TOP STORIES/HEADLINES: Week of February 24, 2021
TOP STORIES
AP – Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post
The Guardian – Air Pollution Significantly Raises Risk of Infertility Study Finds
The White House – Executive Order on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
The Guardian – ‘Piecing together a broken heart’: Native Americans rebuild territories they lost
EDF – Millions of Pounds of Air Pollution Released Because of Grid Failure, Freeze in Texas
Grist – Air pollution kills. Making that official can help us tackle it.
Stanford News – Air pollution puts children at higher risk of disease in adulthood, according to Stanford researchers and others
Air Quality News – Transforming humans’ relationship with nature is key
Sonoma Index-Tribune – EPA contest seeks ideas for a cheap air cleaner for wildfire season
Pollution Online – Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Lower Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Wellpads
NY Market Reports – Air Quality Monitoring Software Market Trends, Top Players, Market Demands, Industry Growth Forecast: 2026
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
AP – Maryland capital sues oil, gas companies over climate change
Reuters – U.S. energy regulator to examine climate change’s threat to power reliability
Reuters – Biden, Trudeau pledge to counter China, climate change, in warm first ‘meeting’
NY Times – What’s really behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?
NPR – As Cities Grapple with Climate Change Gas Utilities Fight to Stay in Business
Politico – Tribes see familiar pattern in Haaland Opposition
Toxics/Mobile Sources
AP – EPA changes stand, sides with ethanol industry in court case
Mother Jones – A Nevada Lithium Mine Kicks Off a New Era of U.S. Extraction
EIN Presswire – State awards grants to reduce air pollution from mobile sources
American Journal of Transportation – Ports of LA and Long Beach: Can clean air action plan transition harbor trucks to zero emission by 2035
Indoor Air Quality
My San Antonio – Why Indoor Air Quality Is So Important
PR Newswire – United States Indoor Air Quality Market Report 2021: Data from 2019, Estimates for 2020, and Projections of CAGRs through 2025
EurekAlert! – How outdoor pollution affects indoor air quality
The Guardian – Hearths on Fire: UK Residents Incensed by Pollution from Wood Burners
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PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD: Week of February 17, 2021
PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD
Thomson Reuters Foundation News – ‘Seat at the table’: Women’s land rights seen as key to climate fight
A labourer harvests wheat on the outskirts of Saini village, about 55 km (34 miles) east of New Delhi April 10, 2008. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (India)
TOP STORIES/HEADLINES: Week of February 17, 2021
TOP STORIES
The NTAA is announcing the release of the NTAA mobile app! Take the Weekly Update’s latest air quality news with you wherever you go via your iPhone or android smart phone! The app is available on both the Apple App and Google Play stores. It is also free to download!
NTAA is seeking quotes from interested parties willing to conduct a national needs assessment of all federally recognized Tribes to ascertain the budgetary and programmatic needs of the Tribes related to the management of air quality programs. Click here to view the Request for Offers. This request closes on March 20, 2021.
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
Pew Charitable Trust – In Hard-Hit Indian Country, Tribes Rapidly Roll Out Vaccines
Science Daily – Commuters are inhaling unacceptably high levels of carcinogens
Inside Climate News – A New Study Closes the Case on the Mysterious Rise of a Climate Super-Pollutant
Buzzfeed News – Trump Led An “All-Out Assault” On The EPA. Now Biden Has To Rebuild It.
NY Times – Biden’s Climate Task Force Opens for Business, Aiming to Restore ‘Credibility’
NY Times – There’s no one size fits all treatment for asthma
WION – Study reveals irreversible link between air pollution and vision loss
Slate – Gassed Up
Salon – Communities of color are saving the planet — why won’t funders support what works?
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
E&E News – 40% of climate benefits? Explaining Biden’s EJ promise
The Guardian – Heating Arctic may be to blame for snowstorms in Texas, scientists argue
The Guardian – US conservatives falsely blame renewables for Texas storm outages
The New Yorker – When Climate Change and Xenophobia Collide
Washington Post – EPA to jettison major Obama climate rule, as Biden eyes a bigger push
Global Climate Change – ACTIVATE Begins Year Two of Marine Cloud Study
TIME – Healthy Planet, Healthy People. How Slowing Climate Change Saves Lives
ClimateWire – COVID-19 aid should be contingent on climate action: report
The Guardian – California’s rainfall is at historic lows. That spells trouble for wildfires and farms
Toxics/Mobile Sources
The Hill – Electric vehicles are poised to aid Biden in climate fight
The Hill – Trump EPA ripped over approach to chemical risk evaluations in new report
CNN – Shell says its oil production has peaked and will all every year
The Guardian – ‘A clear danger’: oil spill in California city revives calls to cut ties with Chevron
High Country News – New Mexico eyed for major nuclear waste storage facility
Gizmodo – Facebook Is Letting a Pipeline Company Run Ads While Muzzling Its Opponents
Mother Jones – How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves
Indoor Air Quality
Washington Post – The coronavirus is airborne. Here’s how to know if you’re breathing other people’s breath.
Businesswire – United States Indoor Air Quality Market Report 2021: Impact of COVID-19 on the Industry
JD Supra – EPA Extends Coronavirus Enforcement Against On-Line Sales of Unregistered Disinfectants
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