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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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