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Top Energy and Health News: Frack report; Myanmar destruction

Top energy and health news hand-picked by our journalists and researchers

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Top energy and health news of the week for Oct. 20 - Oct. 27.

Top News

  1. Fracking chemicals and kids' brains don't mix: Study
  2. How Bengal's Mejia Power Plant is wrecking the lives of the people it's supposed to benefit (Source: The Wire)
  3. Coal more toxic than shale gas, study finds (Source: R&D Mag)
  4. Burning down the house: Myanmar's destructive charcoal trade (Source: Mongabay)

Coal

  1. China's new antipollution push could cool its growth engine (Source: NY Times)
  2. Can solar save a huge coal plant? Zinke's thinking about it (Source: E&E News)
  3. Coal Burying Goa: All along the road route, the black dust settles (Source: The Indian Express)
  4. Sea levels to rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050 (Source: The Guardian)

Oil & Gas

  1. Trump to auction off a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies (Source: Washington Post)
  2. U.S. marine sanctuary oil drilling report sent to Trump, not public (Source: Reuters)
  3. Oil pipeline opponent uses 'necessity defense.' What is it? (Source: AP)

About the author(s):

Brian Bienkowski

Brian Bienkowski is the senior news editor at Environmental Health News.

Top energy and health news of the week for Oct. 20 - Oct. 27.

Top News

  1. Fracking chemicals and kids' brains don't mix: Study
  2. How Bengal's Mejia Power Plant is wrecking the lives of the people it's supposed to benefit (Source: The Wire)
  3. Coal more toxic than shale gas, study finds (Source: R&D Mag)
  4. Burning down the house: Myanmar's destructive charcoal trade (Source: Mongabay)

Coal

  1. China's new antipollution push could cool its growth engine (Source: NY Times)
  2. Can solar save a huge coal plant? Zinke's thinking about it (Source: E&E News)
  3. Coal Burying Goa: All along the road route, the black dust settles (Source: The Indian Express)
  4. Sea levels to rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050 (Source: The Guardian)

Oil & Gas

  1. Trump to auction off a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies (Source: Washington Post)
  2. U.S. marine sanctuary oil drilling report sent to Trump, not public (Source: Reuters)
  3. Oil pipeline opponent uses 'necessity defense.' What is it? (Source: AP)

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