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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Pollution Rule [1]

"The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in an important environmental case that centers on the obligation to be a "good neighbor." Lawyers representing three states, companies and industry groups will ask the justices to block a federal rule that's intended to limit ozone air pollution."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [9], 02/21/2024
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"The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens" [10]

"In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Undark [13], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Admin Advances Two-Pronged Clampdown On Toxic Air Pollution" [14]

"The Biden administration is advancing two major rules to limit toxic air pollution from refineries, coal-fired power plants and other industrial operations."

Air [2]
Chemicals [15]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [19], 02/20/2024
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"HEATED: Challenging Objectivity In Climate Journalism" [20]

"Climate change and environmental issues overlap both human rights and science, yet they’re sometimes debated in the mainstream as if they’re purely factual topics that must be devoid of human investment. For instance, to “call out the polluters for polluting” is sometimes deemed advocacy by both readers and editors, says Atkin, in explaining why she started her independent newsletter, HEATED."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Mongabay [24], 02/19/2024
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"These Farmworkers Created America’s Strongest Workplace Heat Rules" [25]

"The sweet, earthy scent of tomatoes hangs in the air as a crew of 44 workers speeds through rows of vines. They fill 32-pound buckets with fruit, then deliver them to co-workers waiting on the backs of flatbed trucks who dump the contents into crates to be sorted and packaged."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [27]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 02/19/2024
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"No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’" [30]

"Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [31], 02/19/2024
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‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling - Report [32]

"Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [36], 02/19/2024
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Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine [37]

"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 02/19/2024
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Atmospheric Rivers Are Leading To A Surge In Valley Fever Cases In Calif. [40]

"Cases of Valley fever in California broke records last year after nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers slammed the state and caused widespread, record-breaking flooding."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [41]
Source: Grist [42], 02/19/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [43]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

Chemicals [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [45]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/19/2024
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