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Texas Quietly Sets Weak Cancer Risk Standard For Industrial Air Pollution [1]

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has quietly proposed maintaining a target cancer-risk level for air pollution permits that scientists and public health officials consider inadequate to protect public health, especially for communities like those east of Houston that are exposed simultaneously to many sources of industrial emissions."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 10/17/2023
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"No Shade, No Water, And Record Heat: More Migrants Die In U.S. Desert" [11]

"Veteran firefighter Daniel Medrano got out of his truck somewhere in the barren outskirts of Sunland Park, New Mexico, where a vast expanse of yellow sand is dotted by stubby bushes. Under one, he found a body."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 10/16/2023
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Giant Open-Pit Mine Near Two National Parks Dealt A Blow By Biden DOI [17]

"A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native communities and their lifestyle more than previously estimated."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Studies [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Transportation [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 10/16/2023
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"USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat" [24]

"Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Texas Observer [26], 10/13/2023
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"Island Nations Sign Climate Solidarity Declaration In Indonesia" [27]

"Dozens of island nations signed a declaration in Indonesia on Wednesday to boost solidarity and cooperation on fighting climate threats, including rising sea levels."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [28]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: AFP [29], 10/12/2023
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January 24, 2024 to January 26, 2024

Media Briefing on Plastic Pollution in Port Arthur, Texas [30]

Beyond Plastics and the Port Arthur Community Action Network are hosting a free media briefing for journalists on multiple issues related to plastics, including a kickoff by  Dr. Robert Bullard on the 24th and a “toxic tour”of Port Arthur on the 26th. Lodging and meals included if you register by Dec 1.

Other Events [31]
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Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [32]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]

"Student Activists Are Pushing Back Against Big Polluters — And Winning" [33]

"South Baltimore is on a peninsula surrounded by water, highways and train tracks. It's mostly made up of residential row houses, small yards, schools, rec centers and parks."

Activism [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [28]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: NPR [36], 10/11/2023
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Groups Ask EPA To Intervene In An Alabama Water System Plagued By Leaks [37]

"Environmental groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in a south Alabama water system they said has been plagued by leaks, contamination and financial mismanagement, endangering residents in the low-income community."

Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [19]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: AP [39], 10/11/2023
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"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?" [40]

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [43]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [13]
Wildlife [44]
Public [8]
Canada [45]
Source: The Narwhal [46], 10/09/2023
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"Climate Fund Donations Underwhelm Ahead Of COP28" [47]

"A climate fund conference in Bonn has failed to attract enough pledges to meet the UN's target. The money is meant for developing countries that need to adapt to climate change."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [48]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: DW [49], 10/09/2023
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