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An A-to-Z Guide to Emerald Corridor Climate Impacts [1]

In Part Two of our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [2]” special report, we take a look at the impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest region — and how best to cover them. Our A-to-Z Guide explores 26 neglected angles and stories, plus resource links to get you started. And check out our inaugural backgrounder [3] and watch in coming weeks for additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

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"EPA Moves Closer to Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water" [37]

"The EPA has made an initial determination that it will eventually set legal limits for levels of two key PFAS chemicals in drinking water, the agency announced Thursday."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [14]
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Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 02/21/2020
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Kansas Air Force Base Finds High Levels Of 'Erin Brockovich' Chemical [41]

"The cancer-linked compound made famous by the movie “Erin Brockovich” has been found in dangerous levels inside an aircraft hangar at McConnell Air Force Base, including its breakroom, according to documents exclusively obtained by McClatchy."

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [14]
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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Source: McClatchy [43], 02/21/2020
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"EPA Top Aide Helped Broker Deal On Soot Emissions — Emails" [44]

"A former top EPA political appointee expected to return to the agency as chief of staff helped broker an unusual deal that ultimately gave two manufacturers years longer to cut health-threatening emissions, recently disclosed emails indicate."

Environmental Health [14]
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Source: Greenwire [45], 02/21/2020
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"EPA Proposes Additional Rollback To Obama-Era Coal Ash Regulation" [46]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced a new proposed rollback to an Obama-era regulation dealing with waste from coal-fired power plants known as coal ash."

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Source: The Hill [49], 02/20/2020
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Hogan Administration To ‘Phase Out’ Harmful Pesticide In Maryland [50]

"Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration said Wednesday it is moving to “phase out” use of chlorpyrifos, a harmful pesticide used on food crops."

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Source: Baltimore Sun [52], 02/20/2020
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"Toxic Superfund Cleanups Decline To More Than 30-Year Low [53]

"The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year than any administration since the program’s first years in the 1980s, figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency indicated Wednesday."

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Source: AP [54], 02/20/2020
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"Juliette Residents Concerned About Coal Ash From Georgia Power Plant" [55]

"Residents of the city of Juliette are rallying behind a pair of bills working through the state legislature that would require more stringent standards for the disposal of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [13]
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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [57], 02/19/2020
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"Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Fined For Excessive Contaminated Runoff" [58]

"The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill will pay a $24,000 fine for violations involving the improper disposal of shale gas drilling waste and contaminated liquids in 2019, according to terms of a state Department of Environmental Protection consent order announced Tuesday."

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Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [59], 02/19/2020
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Nearly Half of U.S. States Working on PFAS Rules as EPA Drags Feet [60]

"More states are stepping up to protect people from drinking water contaminated with “forever chemicals” in the absence of federal enforcement."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [61], 02/19/2020
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