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"Seattle Airport, Alaska Air And Delta Sued Over Jet Pollution" [1]

"Neighbors of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday sued the airport's operator and two airlines over jet pollution they said is making them sick and damaging their properties."

Air [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 04/20/2023
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"Why Millions Of Kids Aren't Getting Their Routine Vaccinations" [11]

"A new report released by UNICEF finds that 67 million children across the world missed out on either some or all routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, and 48 million children didn't receive a single dose during this time period."

Environmental Health [4]
Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
International [14]
Source: NPR [15], 04/20/2023
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Bill Would Fine Texans for Multiple Unenforced Environmental Complaints [16]

"Opponents say the bill would have a “chilling effect” on citizen reports of air and water pollution."

Activism [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 04/19/2023
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Historic Asia Heat Breaks Records, With Extremes In Thailand And China [21]

"Numerous heat records have been broken across Southeast Asia, China and other parts of the continent in recent days as the region remains in the grip of a dangerously scorching heat wave, with Thailand in particular experiencing unusually extreme conditions."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [8]
Asia [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 04/19/2023
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House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule [26]

"The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: CNN [33], 04/19/2023
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"Report Finds That Heat, Drought And Fires Worsen Air In The West" [34]

"People in western states are breathing dirtier, more polluted air — and worsening heat, drought and wildfires are fueling the pollution, according to a new report."

Air [2]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Forests [35]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Washington Post [36], 04/19/2023
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"DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles" [37]

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, determined to untangle housing, mines, and other development from time-consuming environmental reviews, asked the Trump administration in its closing months to let the state take over permits for building on federal wetlands from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 04/18/2023
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Public Lands Face New Challenges in Today’s Energy, Climate Landscape [41]

The debate over drilling on public lands goes back decades. But now our view of how — or even whether — to use public lands faces the unprecedented reality of climate change, fire, drought, floods and the transition to clean energy. The latest Backgrounder explains how we got here and where the current battles rage, including over the Alaskan North Slope’s massive Willow Project.

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Activism [17]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [28]
Forests [35]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [30]
Policy [44]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [32]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
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Public [8]
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"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [47]

"New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been locked in a multiyear war with millions of his constituents. "Everyone that knows me knows one thing: I hate rats," he said in an October 2022 press conference."

Biodiversity [27]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [4]
Waste [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: NPR [51], 04/14/2023
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Env. Justice Advocates Urge Calif. to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits [52]

"The first thing Nalleli Cobo wanted to do when she heard the oil well in her South Los Angeles neighborhood was shutting down was scream.  ... Cobo grew up breathing foul-smelling, toxic emissions from an oil production site just 30 feet from her home."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
California [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 04/14/2023
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