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        What do politicians have to say about Pittsburgh's asthma epidemic?
    
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        The environmental toll of plastics

Editorials

        Flint fiasco is good for lawyers
    
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        Can you guess these three surprising energy trends?
    
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        Cleaning house, kinda, at EPA: Editorial cartoonists have the last laugh
    
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Opinions

        Randy Olson: Now more than ever, scientists need to communicate better. Here’s how
    
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        Willie Dwayne Francois III: Returning to life outside prison—without food on the table
    
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        Opinion: the unacceptable logic of the markets
    
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        Climate change is killing the cedars of Lebanon
    
The ancient cedars of Lebanon have outlived empires and survived modern wars.

            www.nytimes.com
            
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        Monsanto scientist denies Roundup cancer link in trial
    
A Monsanto scientist testifying in court tried to rebut a dying groundskeeper's allegation that he failed to tell him whether the company's Roundup weed killer had caused widespread skin rashes.

            www.courthousenews.com
            
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        What climate change looks like in 2018
    
Climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's here. We're living it.

            fivethirtyeight.com
            
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        Climate change is coming for the internet
    
Climate change is given plenty of coverage here, and by now you're all more than well aware of what we stand to lose. 

            www.geek.com
            
    2h

        Do cellphones cause cancer? Government study reveals 'stunningly important' findings
    
Absent proof of harm, health officials and regulators have been in a holding pattern for 30 years. 

            www.newsweek.com
            
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        Toxic levels of air pollution are behind spike in asthma deaths
    
It comes after nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah's death from asthma was directly linked to air pollution last month.

            www.dailymail.co.uk
            
    14 July

        Oregon rancher pardoned by Trump: 'I tried to do the right thing'
    
In his first wide-ranging interview since his release, Dwight Hammond Jr. talked about how he coped in prison, how he learned of his pardon and the shock of his sudden release.

            www.oregonlive.com
            
    2h

        Brussels moves goalposts on glyphosate
    
Commission plans to shift responsibility from Germany to France for evaluating controversial weedkiller.

            www.politico.eu
            
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        $4 million settlement reached in Tennessee River pollution case
    
The West Morgan East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority announced it has reached a $4 million settlement agreement with Daikin.

            www.al.com
            
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        Study: National parks get fewer visits when pollution rises
    
Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what's found in major cities, according to a study released Wednesday. 

            abcnews.go.com
            
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        Coal miners are dying of black lung.
    
    And a Kentucky law could make it harder to claim benefits.

    13 July

        Bird brained? Gull scores a ride to organic composting facility. Twice.
    
    Clearly this bird was using its head.

    13 July

        The air in Pittsburgh is unsafe to breathe for about four months a year, according to a new report
    
    "We have decades and decades of this lack of effective enforcement, and it adds up."

    12 July

        Fishermen disregard New Bedford Harbor’s lingering toxic past
    
    Officials keep dredging up PCBs and posting signs at New Bedford Harbor—but studies suggest anglers are eating too much of their contaminated catch.

    12 July

        Allegheny County is being sued for spending Clean Air funds on an office renovation project
    
    "It's just crazy to think the county would want to divert millions of dollars from these funds for one over-the-top building renovation project."

    11 July

        Hot temperatures may be bad for brains, even young and healthy ones: Study
    
    "It's really shocking that we found such a significant effect on a population that is usually considered immune to these heat exposures"

    11 July

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