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"Calif. To Ban Sale Of New Gas-Powered Cars In 2035 Under Newsom Order" [1]

"California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars to combat climate change starting in 2035, a move that could help reshape the nation’s automobile market and its output of greenhouse gases."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [10], 09/24/2020
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'It Smells Bad, It Tastes Bad': How Americans Stopped Trusting Their Water [11]

"Many residents of Martin County, Kentucky, won’t drink their tap water, a legacy of years of mismanagement".

Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [16], 09/23/2020
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"EPA About to Reverse Clinton-Era Toxic Air Pollution Policy" [17]

"Power plants, refineries, and other industrial sources may now be able to avoid stringent pollution controls if the toxic air particles they emit fall below a mandated legal threshold."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 09/23/2020
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"Hot Roads And Roofs Send Harmful Pollution Into The Air" [20]

"Asphalt—a petroleum product used on roads and roofs—is a significant source of harmful chemicals that end up contributing to ozone and particulate matter pollution, according to a study published today in Science Advances."

Air [2]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [21], 09/22/2020
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Pebble: "An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged" [22]

"In secretly recorded meetings, executives with the Pebble Mine project said the operation could run nine times longer than outlined in their permit filings."

Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [6]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 09/22/2020
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Scientists Take Closest Look Yet at Warming Impact of Aviation Emissions [29]

"An international team of prominent scientists has published what they say is the most comprehensive study to date calculating the complex climate impact of aviation emissions, reaffirming that contrail clouds produce more warming than carbon dioxide."

Air [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
International [30]
Source: InsideClimate News [31], 09/21/2020
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‘This Does Not Look Good for Children’: Fires Pose Risk to Young Lungs [32]

"The wildfires blazing in the West could hinder developing lungs, worsen asthma and even lead to the condition in those who don’t have it but are genetically disposed to it."

"SAN FRANCISCO — Ian MacDonald, a 14-year-old in Portland, Ore., got a treat from his parents the other day. He was allowed to go outside.

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Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [34], 09/21/2020
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"White House Docs: Trump Aides Pushed EPA for Fewer Methane Checks" [35]

"EPA bowed to White House pressure during interagency review of an oil and gas emissions rule by reducing requirements for a segment of the natural gas supply chain to monitor and repair methane leaks."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [37], 09/21/2020
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"Court Temporarily Pauses EPA Methane Emissions Rollback" [38]

"A court has temporarily halted an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that rescinded Obama-era standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, preventing the rollback from taking effect for the time being."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [39], 09/18/2020
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Black Pensacola Neighborhood Took Massive Hit from Hurricane Sally [40]

"PENSACOLA, Fla. — Wendy Evil, 52, spent Thursday morning picking through her drenched belongings. Her house, her yard, her . . . everything was flooded. “I am just so destroyed,” she said."

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Source: Washington Post [42], 09/18/2020
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