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Opinion: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s climate change playbook — deny the science, take the funding
It took no time for Mike Johnson to establish a hefty carbon footprint as new Speaker of the House. In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs meant to fight climate change. The House bill cuts between $5 billion…
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LISTEN: Woke? Intersectional? How names and words matter in environmental justice
Senior fellows Nsilo Berry and Sabah Usmani join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the meaning and impacts of their unique names, and how words and naming impact the environmental justice conversation and movement. Berry is a health impact researcher for the Healthy Building Network, and Usmani is a Ph.D. Candidate…
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“Plastic will overwhelm us:” Scientists say health should be the core of global plastic treaty
More than 20 international scientists put forth a plan today to encourage world leaders to put human health at the center of global plastic treaty negotiations taking place this week in Nairobi, Kenya. The plan, dubbed the Health Scientists’ Global Plastic Treaty by its proponents, comes as negotiators from about 175 countries — along with…
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Opinion: Pete Myers’ discusses the “Health Scientists’ Global Plastic Treaty”
Pete Myers, chief scientist at Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org, breaks down the “Health Scientists’ Global Plastic Treaty” — a plan released today to encourage world leaders to put human health at the center of global plastic treaty negotiations taking place this week in Nairobi, Kenya. More than 20 international scientists put forth the…
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Delays in joining the RGGI regional climate program means excess ER visits and child illness in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH — On November 1, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against Pennsylvania joining a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that limits climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The ruling, which is expected to be appealed, marks the latest hurdle in nearly two years of legal delays for the project, which was voted…
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“Stop hurting us:” Protestors plead for their health outside a Pittsburgh gathering of coal and steel execs
PITTSBURGH —“Will your grandkids forgive you?” “Stop hurting us,” “Asthma is not generational,” and “Cancer is not normal” were just a few of the messages delivered by protestors outside a meeting of steel industry executives on Wednesday afternoon. The MetCoke World Summit is an annual gathering for leaders in the coke, coal and steel industries.…
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The chemical industry may have killed a landmark EU chemical policy. Here’s what that means for the US.
Improvements to a pivotal European chemical policy may have permanently stalled after political pressure and industry interference in what many European environmental advocates say is a step backward for public health. REACH, which stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, was enacted in the European Union 2007. Unlike chemical regulation in the U.S.,…
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Feeling “invisible”: How language barriers worsen environmental injustice
HOUSTON — Erandi Treviño’s passion to foster a sense of community dates back to her childhood. Treviño — an advocate, daughter, Latina, gardener and immigrant — told Environmental Health News (EHN) about her upbringing in an industrial area of Monterrey, Mexico. She recalled feeling ill in the car at the smell of gas, noticing smog…
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Sentirse “invisible”: Como las barreras lingüísticas empeoran la injusticia ambiental
HOUSTON — La pasión de Erandi Treviño por fomentar un sentido de comunidad comenzó en su infancia. Treviño, una activista, hija, Latina, jardinera e inmigrante, le contó a Environmental Health News en Español (EHNe) sobre su crianza en áreas industriales de la ciudad de Monterrey, México. Ella recuerda sentirse enferma en el carro por el…
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Numerous miles-long oil spills have been reported on one of Pittsburgh’s iconic three rivers
PITTSBURGH — Oil sheens up to 18 miles long have repeatedly been reported by an environmental advocacy group on the Monongahela River over the last six months. The site of the recurring pollution is only a few miles from where the Monongahela River merges with the Ohio River, which provides drinking water to more than…
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