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"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review" [1]

"EPA is restarting review of a high-stakes decision on ground-level ozone standards in a step that short-circuits the prospects for any imminent action to tighten limits on the lung-damaging pollutant."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 08/22/2023
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Painful Process Underway of Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water [11]

Long-growing concern over dangerous “forever” chemicals has drawn the attention of federal and state policymakers, local communities and the utilities that provide their drinking water. But little about regulating PFAS will be quick or easy, making it a major environmental and public health story for years to come. Issue Backgrounder unfolds the regulatory moves, the politics and the larger implications of PFAS policy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Health [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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The Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms Makes News in Multitude of Locales [20]

As algal blooms (think “red tides” or “dead zones”) grow larger and more frequent, they are emerging not just on the coasts and major estuaries, but in inland lakes and streams. And they cause all kinds of harm, to humans and to the environment. The latest TipSheet has details on how to cover the problem locally, including story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [28]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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"New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track" [29]

"Under President Biden, the Environmental Protection Agency has closed fewer civil cases against polluters than any administration in the last two decades and has overseen a drop in criminal investigations of environmental crimes. David M. Uhlmann hopes to change that."

Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [30], 08/18/2023
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Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals [31]

"Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across the United States is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, according to testing data released on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/18/2023
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"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years" [33]

"Lahaina is plagued by hazardous debris, chemicals and undrinkable water. A big storm could worsen and spread the wildfire contamination."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 08/18/2023
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"How 10,000 Years Of Plagues Left Their Mark On Our DNA" [39]

"Agnolo di Tura was a sometime shoemaker and tax collector with a yen for keeping a journal. He was also his family’s sole survivor when the Black Death tore through Siena, Italy, in 1348. He buried his wife and five children with his own hands, he wrote in his journal. He was somehow spared."

Biodiversity [34]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [8]
International [28]
Source: Washington Post [40], 08/17/2023
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"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt" [41]

"The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."

Chemicals [13]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Transportation [42]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: NYTimes [43], 08/17/2023
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Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home [44]

"One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat."

Agriculture [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 08/17/2023
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Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma [47]

"Residents living near fracking wells were more likely to experience childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks and low birth weights, found three long-awaited studies on fracking and health released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday evening."

Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: EHN [50], 08/17/2023
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