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Environmental Health News
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Growing up in a working-class area in Mumbai, India, I felt alienated, like many in my community, by mainstream environmental and climate advocacy, despite studying environmental sciences and facing harmful exposure to pollution in my neighborhood. I’ve seen this apparent contradiction since I was young.
Environmental Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
“I have a lot of concerns about how large that facility might be and what emissions could be like, and whether it’ll cause increased traffic on the river and the roads,” said Coptis, who works as a senior advisor at the climate advocacy nonprofit Taproot Earth.
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Association of Health Care Journalists
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Adequate coverage of groundwater contamination is crucial as it’s both a regional environmental issue and a largely invisible public health crisis that could have profound long-term impacts. This is an opportunity to shed light on the complexities of environmental policy, public health, and individual rights.
Environmental Health News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Tiny plastic particles with a diameter less than 5 millimeters (nanoplastics are much smaller, ranging from 1 to 1,000 nanometers), these particles are harmful to tiny organisms in lakes like zooplankton, that mistake them for food. For the fourth year in a row, Kansas lawmakers tried to pass a law that would block local plastic bans.
NC Health News
MARCH 26, 2025
The volunteers were out picking up trash as part of Durhams Creek Week , a collaboration between Keep Durham Beautiful an environmental advocacy group and the City of Durham, which ran from March 15 to March 22. Mounting research shows that plastic pollution is not just an environmental issue but a growing health concern.
NC Health News
APRIL 17, 2025
2, 1970, with the stroke of a pen, President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency. 31 he signed the landmark Clean Air Act into law. These actions reflected a growing federal recognition that clean air and water were vital to Americas health, economy and long-term prosperity. By Will Atwater On Dec.
Environmental Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Later, after reading the DOE's public summary of the event, she felt frustrated. “I In 2023, the Biden administration passed historic federal policies directing 80 agencies to prioritize environmental justice in decision-making. But the specifics of how that works varies across agencies.
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