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"Hudson River Shows Signs Of Rebound After Decades As New York's Sewer" [1]

"The presence of large sturgeon is just one indicator that the waterway is recovering from serious industrial pollution."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 04/04/2019
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NYC Embraced Congestion Pricing. Will Other Clogged Cities Follow? [8]

"Major cities across the United States are facing increasingly clogged roads and have had frustratingly little success in dealing with them. But now that New York has adopted congestion pricing in Manhattan, the rest of the country is far more likely to seriously consider embracing such a policy — even though it was once considered politically toxic, according to municipal officials and transportation analysts."

Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NY Times [16], 04/03/2019
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"Trump Vows Funding For Great Lakes Program He Just Proposed To Gut" [17]

"President Donald Trump attempted to position himself as a hero to Michigan voters as he vowed to allocate funds for a Great Lakes restoration program — just days after he called for a 90% cut to the project in his federal budget proposal."

Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: HuffPost [20], 04/02/2019
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NC Orders Duke To Dig Up Millions Of Tons Of Coal Ash At 6 Power Plants [21]

"North Carolina’s environment department ordered Duke Energy on Monday to excavate millions of tons of coal ash from six power plants, including two near Charlotte on lakes Norman and Wylie."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Charlotte Observer [23], 04/02/2019
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Air Pollution: EPA Panel Urges Wheeler To Bring Back Fired Experts [24]

"A fractured EPA advisory panel is asking for help as its ability to handle a high-stakes review of particulate matter standards is under harsh scrutiny."

Air [9]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Pollution [3]
Science [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Greenwire [26], 04/01/2019
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"Plastic Bags to Be Banned in New York State" [27]

"New York State lawmakers have agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way of life for millions of New Yorkers as legislators seek to curb an unsightly and omnipresent source of litter."

Consumer [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [3]
Waste [29]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: NY Times [30], 03/29/2019
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"EPA: No Toxic Releases At Superfund Sites In Flooded Midwest" [31]

"Flooding in the Midwest temporarily cut off a Superfund site in Nebraska that stores radioactive waste and explosives, inundated another one storing toxic chemical waste in Missouri, and limited access to others, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency reported no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites in flooded parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [33]
Pollution [3]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [34], 03/28/2019
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"Scientists Look For Antibiotic-Resistant Germs In Raw Sewage" [35]

Where should we look to map the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria? Sewage would be a good place to start, according to a newly published scientific paper.

 

Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [3]
Science [25]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [37], 03/28/2019
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"A Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating In Bangladesh" [38]

"Climate disruption is forcing entire communities from their homes across the globe, and perhaps no population is more imperiled than the people of Bangladesh."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [10]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
Asia [41]
Source: PRI [42], 03/28/2019
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"Michigan Governor Seeks Cap On ‘Forever’ Chemicals In Water" [43]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday directed Michigan’s environmental agency to develop drinking water standards for certain toxic industrial chemicals rather than waiting for updated federal guidelines."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [44], 03/27/2019
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