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September 27, 2023 to September 28, 2023

The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges [1]

Join the Wilson Center and partners NSF, NOAA, the US Coast Guard and Battelle in Washington, DC or via live stream for the first-ever conference on Antarctic policy, with the aim of elevating dialogue on Antarctica’s connection to key US national interests.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Government [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
Antarctica & Arctic [14]

"Washington Is Full Of Rats. These Dogs Are Happy To Help With That." [15]

"On certain nights, behind some of your favorite restaurants, roving groups of dog owners set their posse of pooches loose on urban rodents".

Activism [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: Washington Post [20], 09/14/2023
  • Read more about "Washington Is Full Of Rats. These Dogs Are Happy To Help With That." [15]

"The Food Industry Pays ‘Influencer’ Dietitians To Shape Your Eating Habits" [21]

"Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok".

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [27], 09/14/2023
  • Read more about "The Food Industry Pays ‘Influencer’ Dietitians To Shape Your Eating Habits" [21]

"Study: Lead Exposure Killed More Than 5 Million People In Just One Year" [28]

"A new study from the World Bank tallies the staggering worldwide toll: 5.5 million deaths from heart diseases because of exposure to lead in 2019 alone." "Contamination from battery recyclers, tainted cookware, and fertilizers could be contributing to the health crisis."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: Grist [31], 09/14/2023
  • Read more about "Study: Lead Exposure Killed More Than 5 Million People In Just One Year" [28]

Earth Outside ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Key Parameters: Study [32]

"Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Science [12]
Public [3]
International [30]
Source: AP [33], 09/14/2023
  • Read more about Earth Outside ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Key Parameters: Study [32]

"Trying To Kill Mosquitoes? Don’t Buy A Bug Zapper." [34]

"Every night, a mass murderer stalks the darkness of America’s suburbs. An eerie blue glow lures hapless victims from their homes. The doomed souls, mesmerized by the light, throng to their deaths in sizzling blasts of electricity."

Biodiversity [17]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Technology [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [36], 09/13/2023
  • Read more about "Trying To Kill Mosquitoes? Don’t Buy A Bug Zapper." [34]

"Mosquito-Borne Dengue Grows Deadlier In South Asia As Planet Warms" [37]

"Mosquito-borne dengue fever is taking a heavy toll on South Asian nations this year as Bangladesh grapples with record deaths and Nepal faces cases in new areas, with disease experts linking worsening outbreaks to the impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Public [3]
International [30]
Asia [38]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [39], 09/13/2023
  • Read more about "Mosquito-Borne Dengue Grows Deadlier In South Asia As Planet Warms" [37]

"EPA To Undo Trump-Era Rollback Of Air Toxics Policy" [40]

"In a long-anticipated move, EPA is poised to target the Trump-era rollback of a venerable industrial air pollution policy."

Air [41]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [42]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [43], 09/13/2023
  • Read more about "EPA To Undo Trump-Era Rollback Of Air Toxics Policy" [40]

UK Govt. May Have Broken Environmental Law On Sewage Overflows: Watchdog [44]

"Britain's government and water regulator may have failed to comply with environmental law over the regulation of untreated sewage releases, the country's environmental protection watchdog said on Tuesday."

Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
Europe [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 09/13/2023
  • Read more about UK Govt. May Have Broken Environmental Law On Sewage Overflows: Watchdog [44]

Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air [47]

Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with the ongoing burning of plastics especially troubling for the environment and public health. Get the backstory on where the regulatory regime may have holes, plus key reporting angles and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [16]
Air [41]
Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [51]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [42]
Waste [52]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air [47]

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