"Moms' Lead Exposure Could Affect Newborns' Brains" [1]
"Pregnant women exposed to lead had newborns who scored slightly lower on tests measuring reflexes and other skills tied to brain development, according to a new study from China."
"Pregnant women exposed to lead had newborns who scored slightly lower on tests measuring reflexes and other skills tied to brain development, according to a new study from China."
"Scientists have criticised China's bulldozing of hundreds of mountains to provide more building land for cities."
"The United States slapped new import duties on solar panels and other related products from China on Tuesday after the Commerce department ruled they were produced using Chinese government subsidies, potentially inflaming trade tensions between the two countries."
"TransCanada shut down the southern leg of the Keystone XL (now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline Project) on June 2 for 'routine work,' according to Reuters. "
Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, writes about coastal challenges facing the state, including coastal loss, restoration, economics, diversion, the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP settlements and the RESTORE Act, fisheries impacts — and why protecting and stabilizing Louisiana’s coastline is not just a local issue, but a national one. Image: Heavy machinery moves around sediment that has been piped in from the Mississippi River at a coastal restoration project in Plaquemines Parish in November 2013. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.
"This short documentary profiles residents of the Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, as they confront a future threatened by sinking shorelines and rising seas.""
"Twenty-three Alaskan tribesmen broke the law when they overfished king salmon, but they claim their faith gave them no other choice."
"California's brown pelicans, nearly driven to extinction by poisons a half century ago, are in trouble again, and no one knows why."
"The push to rid our bodies and the environment of toxic flame retardants just got a powerful boost from a major health care system, according to experts."
"Warren Buffett’s $26 billion bet on western U.S. power plants, transmission lines and wind farms is poised to pay off."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
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[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
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[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia
[10] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/04/scientists-warn-against-chinas-plan-to-flatten-over-700-mountains?CMP=twt_fd
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-sets-new-import-duties-chinese-solar-products
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
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[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/vanishing-island
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[32] http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000002916180/vanishing-island.html
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/when-global-warming-kills-your-god
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[35] http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/when-global-warming-kills-your-god/372015/
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/survey-finds-brown-pelicans-arent-breeding
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
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[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
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