Environmental Health

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]

Public [5]

Source: ClickOrlando [7], 09/29/2020

Read more about Lockheed Orlando Facility Accused Of Mishandling Toxic Chemicals In Suit [1]

Pa. Regulator Says Sunoco Must Do More To Share Pipeline Safety Info [8]

"Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline."

Activism [9]

Environmental Justice [10]

Journalism & Media [12]

Public [5]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]

Source: StateImpact Pa. [14], 09/29/2020

Read more about Pa. Regulator Says Sunoco Must Do More To Share Pipeline Safety Info [8]

"Deadly Microbe Water Warning Lifted For Final Texas City" [15]

"Environmental officials in Texas have lifted a warning for a final Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe, but with a warning that the water should be boiled before being consumed."

Pollution [16]

Water & Oceans [17]

Public [5]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]

Source: AP [19], 09/29/2020

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"The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations" [20]

"A recent CDC report estimates Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are 3.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 than white people, and those under 18 are more likely to test positive."

Disasters [21]

Environmental Justice [10]

Health [22]

People & Population [23]

Public [5]

Source: NPR [25], 09/28/2020

Read more about "The CDC Doesn't Know Enough About Coronavirus In Tribal Nations" [20]

"Revealed: BP And Shell Back Anti-Climate Lobby Groups Despite Pledges" [26]

"An Unearthed and HuffPost investigation identified at least eight trade associations the companies failed to disclose in transparency reports."

Climate Change [27]

Economy & Business [28]

Journalism & Media [12]

Public [5]

Source: HuffPost [29], 09/28/2020

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"EPA to Promote Lead Testing Rule as Trump Tries to Burnish His Record" [30]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched ahead of Election Day as a major environmental achievement for a president not noted for his conservation record."

Chemicals [2]

Environmental Justice [10]

Journalism & Media [12]

Pollution [16]

Water & Oceans [17]

Public [5]

Source: NYTimes [31], 09/28/2020

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Battered, Flooded, Submerged: Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate Change [32]

"The Obama administration directed the EPA to focus on climate-related threats. Now, the Trump administration refuses to even use the word."

Chemicals [2]

Climate Change [27]

Disasters [21]

Pollution [16]

Waste [33]

Water & Oceans [17]

Public [5]

Source: InsideClimate/Texas Observer [34], 09/25/2020

Read more about Battered, Flooded, Submerged: Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate Change [32]

"Trump Agencies Racing to Finalize New Regulations by Year’s End" [35]

"Federal agencies appear on track to issue at least a dozen high-priority regulations by the end of 2020, racing to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda in the waning days of what may—or may not—be his sole term in office."

Public [5]

Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 09/25/2020

Read more about "Trump Agencies Racing to Finalize New Regulations by Year’s End" [35]

Emails Show How Pesticide Lobby Influenced US Position in Health Talks [37]

"The U.S. insisted that new international guidelines on combating drug resistance omit any mention of fungicides — a demand that the industry made but that ran counter to science."

Agriculture [38]

Chemicals [2]

Public [5]