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Fishers Who Catch Baby Eels For $2,000 A Pound Hope For Years Of Fishing [9]

"Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis - worth orders of magnitude more money at the docks than lobsters, scallops or salmon."

Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Source: AP [16], 03/18/2024
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"BLM Releases Long-Awaited Sage Grouse Protections" [17]

"The Biden administration released its proposal Thursday to protect the greater sage grouse across the West, incorporating tough restrictions on oil and gas drilling and other land uses near the bird’s habitat."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [24], 03/15/2024
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"EPA Cracks Down On Carcinogenic Pollution From Medical Plants" [25]

"EPA on Thursday announced new regulations to slash releases of a cancer-causing compound used by dozens of medical equipment sterilization plants, often located in heavily populated and marginalized communities." "The rule would cut ethylene oxide releases at sterilization facilities by more than 90 percent."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [29], 03/15/2024
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Toxic Air Lingers In Texas Latino Community, As Air Monitoring Fails [30]

"Public data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe."

Air [31]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [32]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: EHN [35], 03/15/2024
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Gulf Petrochemical Buildout Draws Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations [36]

"A booming petrochemical buildout on the Gulf Coast has drawn billions of dollars in public subsidies from state tax abatement programs despite regular violations of pollution permits, according to a new report released Thursday."

Chemicals [26]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 03/15/2024
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"Turf Fields May Have ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Should Kids Be Playing On Them?" [40]

"The three 6-year-old girls stood on the sidelines as their coach swabbed their hands. Then they ran onto a lush green turf field and played soccer for 90 minutes straight — no stepping off the pitch. This wasn’t just a practice. It was part of a small experiment conducted in the suburban foothills of San Diego last summer."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [28]
Technology [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [44], 03/15/2024
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"Sick Because of Roundup? These Bills Could Make Suing Impossible." [45]

"High-profile lawsuits have accused pesticides of causing cancer and Parkinson’s. But three states are now considering bills that would prevent these lawsuits."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: New Republic [46], 03/15/2024
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"Americans Move To Climate-Risky Areas As Real Estate Booms" [47]

"How growing battles over real estate development and flood risk are playing out in one community on the U.S. East Coast".

Climate Change [48]
Disasters [49]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Planning & Growth [50]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [53], 03/15/2024
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Chemicals In Plastics Far More Numerous Than Previous Estimates: Report [54]

"At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety."

Chemicals [26]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [55], 03/15/2024
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"Failed Oil Well Plugs Are Silent Polluters That No One Watches" [56]

"Sarah Stogner plucked a piece of cement off a rusted steel pipe jutting from the ground on a West Texas ranch. The chunk, part of the plug for a long-dormant oil well, crumbled in her hand."

Air [31]
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 03/15/2024
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"The Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative Hopes to Give Wildlife Room to Roam" [58]

"It's a big, inspiring vision of wildlife connectivity. But could it work?"

Biodiversity [19]
Forests [59]
Infrastructure [38]
Natural Resources [22]
Transportation [60]
Wildlife [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [62]
Canada [63]
Source: Sierra [64], 03/15/2024
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"Nine More States Sue SEC Over Climate Disclosure Rule" [65]

"Nine states this week sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a rule that requires publicly traded companies to disclose some climate-related information to potential investors."

Climate Change [48]
Disasters [49]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [66], 03/14/2024
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US Energy Industry Methane Emissions Are Triple What Government Thought [67]

"American oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks, causing $9.3 billion in yearly climate damage, a new comprehensive study calculates."

Climate Change [48]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [68], 03/14/2024
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"Miss. Senate Votes To Change Control Of Jackson’s Troubled Water System" [69]

"For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would transfer control of the state capital city’s troubled water system to a regional board."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: AP [70], 03/14/2024
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Judge Finds Flint In Civil Contempt For Failures In Lead Pipe Replacement [71]

"The city of Flint has been found in civil contempt by a federal judge for its handling of its lead pipe replacement program."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [32]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Source: Michigan Public [73], 03/14/2024
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