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"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023" [1]

"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [7], 01/09/2023
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"Great Salt Lake On Track To Disappear In Five Years, Scientists Warn" [8]

"Without dramatic cuts to water consumption, Utah’s Great Salt Lake is on track to disappear within five years, a dire new report warns, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust from the drying lake bed."

Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 01/09/2023
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"EPA Targets Plastics Company in PFAS Probe" [15]

"EPA and environmental groups are targeting a company for allegedly releasing “forever chemicals” into tens of millions of plastic containers that later contaminated pesticides, which the agency said poses “unreasonable” risks to workers and the environment.

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [17], 01/06/2023
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"Study: Toxic PFAS Chemical Plume Detected in Green Bay" [18]

"A large plume of toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay, scientists said Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: AP [22], 01/06/2023
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"Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers" [23]

"The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico."

Air [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 01/06/2023
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"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States as Year Begins" [26]

"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 01/04/2023
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"EPA Clampdown on Soot Pollution Imminent" [28]

"With high stakes for both public health and industry, EPA is set to reveal at least the broad contours of its plans for tightening air quality standards for a particularly pernicious pollutant."

Air [9]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [30], 01/04/2023
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"Remote Work Is Poised to Devastate America’s Cities" [31]

"The “work from home” revolution has been very good for political columnists who like to write shirtless in pajama pants and share too much personal information with their readers. But the phenomenon hasn’t been so great for America’s cities."

Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [33]
Planning & Growth [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: New York [35], 01/03/2023
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"Speaker Race In Limbo As GOP Readies Oversight, Energy Bills" [36]

"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [37], 01/03/2023
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"EPA Investigating Colorado For Discriminatory Air Pollution" [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado’s regulation of air pollution from industrial facilities discriminates against Hispanic residents and other racial minorities, according to a letter released Wednesday."

Air [9]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [39]
Pollution [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Source: AP [40], 01/02/2023
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