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"How Trump Gutted OSHA and Workplace Safety Rules" [1]

"Trump’s attack on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has left workers vulnerable to Covid-19."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [10], 10/22/2020
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MacArthur 'Genius' Brings Attention To Local Fight Against Sewage Failures [11]

"If Catherine Flowers ever received a calling to take on a career in environmental activism, it likely came in the form of mosquito bites."

Activism [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [15], 10/22/2020
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Environmental Groups Sue DHS Over Use Of Tear Gas At Portland Protests [16]

"Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday for using tear gas at the protests in Portland, Ore."

Activism [12]
Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [19], 10/21/2020
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"Watchdog To Investigate Allegations Of Trump Interference at CDC, FDA [20]

"An independent government watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's alleged political interference with public health agencies, Democratic senators announced Monday."

Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [23], 10/20/2020
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Climate Assessment Delayed? Plus, High Court To Hear Enviro FOIA Case [24]

A forthcoming U.S. National Climate Assessment, due in 2022, faces delays, thanks to Trump administration foot-dragging, according to the new WatchDog Opinion column. And the Supreme Court, possibly with a new Justice Amy Coney Barrett aboard, is about to hear arguments on a freedom of information case involving the Endangered Species Act.

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Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [31]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [32]
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Court Lets Exide Abandon CA Toxic Site. Taxpayers Will Fund Cleanup [33]

"A bankruptcy court ruled Friday that Exide Technologies may abandon its shuttered battery recycling plant in Vernon, leaving a massive cleanup of lead and other toxic pollutants at the site and in surrounding neighborhoods to California taxpayers."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [13]
Public [8]
California [34]
Source: LA Times [35], 10/19/2020
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"Dying Birds And The Fires: Scientists Work To Unravel A Great Mystery" [36]

"The yellow Townsend Warbler lay lifeless on the gravel ground near Grant county, New Mexico, the eyes in its yellow-striped head closed, its black feathery underbelly exposed."

Air [17]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [37]
Pollution [13]
Wildlife [32]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [38], 10/19/2020
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"Wildfire Smoke in US Exposes Millions To Hazardous Pollution" [39]

"Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels, causing emergency room visits to spike and potentially thousands of deaths among the elderly and infirm, according to an Associated Press analysis of pollution data and interviews with physicians, health authorities and researchers."

Air [17]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [37]
Pollution [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [40], 10/19/2020
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"Why The US Election Could Decide Battle Against Climate Change" [41]

"Scientists studying climate change say that the re-election of Donald Trump could make it "impossible" to keep global temperatures in check."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
International [43]
Source: BBC News [44], 10/19/2020
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"Campaign 2020: Oil And Gas Industry Goes In Big For Trump" [45]

"The oil and natural gas industry has a clear favorite in the 2020 presidential election: Republican Donald Trump."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [46], 10/16/2020
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