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Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.

Union of Concerned Scientists

On March 14, 2023, I testified before the Minnesota House of Representatives Environment and Natural Resources Committee in support of a cumulative impacts bill.

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No More ‘House of Horrors’ Thanks to These New Laws

Legal Planet

The magazine noted the legislation was developed in response to a report published by the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021 that linked synthetic food dyes to hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral effects in children. Keeping these contaminants out of children’s beds will prevent these problems.

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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Union of Concerned Scientists

She holds a PhD in environmental health engineering from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a policy fellow at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and has also worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The Stream, June 14, 2023: Momentum Builds in Manitoba For Environmental Protections

Circle of Blue

Newcrest Cadia Hill Gold Mine : The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority will begin testing water in communities near the Newcrest Cadia Hill gold mine, after “reports of heavy metals being found in people’s bloodstream and drinking water,” the Guardian reports.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023. The general outlook includes some good news and some bad news.

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EPA Finalizes Biofuel Volume Targets for 2023-2025

Environment + Energy Leader

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule establishing the biofuel volume requirements for 2023 to 2025.

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The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine

Circle of Blue

In public meetings hosted by the Georgian Environmental Protection Division (EPD), no resident has voiced support for the mine, Georgia Public Broadcasting reports. The post The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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