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"Sick And Dying Workers Demand Help After Cleaning Coal Ash" [1]

"The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill a decade ago, with potentially serious consequences for an industry often opposed to environmental regulation."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Waste [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: AP [8], 08/30/2019
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"Algae That Can Kill Dogs Is Discovered in 3 N.Y.C. Parks" [9]

"The green-blue blooms of toxic algae have been found in Central Park, Morningside Park and Prospect Park."

Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: NY Times [13], 08/28/2019
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"Scientists Fight Trump EPA 'Secret Science' Proposal" [14]

"Scientists on Tuesday pushed back against a Trump administration proposal that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from relying on studies that don’t make their underlying data public."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Science [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [18], 08/28/2019
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"The Toxic Waste Threat That Climate Change Is Making Worse" [19]

"More than 100 storage sites for coal-burning power plants’ toxic leftovers lie in areas that federal emergency managers have labeled a high risk for flooding, according to POLITICO’s examination of government and industry data."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Politico [22], 08/27/2019
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Newark to Borrow $120M, Speed Replacing Pipes Blamed For Lead In Water [23]

"NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120 million to drastically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water."

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: AP [26], 08/27/2019
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"Air Pollution: Greens Win Big On Obama Ozone Standards" [27]

"Environmentalists scored a major win today as a federal appeals court rejected industry challenges to Obama-era ozone standards and ordered EPA to take a closer look at one part of the requirements that green groups deemed too lenient."

Air [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Greenwire [30], 08/26/2019
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"Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past" [31]

"NEWARK — In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark made a number of unexpected decisions."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: NY Times [33], 08/26/2019
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"Monterey County Community Organizes For Clean Tap Water" [34]

"A lot of money will soon be flowing into California communities with contaminated drinking water thanks to the new Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund."

Environmental Health [4]
Government [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
California [36]
Source: KAZU [37], 08/23/2019
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"New York Sues EPA Over GE's Hudson River PCB Cleanup" [38]

"New York sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, accusing the agency of prematurely allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River of PCB contamination before the cleanup was finished."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: Reuters [40], 08/22/2019
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NY May Be 1st State Requiring Ingredient Labeling On Menstrual Products [41]

"A New York bill passed this summer would require labeling on menstrual products that lists the ingredients so women can avoid potential toxic exposure."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: EHN [43], 08/21/2019
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