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Puerto Rico Declares A Public Health Emergency As Dengue Cases Surge [1]

"Puerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year."

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Source: NPR [8], 03/28/2024
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Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, New Report Finds [9]

"A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.”"

Chemicals [10]
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Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 03/27/2024
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Paused Ohio "Chemical Recycling" Plant Puts Spotlight On Appalachia [15]

"On a bright, cold day in February, Akim Lattermore stood in front of her house gesturing toward the site of a proposed facility that would convert old tires, electronic waste and plastic into fuel."

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Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
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Waste [18]
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Source: EHN [20], 03/27/2024
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Enviros Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill [21]

"Seneca Meadows is running out of space and wants a new permit to grow by 47 acres. The plaintiffs say the landfill emits a foul odor and violates their rights under the state's so-called Green Amendment."

Activism [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Waste [18]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 03/26/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [27]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

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California [28]
Source: NPR [29], 03/25/2024
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Finding Your Way Through the Forest of Forest Data [30]

Forests are full of environmental stories, from timber sales and wildlife habitat to climate change and hunting. And for reporters in search of resources to report them, the U.S. Forest Service offers an immense array of datasets to match the hundreds of millions of acres of land under its domain. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox gets you started on using the vast Forest Service data collection.

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"Senate-Passed Radiation Legislation Left Out Of House Spending Bill" [38]

"A standalone bill to expand and reauthorize a 30-year-old radiation compensation program that passed the Senate with a filibuster-proof majority will not be included in the text of a House appropriations bill."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [40], 03/22/2024
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"Watchdog to EPA: Step Up Gowanus Canal Cleanup Enforcement" [41]

"A major construction project designed to help clean up one of the most contaminated water bodies in the U.S. is years behind schedule and massively over budget, EPA’s independent watchdog said Thursday."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: E&E News [43], 03/22/2024
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‘Dangerous And Abusive’ Conditions In Indian Shrimp Industry: Report [44]

"Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wrinkled her nose."

Agriculture [32]
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Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [16]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [47]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [48]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Asia [49]
Source: AP [50], 03/22/2024
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Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in Top Medical Journal [51]

"Use of petroleum-based chemicals skyrocketed during the postwar era, most of them entering the market with little concern for safety. Now, mounting evidence links petrochemicals to the rapidly rising prevalence of a slew of chronic and deadly conditions, a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine warned earlier this month."

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Public [5]
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Source: Inside Climate News [54], 03/21/2024
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