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Mongolia Capital Bans Coal To Fix Its Pollution Problem. Will It Work? [1]

"Welcome to the coldest capital city on earth — Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — where the temperature can drop to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit at night. The city's population has nearly tripled since 1989. Without infrastructure to service all 1.4 million people, residents off the electric grid are burning raw coal to stay warm. The result? Winters with extreme air pollution."

Air [2]
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Asia [7]
Source: NPR [8], 07/30/2019
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"Toxics: Most School Districts Didn't Test For Lead — GAO" [9]

"Senate Democrats are concerned about lead-based paint in public schools after auditors found that only 12% of districts inspected their campuses for the toxins during the 2016-17 school year."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Greenwire [14], 07/29/2019
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"EPA Cancer Testing Revamp Races On, Worrying Greens And Industry" [15]

"EPA leaders are pushing forward with an overhaul of the way the agency evaluates the dangers of environmental contaminants after a brief consultation with outside scientists — a process that environmentalists claim was rushed and could be misused."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Greenwire [17], 07/29/2019
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"Chemicals: Enviros File FOIA Suits For Pesticide Docs" [18]

"Environmentalists went to court today in hopes of squeezing myriad pesticides-related documents out from several allegedly unresponsive federal agencies."

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"Autopsy On Act Of Scientific Suppression" [22]

"Washington, DC — A controversial decision to pull the plug on a federal study of the socio-economic impacts of coal strip mining has no identified author, according to documents obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Nor were the reasons behind the action pinpointed, as key documents are still being withheld as “deliberative.”"

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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [23]
Journalism & Media [20]
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"High Cancer Risk Plagues Louisiana Town Near Chemical Plants" [24]

"RESERVE, Louisiana — In a Louisiana town of 10,000 people, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said there is some of the most toxic air in America. More than 100 petrochemical plants and refineries dot the corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, often referred to as 'cancer alley.'"

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
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Source: CBS News [26], 07/25/2019
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"EPA: Meet 7 Science Advisers Under Trump" [27]

"The Trump EPA has tried to stack the deck against tougher standards for smog and soot by recruiting anti-regulatory advocates for key advisory committees."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [23]
Pollution [5]
Science [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ClimateWire [29], 07/25/2019
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September 20, 2019

DEADLINE: Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund [30]

The Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism is offering Impact Fund grants of $2,000-$10,000 for groundbreaking reporting on the health of underserved communities in California, including an exploration of environmental conditions where people live and work. Deadline: Sep 20, 2019.

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"Green Groups Sue EPA Over 'Sweeping Overhaul' Of Public Records Policy" [34]

"Two separate environmental lawsuits were filed Wednesday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) changes to its public records policy."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [35], 07/25/2019
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"U.S. Soldiers Falling Ill, Dying in the Heat as Climate Warms" [36]

"At least 17 service members have died from heat illnesses in the past decade, and the rise in heat stress injuries suggests the military isn't prepared for worse."

Climate Change [28]
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Military [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: InsideClimate News [38], 07/23/2019
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