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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [1]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: SCOTUSblog [11], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [12]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [9]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [17], 02/22/2024
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Lax Calif. Pesticide Regulation Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges [18]

"A broad coalition of pesticide-reform groups representing California farmworkers and their families called on the state attorney general to investigate systematic civil rights violations last week at a press briefing in Watsonville, a strawberry-growing stronghold about 90 miles south of San Francisco."

Activism [19]
Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
California [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 02/21/2024
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Pollution Rule [22]

"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 [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [23], 02/21/2024
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"The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens" [24]

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

Biodiversity [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [26]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Undark [27], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Admin Advances Two-Pronged Clampdown On Toxic Air Pollution" [28]

"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 [3]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [31], 02/20/2024
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"HEATED: Challenging Objectivity In Climate Journalism" [32]

"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 [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [34]
Science [35]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Mongabay [36], 02/19/2024
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"These Farmworkers Created America’s Strongest Workplace Heat Rules" [37]

"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 [20]
Climate Change [33]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [38]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 02/19/2024
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"No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’" [41]

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

Climate Change [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [42], 02/19/2024
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‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling - Report [43]

"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 [3]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [46], 02/19/2024
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