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New Flu Spilling Over From Cows To People In U.S. Should We Worry? [1]

"In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [9], 03/29/2023
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"What to Know About Philly's Tap Water After Chemical Spill" [10]

"More than 8,000 gallons of a latex chemical solution spilled into the Delaware River on Friday. So far, officials have said tap water remains safe to drink."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: Earther [15], 03/28/2023
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"Train Derails In Rural North Dakota, Causes Chemical Spill" [16]

"A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety."

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Source: AP [20], 03/28/2023
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2023 Gathering Goes Big in Boise [21]

The Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference is back to Boise, two-and-a-half years after the first attempt to meet in the mountainous Northwestern state was sidetracked by the COVID pandemic. Co-chairs Tom Michael and Christy George outline the rich schedule of plenaries, panels, tours and other events that are drawing record interest to the April 19-23 program.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [23]
Diversity [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Forests [28]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Natural Resources [31]
Policy [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [33]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
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Public [7]
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Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions [36]

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Air [37]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [12]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Texas Tribune [41], 03/27/2023
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"Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial" [42]

"Amid lawsuits filed by thousands of farmers linking the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease, the EPA is reconsidering its analysis of paraquat’s risks."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Civil Eats [43], 03/27/2023
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Scientists Uncover Startling Amounts of DDT Along Seafloor Off LA Coast [44]

"First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation's largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean as a huge dumping ground—and that as many as half a million barrels of its acid waste had been poured straight into the water."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
California [46]
Source: LA Times [47], 03/27/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden’s First Veto" [48]

"The Republican-led House on Thursday failed to override President Biden’s first veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to revive the resolution targeting an administration rule related to ESG investing, which takes environmental and social factors into account."

Economy & Business [49]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [50], 03/24/2023
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DOE To Require More Efficient Window Air Conditioners, Air Cleaners [51]

"The Biden administration is finalizing more stringent efficiency requirements for both window air conditioners and portable air cleaners on Thursday, the first set of efficiency standards that are new and not just a reversal of a Trump-era rollback."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Technology [52]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [53], 03/24/2023
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"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees" [54]

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [55]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 03/24/2023
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