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"An Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the U.S.D.A." [1]

"At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture, to reveal the identities of the people serving on the deregulation team she leads at the agency."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [9], 11/15/2017
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"Former EPA Lawyers Assail Pruitt's 'Sue And Settle' Directive" [10]

"Nearly 60 former U.S. EPA lawyers are urging Administrator Scott Pruitt to rethink his recent directive aimed at curbing the 'sue and settle' practice by which groups take the agency to court to force regulations."

Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [11], 11/14/2017
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Slow, Upbeat EPA Response To Hurricane Harvey Pollution Angers Residents [12]

"Juan Flores and his family live in Galena Park, Texas, which is bordered on three sides by pipeline terminals, oil refineries, fertilizer plants and rail yards."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: NPR [16], 11/14/2017
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"Michigan Pushes To Have Nation's Toughest Lead Water Rules" [17]

"After the Flint crisis, GOP Gov. Snyder wants to adopt stricter rules regarding lead in water. He's pushing state regulators to change the federal rule because Republican state lawmakers won't do it."

Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: NPR [20], 11/14/2017
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"African-Americans Taking Brunt Of Oil Industry Pollution: Report" [21]

"African-Americans face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the oil and gas industry, and the situation could worsen as President Donald Trump dismantles environmental regulations, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a pair of advocacy groups."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [24], 11/14/2017
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Chemours Faces Sanctions In Carolina In Latest Legal Fight Over Teflon [25]

"North Carolina regulators will sanction The Chemours Co. for the release of an unregulated chemical into the Cape Fear River –  the latest in a barrage of legal assaults facing the Delaware company in the Tar Heel State."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Wilmington News Journal [28], 11/13/2017
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EPA Taking More Advice From Industry — And Ignoring Its Own Scientists [29]

"When the Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed repealing tighter emissions standards for a type of freight trucks, it cited research conducted by Tennessee Tech University but underwritten by the biggest truck manufacturer challenging the rule."

Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [18]
Science [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/13/2017
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10 Senators Call for Probe of Pruitt's Purge of Science Advisory Boards [34]

"A group of Senate Democrats is calling for an expanded investigation into efforts by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to effectively push independent scientists off key EPA advisory boards and replace them with scientists from the fossil fuel and chemical industries."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: InsideClimate News [35], 11/10/2017
  • Read more about 10 Senators Call for Probe of Pruitt's Purge of Science Advisory Boards [34]

"U.S. Senate Confirms Top EPA Air Quality Official Despite Concerns" [36]

"The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday 49-47 to confirm a top air quality official at the Environmental Protection Agency, despite concerns raised by lawmakers over his industry ties."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [38], 11/10/2017
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"EPA Approval Of Bacteria To Fight Mosquitoes Caps Long Quest" [39]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria as a 'biopesticide' in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The bacteria keep mosquitoes from spreading diseases like dengue and Zika."

Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [40], 11/09/2017
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