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Experts Call for Stricter Rules on Plastic to Protect Human Health

60% Left coverage: 5 sources

With the latest round of negotiations to finalize a United Nations global plastics treaty set to begin, a group of international researchers, writing in the most recent edition of The Lancet, have called for greater vigilance and regulation to curb the health impacts of plastic pollution and have announced a new project to track these impacts.See the Story

Environment · United States

US Counties with Animal Feedlots Have More Air Pollution, Less Health Insurance: Study

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

U.S. counties with hog and cattle feeding operations may be subject to higher air pollution levels, while lacking the health insurance necessary to treat related medical problems, a new study has found. Concentrations of an airborne contaminant linked to heart and respiratory issues were much greater near these feeding sites than in counties without them,…See the Story

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Syngenta closer to settling thousands of US paraquat lawsuits

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Syngenta is another step closer to potentially putting an end to thousands of lawsuits brought by people blaming the company’s paraquat weed killer for causing Parkinson’s disease. After signing a preliminary agreement with plaintiffs’ attorneys in April, the company now has in place a signed “Master Settlement Agreement”, according to a recent court filing. Within 60 to 90 days, the two sides plan to present plaintiffs with a payout schedule sh…Read Article

Cancer and water contamination fuel public outcry in Iowa

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Hundreds of Iowans gathered at Drake University in early August to confront a growing water quality crisis linked to the state’s powerful agricultural industry. Community leaders, scientists and farmers warned of dangerously high levels of nitrates, pesticides and livestock waste contaminating the state’s drinking water — pollution they fear is driving staggeringly high, and rising, cancer rates. Critics accuse state leaders of prioritizing farm…Cancer · Des Moines Read Article

Outrage in Iowa – Residents demand action to clean up dangerously polluted water

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

DES MOINES, Iowa — Several hundred Iowa residents gathered in the state capital this week, calling on public officials – and each other – to take swift action against dangerously polluted water supplies that are closely linked to the state’s powerful agricultural industry. Some attendees drove for hours from rural farmsteads for the Aug. 4 event, squeezing into a packed auditorium on the campus of Drake University to listen to a team of scienti…Des Moines, Iowa · Des Moines See the Story

Trump’s AI Action Plan Needs Support From Congress

Coverage: 2 sources

President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan presents Congress with a conditional gift. In 28 pages, the White House sketches American technological supremacy: data centers sprouting like shopping malls across the fruited plain, Beijing outmaneuvered at every algorithmic turn, and federal procurement purged of what the plan calls “ideological bias.” Splendid. Now for the tiresome business of making it real. Executive plans and orders, as Trump surel…Donald Trump · United States See the Story

Small Solar Expansion Could Slash U.S. Power-Sector Carbon by 8.5 Million Metric Tons

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

A new Science Advances study finds that ramping up solar generation by just 15% in key states would erase the annual carbon output of nearly two million cars.Brian Bienkowski reports for The New Lede.In short:Modeling five years of hourly grid data, researchers found midday solar additions in California, Texas, Florida, and several regional grids deliver outsized emission savings.A 15% increase would achieve 13% of the U.S. Environmental Protect…Solar Power · United States See the Story

Perdue keeps breaking law by improperly disposing of PFAS-laced waste, Maryland residents allege

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community’s drinking water, two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25. The legal action, filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, follows a class action lawsuit filed against the company last fall representing over 400 resid…Salisbury, Maryland · Salisbury Read Article

Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation

47% Center coverage: 282 sources

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U.S. Onshore Oil Production Soars to Record Highs

Coverage: 2 sources

U.S. crude oil production from onshore federal lands hit a record 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024, according to the EIA and the Department of the Interior. That’s a sixfold jump since 2008—far outpacing the broader rise in national crude output, which nearly tripled to 13.2 million bpd over the same period. The driver? An explosion of activity in New Mexico’s portion of the Permian Basin, where leasing, permitting, and drilling have su…Oil and Gas Sector · United States See the Story

US EPA moves to approve dicamba weedkiller use on cotton, soybeans

45% Center coverage: 20 sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed approvals for three products containing the weedkiller dicamba, whose use was halted by a federal court in 2024, arguing it does not pose a significant human health or environmental risk.EPA · United States See the Story

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