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"Thailand Bans Imports Of Plastic Waste To Curb Toxic Pollution" [1]

"Thailand has banned plastic waste imports over concerns about toxic pollution, as experts warn that failure to agree a global treaty to cut plastic waste will harm human health."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [10]
Asia [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 01/09/2025
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"Landmark Study Affirms Fluoride’s Link To Lowered IQ, Adds To Debate" [13]

"Fluoride exposure is consistently linked with lowered IQ, according to a landmark analysis of more than 70 published studies on the subject."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [15], 01/09/2025
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"Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company" [16]

"One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota"

Air [17]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Sierra [20], 01/09/2025
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Jimmy Carter Raised Climate Change Concerns 35 Years Before Paris Accords [21]

"Nearly a half-century later, environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, as a president who elevated environmental stewardship, energy conservation and discussions about the global threat of rising carbon dioxide levels."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [24], 01/08/2025
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"Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers" [25]

"As climate change worsens, the people delivering your food are increasingly exposed to heat, wildfire smoke and other dangerous weather events."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/08/2025
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Calif. And Greens Sued Exxon Over Plastics. Now Exxon Is Striking Back. [29]

"On Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental groups over their criticism of the company’s plastics recycling initiatives."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [32]
Source: Grist [33], 01/08/2025
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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [34]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [36]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Science [38]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [39], 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems" [40]

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Agriculture [35]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [30]
Government [41]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 01/07/2025
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"How Elon Musk Could End Fossil Fuel Subsidies" [45]

"If the Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut $2 trillion in spending, handouts to the fossil fuel industry may be "a truth test to all of their messaging.""

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [47], 01/07/2025
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Pet Food Pulled In 12 States After Ore. Cat Dies From Bird Flu-Tainted Chow [48]

"A brand of natural cat food sold in California is being pulled from store shelves after reports that a cat in Oregon who ate the pet food contracted bird flu and died."

Agriculture [35]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [26]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: McClatchy [50], 01/07/2025
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