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"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [1]

A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better. 

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BookShelf [2]
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Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Food [6]
Waste [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Europe [9]
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Public [10]

"Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill" [11]

"Senate Democrats from New Hampshire have sent a letter to the regional Environmental Protection Agency office raising questions about its determination that a controversial landfill did not pose an 'unacceptable human health risk.'"

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: AP [18], 10/23/2017

"EPA Orders Cleanup At Texas Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey" [19]

"The Trump administration has handed a rare victory to environmentalists, ordering two big corporations this week to pay $115 million to clean up a Texas toxic waste site that may have spread dangerous levels of pollution during flooding from Hurricane Harvey."

Disasters [20]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: AP [22], 10/13/2017

"Coal Ash Dam Failures Would Impact Hundreds, Maps Show" [23]

"Raleigh, N.C. — Maps released by Duke Energy late last week reveal for the first time that nearly 300 individual structures – homes, businesses and town infrastructure – could be in danger of flooding as a result of dam failures at the energy firm's coal ash pits scattered across the state."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: WRAL [27], 10/11/2017

Park Service Showed That Its Bottled Water Ban Worked — Then Lifted It [28]

"Long before the Trump administration rescinded a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in select national parks, the Interior Department was aware of a report from the National Park Service that the program worked."

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [16]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [30], 09/28/2017

"How Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic" [31]

"Fraud. Bribery. Incompetence. The military’s use of contractors adds to a legacy of environmental damage."

Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [32]
Pollution [16]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: ProPublica [33], 09/27/2017

EPA Spending Almost $25,000 To Install A Secure Phone Booth For Pruitt [34]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records."

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [35]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [36], 09/27/2017

Park Service Report: Obama Water Bottle Ban Had ‘Significant’ Benefits [37]

"An internal National Park Service (NPS) staff report concluded that an Obama administration effort to ban sales of bottled water at some parks had 'significant environmental benefits.'"

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/26/2017

CO Landfills Illegally Burying Low-Level Radwaste From Oil, Gas Industry [39]

"Colorado landfills have been illegally burying low-level radioactive waste from the oil and gas industry that they are not approved to handle, state health officials revealed this week."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
Waste [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Denver Post [41], 09/25/2017

"AP Exclusive: Toxic Sites In Likely Path Of Irma" [42]

"MIAMI -- Dozens of personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency worked to secure some of the nation's most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida. The agency said its employees evacuated personnel, secured equipment and safeguarded hazardous materials in anticipation of storm surges and heavy rains."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [43]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [16]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [46], 09/11/2017

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