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Deer Park Chemical Fire In 2019 Could Have Been Prevented, CSB Finds [9]

"A massive Houston-area chemical fire that burned for three days in 2019 could have been prevented if proper procedures were in place at the chemical storage facility run by the Intercontinental Terminals Co., according to an investigation released Thursday by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Texas Tribune [16], 07/10/2023
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British Mill Company's Pollution Draws Scrutiny In Mississippi. Less In La. [17]

"When Mississippi environmental regulators checked the emissions of a large wood pellet mill operating a few miles from the Louisiana line, they found pollution levels two times higher than the legal limit."

Air [18]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [23], 07/10/2023
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"It’s Deadline Day for Deep-Sea Mining" [24]

"The International Seabed Authority had until this weekend to finish drafting exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining. They’re not done. So now what happens?"

Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: Hakai [32], 07/10/2023
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"New Mexico Trail Clash Echoes Culture War Across US West" [33]

"Physiotherapist Spencer Bushnell lives less than a mile from farmer Carlos Arguello in Taos, New Mexico. But they are worlds apart on proposals to lace the foothills they love with up to 71 miles of mountain bike and hiking trails."

Environmental Politics [34]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [29]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Reuters [37], 07/10/2023
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"Energy Groups Object to Conservation as Use of Public Lands" [38]

"Defining conservation as a specific “use” of public lands is shaping up to be the primary point of legal opposition to a proposed federal lands rule that would prioritize conservation over fossil fuels extraction and allow public lands management to adapt to a changing climate."

Laws & Regulations [20]
Wildlife [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 07/10/2023
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"Against All Odds, The Rare Devils Hole Pupfish Keeps On Swimming" [41]

"This small, iridescent blue-or-green fish swims in the hot waters of an inhospitable fishbowl made of rock in a Nevada section of Death Valley National Park, where it somehow got trapped thousands of years ago."

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
California [42]
Source: NPR [43], 07/10/2023
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"Solar Storm To Make Northern Lights Visible In 17 US States" [44]

"A solar storm is expected to make the Northern Lights visible in 17 U.S. states on Thursday, forecasters say."

Natural Resources [29]
Science [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [31]
Source: The Hill [46], 07/10/2023
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Countries Agree To Slash Shipping Emissions, But Not Enough [47]

"Maritime nations agreed Friday to slash emissions from the shipping industry to net zero by about 2050 in a deal that several experts and nations say falls short of what’s needed to curb warming to agreed temperature limits."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: AP [49], 07/07/2023
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Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Safety Standards [50]

"At least two companies are planning to convert natural gas pipelines to carry carbon dioxide instead, but there aren’t yet any federal safety rules to cover them."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 07/07/2023
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"John Kerry to Visit China to Restart Climate Negotiations" [53]

"John Kerry, President Biden’s special envoy for climate change, said on Thursday he would travel to China next week to restart global warming negotiations between the world’s two largest polluters."

Climate Change [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Asia [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 07/07/2023
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"83,000 Hawaii Homes Dispose Of Sewage In Cesspools" [56]

"The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific. But the stunning views obscure an environmental problem beneath the ground."

Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
Source: AP [58], 07/07/2023
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U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean [59]

"The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, despite vehement international opposition."

Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [60]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Asia [54]
Source: NPR [61], 07/07/2023
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As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil [62]

"Municipalities that are suffering from the climate crisis employ lobbyists already in the pay of fossil fuel companies".

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [63], 07/07/2023
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"U.S. Animal Industries Pose Disease Risks to People, Report Says" [64]

"The United States is home to an enormous array of animal industries — including industrial agriculture, fur farming and the exotic pet trade — that pose a significant risk of creating infectious disease outbreaks in humans, according to a new report by experts at Harvard Law School and New York University."

Agriculture [65]
Biodiversity [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Science [45]
Wildlife [39]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [66], 07/07/2023
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"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Drops 34% In First Half 2023" [67]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 34% in the first half of 2023, preliminary government data showed on Thursday, hitting its lowest level in four years as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva institutes tougher environmental policies."

Agriculture [65]
Climate Change [26]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [13]
South America [68]
Source: Reuters [69], 07/07/2023
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