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Texas Quietly Sets Weak Cancer Risk Standard For Industrial Air Pollution [1]

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has quietly proposed maintaining a target cancer-risk level for air pollution permits that scientists and public health officials consider inadequate to protect public health, especially for communities like those east of Houston that are exposed simultaneously to many sources of industrial emissions."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 10/17/2023
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"No Shade, No Water, And Record Heat: More Migrants Die In U.S. Desert" [11]

"Veteran firefighter Daniel Medrano got out of his truck somewhere in the barren outskirts of Sunland Park, New Mexico, where a vast expanse of yellow sand is dotted by stubby bushes. Under one, he found a body."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 10/16/2023
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Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard [17]

If you’re harboring serious doubts about the climate future but want to be prepared to cover it, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers up a seasonably ghoulish list of a dozen and a half great visualization sources to help tell the story. And lest it leave you spooked, remember, as the saying goes, everything will be OK in the end. And if it's not OK, it's not the end.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
  • Read more about Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard [17]

"Extreme Heat Risks Rise For Pregnant Women And Babies" [23]

"As a health worker in South Sudan, Night Stella Elias sees from year to year how rising temperatures are adding to the dangers faced by pregnant women and their babies."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [24], 10/13/2023
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In The Amazon Forest, Millions Breathe Hazardous Air As Wildfires Spread [25]

"Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
South America [29]
Source: AP [30], 10/13/2023
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"USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat" [31]

"Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Texas Observer [32], 10/13/2023
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"800,000 Tons Of Radioactive Waste From Pennsylvania Drilling Goes 'Missing'" [33]

"Waste from the oil and gas industry contains toxic and radioactive substances. Disposal of this waste is supposed to be carefully tracked, but 800,000 tons of oil and gas waste from Pennsylvania oil and gas wells is unaccounted for, according to a recent study."

Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: EHN [38], 10/13/2023
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"A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health" [39]

"The coming surge in photovoltaic panel waste is tiny compared to other categories, and most health concerns about solar equipment are unfounded."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Technology [40]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 10/13/2023
  • Read more about "A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health" [39]

"The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger" [42]

"In war-torn Yemen, malnourished children are struggling to survive as temperatures rise".

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [43]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
Africa [44]
Source: Washington Post [45], 10/13/2023
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October 18, 2023

Webinar: Chemical Recycling — It’s Not What You Think It Is [46]

Join Ocean Conservancy policy expert Dr. Anja Brandon and colleagues from GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) and Eureka Recycling to discuss the science, policy landscape and industry push around chemical recycling. Audience Q&A to follow. 2:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [47]
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Public [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Government [49]
Policy [50]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]

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