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"EPA Revokes Trump-Era Policy That Loosened Clean-Air Rules" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants, a move the Biden administration says will make it easier to enact limits on dangerous and climate-changing emissions."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [8], 05/14/2021
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EPA Watchdog Calls For Improved Enforcement After Decade-Long Decline [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General identified a decline in enforcement activity within the agency from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2018 in a report released Thursday."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [13], 05/14/2021
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St. Croix Refinery Halts Operations After Raining Oil On Residents Again [14]

"A troubled refinery in St. Croix announced Wednesday evening it would temporarily halt operations after raining oil on local residents for the second time in just over three months."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 05/13/2021
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EPA to Jackson, Miss.: Water Safe To Drink Despite Numerous Problems [19]

"Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday spelled out significant concerns with the city's water system, including necessary fixes to maintain safe drinking water, following the worst water crisis Jackson has seen in recent history."

Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Jackson Clarion Ledger [21], 05/13/2021
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"U.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns" [22]

"For years, President Donald Trump and his deputies played down the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and delayed the release of an Environmental Protection Agency report detailing climate-related damage. But on Wednesday, the EPA released a detailed and disturbing account of the startling changes that Earth’s warming had on parts of the United States during Trump’s presidency."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [24]
Science [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [26], 05/13/2021
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"For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business" [27]

[Sayer Ji] "is one of many anti-vaccine advocates with a business on the side. They promote false claims about the dangers vaccines pose, while selling treatments, supplementals or other services. Their potential market is the roughly 20% of Americans say they do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent polling."

Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [29], 05/12/2021
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"Facing Rising Temperatures, Miami Appoints Chief Heat Officer" [30]

"Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) recently announced the county was creating a first-of-its-kind position — chief heat officer."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Washington Post [31], 05/12/2021
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N.C. Pets Have High Levels of PFAS in Blood. Has It Made Them Sick? [32]

"N.C. State researchers tested for PFAS in 31 dogs and 35 horses living near the chemical plant. They found at least one measurable type of PFAS in every dog tested and all but one horse. Some of the levels were staggering."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: N.C. Health News [34], 05/12/2021
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Environmental Justice: EPA Chief Steps Into Contentious Chicago Project [35]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan late last week intervened in what is being described as a civil rights case in the southeast side of Chicago, in an overburdened majority-Latino community where another car shredder is proposed."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [36], 05/12/2021
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U.S. Steel Abandons Clean Tech Plans Near Pittsburgh After Health Study [37]

"The company scraps planned Pennsylvania investments and will instead shut down three polluting batteries in 2023. The announcement comes a week after a study shows lower lung function in people living near its Pittsburgh-region facility."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: EHN [39], 05/11/2021
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