Environmental Protection Related Topics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
When I began working as a state government scientist in Minnesota, I was motivated to advance environmental protections that prevent against pollutants from crossing from one environmental medium to another, such as from the air to water. To understand cumulative impacts, we can use the analogy of a doctor’s appointment.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2023
Should it become statute, this bill would give additional regulatory authority to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the state regulatory agency) to limit or deny an environmental permit if the proposal would result in significant additions to the cumulative environmental and public health stressors around the facility.
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency and Lincoln University announced they re-signed their 2018 Memorandum of Understanding to enhance research, teaching, outreach, career development and stewardship in environmental sciences. The 2023 agreement was expanded to include the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection).
Circle of Blue
JUNE 14, 2023
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.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 24, 2023
30 – For more information or to request an interview, please contact: Carolyn Townend, Environmental Defence, media@environmentaldefence.ca It is intended to create a temporary unregulated “no-mans-land” in areas that remain squarely within federal jurisdiction.
Yale E360
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Cristiane Julião — a member of the Pankararu Indigenous group and co-founder of the National Articulation of Ancestral Warriors Women — challenges the deeply rooted sexism that hinders environmental protection in Brazil. The state needs to listen to women,” she insists. Read more on E360 →
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency will review the use of a chemical found in tires that has been linked with the deaths of salmon on the U.S. West Coast. Read more on E360 →
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