"Health Concerns Grow In East Palestine, Ohio, After Train Derailment"
"Health and environmental concerns are mounting in East Palestine, Ohio after several derailed train cars released toxic fumes last week."
Source: NPR, 02/14/2023
Environmental Health
Koalas, Under Pressure From Wildfires and Development, Are Beloved But Undefended
The cuteness of the fuzzy koala appears not to be winning it special protection in its native Australia, despite dwindling numbers, per a new volume on the endangered marsupial. BookShelf contributor Melody Kemp offers praise for “Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future,” with a review that begins amusingly with bodily functions but ends dispiritedly with yet more koala habitat lost to housing tracts and wildfire.
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"Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up"
"On January 11, neon-green corrosive ash rained down onto homes, businesses, and schools in La Salle, Illinois, following a fire at the Carus Chemical Company."
Source: Sierra, 02/13/2023
"U.S. EPA Announces $1 Billion For New Hazardous Waste Cleanups"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities."
Source: Reuters, 02/13/2023
"Neglected Tropical Diseases Threaten Global Health"
"Illnesses like trachoma and elephantiasis affect billions of people worldwide with severe health consequences, yet are not well-known. What are these neglected diseases and why is climate change making them worse? "
Source: DW, 02/13/2023
The Next Deadly Pandemic Is Not Inevitable, But The Elements Are In Place
"If you wanted to kill as many people as possible, deniably and with no criminal consequences, what would you do? You’d do well to start with a bird flu."
Source: Guardian, 02/13/2023
SEJ Panel Gauges Issues in the Works in the U.S. West
As part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment special report, we’ve got highlights from last week’s reporter panel on the year ahead, led by #SEJ2023 conference co-chair Tom Michael (pictured, left). The focus was largely on the U.S. West, where challenges abound over issues like equitable siting of renewable energy infrastructure, regulating natural gas, managing wildfires and addressing the health consequences of climate-driven heat waves. Read our account, plus check out the full 2023 Guide.
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"U.S. EPA Approves Hazardous Chemicals Removal From St. Croix Refinery"
"U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday conditionally approved plans for the owners of an idled refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands to remove chemicals that the watchdog argued present serious health consequences if accidentally released."
Source: Reuters, 02/10/2023
Attorneys General Call For Federal Protections Against Deadly Workplace Heat
"Seven attorneys general are calling on the federal government to create emergency standards to protect workers from the summer’s deadly heat by the beginning of May."
Source: The Hill, 02/10/2023
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