Environmental Health

Health [5]

Pollution [7]

Public [8]

California [9]

Source: Guardian [10], 01/19/2021

Read more about Los Angeles Lifts Air-Quality Limits For Cremations As Covid Deaths Double [1]

Senate Majority Offers Biden New Paths On Trump Environmental Rollbacks [11]

"The incoming Senate Democratic majority opens new avenues for the incoming Biden administration to reverse a host of last-minute environmental rollbacks by President Trump."

Environmental Politics [13]

Public [8]

Source: The Hill [15], 01/19/2021

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Biden Plans To Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On 1st Day In Office [16]

"U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday."

Activism [17]

Energy & Fuel [18]

Public [8]

Source: CBC News [19], 01/18/2021

Read more about Biden Plans To Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On 1st Day In Office [16]

"Countries Adapting Too Slowly To Climate Breakdown, UN Warns" [20]

"Millions of people around the world are facing disaster from flood, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather, as governments fail to take the measures needed to adapt to the impacts of climate breakdown, the UN has warned."

Climate Change [21]

Public [8]

International [22]

Source: Guardian [23], 01/15/2021

Read more about "Countries Adapting Too Slowly To Climate Breakdown, UN Warns" [20]

"Nine Michigan Leaders Face Charges in Water Crisis That Roiled Flint" [24]

"A queue of cars stretched for more than a half mile outside a church in Flint on Thursday morning, filled with residents waiting for free cases of bottled water, as they have since tainted water began streaming out of their taps six years ago. Miles away in downtown Flint, something more novel was happening: A line of state officials, most prominently Rick Snyder, the former governor, were charged with crimes connected to the crisis."

Environmental Politics [13]

Pollution [7]

Water & Oceans [25]

Public [8]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]

Source: NYTimes [27], 01/15/2021

Read more about "Nine Michigan Leaders Face Charges in Water Crisis That Roiled Flint" [24]

"Biden Unveils $1.9T Plan To Stem Covid-19 And Steady Economy" [28]

"President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout."

Disasters [3]

Economy & Business [29]

Environmental Politics [13]

Government [30]

Health [5]

Transportation [31]

Public [8]

Source: AP [32], 01/15/2021

Read more about "Biden Unveils $1.9T Plan To Stem Covid-19 And Steady Economy" [28]

"Lyme Disease Much More Common Than Previously Thought, Study Shows" [33]

"With ticks spreading out across the country, the CDC says there may be nearly half a million cases of Lyme every year".

Biodiversity [34]

Climate Change [21]

Forests [35]

Public [8]

Source: Consumer Reports [36], 01/14/2021

Read more about "Lyme Disease Much More Common Than Previously Thought, Study Shows" [33]

"Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill" [37]

"The Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice announced Wednesday it has settled with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that resulted in rivers in three western states being fouled with a bright-yellow plume of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals."

Chemicals [38]

Disasters [3]

Pollution [7]

Water & Oceans [25]

Public [8]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]

Source: AP [40], 01/14/2021

Read more about "Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill" [37]

Wildfire Smoke Causes Up To Half Fine-Particle Pollution in Western U.S. [41]

"Wildfire smoke now accounts for up to half of all fine-particle pollution in the Western U.S., according to a new study that blames climate change for worsening air quality and health risks in both urban and rural communities in recent years."

Air [2]

Disasters [3]

Forests [35]

Pollution [7]

Public [8]

Source: LA Times [42], 01/14/2021

Read more about Wildfire Smoke Causes Up To Half Fine-Particle Pollution in Western U.S. [41]

Coalition Calls On Biden To Impose National Moratorium On Water Shutoffs [43]

"A broad coalition of organizations is urging Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to mandate a national moratorium on water and other utility shutoffs on day one in the White House, in order to curtail the spread of Covid-19 and ease the financial burden on struggling Americans."

Disasters [3]

Health [5]

Water & Oceans [25]

Public [8]