power Economies And The Climate Crisis" [11]

"Shuttering the world's dirtiest power plants could help to eliminate vast amounts of planet-heating emissions that are threatening international climate goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). From India to Poland, these super polluting power plants most often run on coal and emit tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [16], 10/30/2024
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"E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future" [17]

"Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [19], 10/30/2024
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"Water Quality Advocates Ask Virginia For More Aggressive PFAS Policies" [20]

"In Virginia, laws passed so far require agencies to find and address specific sources of PFAS pollution when they have contaminated a public drinking water system. But clean water advocates want the state to require more monitoring now at facilities known to be possible sources of PFAS so that action can be taken more quickly when additional federal limits are finalized."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [14]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Bay Journal [25], 10/30/2024
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Albania Turns Away Ship Suspected Of Carrying Toxic Waste [26]

"Albania prevented Monday a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port, officials said, after a watchdog group alerted authorities."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Europe [28]
Source: AP [29], 10/29/2024
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Toxic Contamination Of S. Calif. Coast Lives On Decades Later: Study [30]

"Toxic pesticides dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago are staying put — deep in adjacent ocean sediments and in the fish that reside in these habitats, a new study has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [33]
Source: The Hill [34], 10/29/2024
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Dust From Lithium-Rich Salton Sea Worsening Child Respiratory Issues: Study [35]

"Wind-strewn dust from California’s lithium-rich, shrinking Salton Sea may be triggering respiratory issues in children who live nearby, a new study has found."

Air [36]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [33]
Source: The Hill [38], 10/29/2024
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October 31, 2024

SciLine Experts on Camera: Environmental Contamination After Hurricanes With Dr. Weihsueh Chiu [39]

Dr. Weihsueh Chiu of Texas A&M will be available from 10 a.m-noon ET for 15-minute 1-on-1 Zoom interviews. He can discuss types of hurrican-damage pollution; how preparations for hurricanes and damage to infrastructure lead to pollution; environmental remediation; and how hurricane-related pollution impacts human health.

Other Events [40]
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Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [14]
Health [42]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [7]
Science [43]
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National (U.S.) [9]

California May Overhaul A Key Climate Program — Raising The Cost Of Gas [44]

"California plans to overhaul one of its cornerstone climate programs — a decision that could push gasoline prices higher in a state where residents already pay the most at the pump."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [45]
Public [8]
California [33]
Source: CalMatters [46], 10/28/2024
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"Industrial Fishing Undermines World’s Greatest Carbon Sink, Experts Warn" [47]

"Damage to oceans is releasing vast amounts of CO2, despite efforts to market fish as a sustainable food."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [12]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [48]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: DeSmog [49], 10/28/2024
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