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"Exxon Tapes Add Fuel For Congressional Investigators" [1]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. scrambled to respond yesterday to a secretive video recording that detailed the company's lobbying practices, but the incident could be an even greater impetus for a congressional inquiry as a House subcommittee chairman continued to warn of subpoenas for top executives."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 07/02/2021
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Biden Aims to Increase Electric Car Sales By Using Pollution Rules [11]

"President Biden has a two-step strategy to cut tailpipe emissions, the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gases: First, restore the standards to roughly the level set by President Barack Obama. Then, tighten them even further, with an aim of making the electric car the dominant vehicle sold in the United States."

Air [12]
Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [14], 07/02/2021
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High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Found In Parts Of Houston [15]

"High levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been detected in air monitors in Houston neighborhoods near the busiest U.S. petrochemical port, according to a report issued on Thursday by Houston health officials and environmental groups."

Air [12]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 07/02/2021
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Summer 2021 Algal Bloom Still Expected To Be Mild For Western Lake Erie [20]

"Despite searing heat and heavy showers at various times this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sticking to its prediction that western Lake Erie’s algal bloom this summer will be as small as last year’s and relatively mild overall."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Health [17]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Source: Toledo Blade [24], 07/01/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [25]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [16]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [28], 07/01/2021
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WH Says Bipartisan Deal Will Get Rid Of All Of The Country's Lead Pipes [29]

"The bipartisan infrastructure agreement reached last week will get rid of all of the country's lead pipes and service lines, according to a new White House memo, but it's not clear how long it will take."

Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [32], 06/30/2021
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"Environmentalists Allege Pollution From West Virginia Mine" [33]

"A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site."

Activism [34]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [30]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: AP [38], 06/30/2021
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Journalists Team Up To Continue Colleagues’ Work Exposing Mining Risks [39]

Environmental journalists around the world sometimes pay for their work with their freedom, safety or even their lives. The Forbidden Stories network continues the reporting of some of those journalists, and a team there recently produced an award-winning collaboration to investigate troubles at mining giants in Central America, South Asia and East Africa. “The Green Blood Project” in this month’s Inside Story.

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Activism [34]
Disasters [41]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [7]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
International [45]
Africa [46]
Asia [47]
Central America & the Caribbean [48]
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Public [8]
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"Can We Trust Corporations To Deal With Their Own Waste?" [49]

"A federal bill that includes “extended producer responsibility” for waste is dividing environmentalists and renewing questions about corporate support."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [44]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [50], 06/25/2021
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Pollution Linked to Higher Cancer Rates in Low-Income La. Communities [51]

"A new Tulane study finds that air pollution could be causing higher rates of cancer in low-income communities in Louisiana. Louisiana has the 7th highest cancer rate in the United States."

Air [12]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [30]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: WWNO [53], 06/25/2021
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