Infrastructure

"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations"

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Source: The Hill, 04/16/2025

Energy Experts and States Argue Trump Job Cuts Harm US "Energy Dominance"

"President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday."

Source: NYTimes, 04/15/2025

Oil Company Fined $18 Million For Defying State Orders To Stop Pipeline Work

"The California Coastal Commission today fined an oil company a record $18 million for repeatedly defying orders to stop work on a corroded pipeline in Santa Barbara County that caused a major oil spill nearly a decade ago."

Source: CalMatters, 04/14/2025

"Water Looms As New Front In Mexico's Trade Negotiations With The U.S"

"Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter."

Source: Reuters, 04/11/2025

Firm Cancels Plant To Process Plastic Waste To Be Burned In Steel Mills

"International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons."

Source: EHN, 04/11/2025

1000s of US Water Systems Show Dangerous Levels Of Cancer-Causing Chemicals

"Millions of people across the United States could be drinking water contaminated with dangerous levels of substances created when utilities disinfect water tainted with animal manure and other pollutants, according to a report released Thursday."

Source: The New Lede, 04/11/2025

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