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"EPA Hails Trump's Work On Reducing Air Pollution" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pointed to a new study released Wednesday to emphasize what it characterized as the Trump administration’s achievements in decreasing air pollution."

Air [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [8], 07/19/2019
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"EPA Halts Surprise Inspections Of Power, Chemical Plants" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting rid of a policy that let pollution enforcement officials drop in at power and chemical plants for unannounced inspections."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [12], 07/19/2019
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EPA Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Linked To Children’s Health Problems [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency rejected a petition by environmental and public health groups Thursday to ban a widely used pesticide that has been linked to neurological damage in children, even though a federal court said last year there was “no justification” for such a decision."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Food [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [17], 07/19/2019
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"As Trump Touts U.S. Air Quality, EPA Data Shows Some Areas Worsening" [18]

"The number of unhealthy air days in major cities across the United States has risen sharply over the last two years, even as emissions of key pollutants continue to slip, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [19], 07/18/2019
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"Clean Water Act: 'The River Disappears, But The Pollution Doesn't'" [20]

"BUTTE COUNTY, Idaho — The Big Lost River earns its name. Beginning in Idaho's tallest peaks, moving through irrigation dams and diversions, the river flows into the desert here and simply ends."

Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [22], 07/17/2019
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"Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans" [23]

"Iron particles released by industrial activities are falling into the seas in greater quantities than previously thought".

Air [2]
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [24]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
International [25]
Source: ClimateWire [26], 07/17/2019
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"Nutrient Runoff Starves Corals In The Florida Keys" [27]

"Rising ocean temperatures, a consequence of climate change, are known for bleaching and killing corals. But a study, published today in Marine Biology, reveals another overlooked culprit: excess nitrogen."

Agriculture [14]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [28], 07/17/2019
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"Trump Administration Freezing Fuel Efficiency Penalties" [29]

"The Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [32], 07/15/2019
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EPA Plans to Curtail Ability of Communities to Oppose Pollution Permits [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to weaken rules that for the past quarter-century have given communities a voice in deciding how much pollution may legally be released by nearby power plants and factories."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [34], 07/15/2019
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"Mining Company Rejects EPA Order For Superfund Cleanup Work" [35]

"A mining company says it won’t carry out cleanup work ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of a Superfund project in southwest Colorado."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Source: AP [38], 07/12/2019
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