US Oil Refineries Spewing Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Communities: Report [1]
"Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands".

"Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands".
"A House committee has opened an investigation into the U.S. Postal Service’s $11.3 billion plan to purchase mostly gas-powered mail-delivery trucks, ordering the mail agency to turn over confidential records on their environmental impact and costs."
"The Interior Department confirmed Wednesday that it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place, taking millions of acres off the auction block."
"President Biden on Thursday marked the approaching milestone of 1 million U.S. deaths in the coronavirus pandemic."

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"Big meat and food conglomerates threaten to push out smaller producers of meat alternatives in the same way they have affected other food industries, according to two recent reports."
"As rising seas increase saltwater intrusion and soaring temperatures cause greater evaporation, scientists say that the mounting levels of salt in waters and in soils pose a major climate-related danger and could become a leading cause of climate migration globally."
"Accused of misleading the public for decades on the promise of plastic recycling, oil and chemical companies are pushing a new idea: “advanced recycling”. Environmental advocates, however, say it’s more of the same old greenwash and litigators hope holding companies accountable for past lies might prevent the spread of a new one."
"The fire season has started early in Siberia, as drought and strong winds fuel blazes in its carbon-rich peat forests. But with Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, this year's emergency response could suffer."
"Fires have broken out across Russia's vast forests and steppes in recent weeks, with blazes flaring up in several regions across southwestern Siberia. Several villages have already been destroyed by the flames, and local authorities have reported at least 10 dead in recent days.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-oil-refineries-spewing-cancer-causing-benzene-communities-report
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/us-oil-refineries-benzene-pollution-cancer-causing
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-panel-will-investigate-usps-plan-purchase-86-mpg-trucks
[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/12/usps-truck-contract-house-oversight-investigation/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-pulls-3-offshore-oil-lease-sales-curbing-new-drilling-year
[6] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/11/gulf-of-mexico-leasing-canceled/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-marks-approaching-milestone-1-million-us-covid-19-deaths
[8] https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098514454/biden-marks-the-approaching-milestone-of-1-million-u-s-covid-19-deaths
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sciline-media-briefing-climate-change-impacts-us-agriculture
[10] https://www.sej.org/library/environmental-books-sej-members-2020
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[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/big-meat-gobbling-fake-meat-companies
[13] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/10/meat-alternatives-industry-threat-monopoly
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/salt-scourge-dual-threat-warming-and-rising-salinity
[15] https://e360.yale.edu/features/salt-scourge-the-dual-threat-of-warming-and-rising-salinity
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exxon-doubles-down-advanced-recycling-claims-yield-few-results
[17] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/11/exxon-advanced-recycling-plastic-pollution-investigation
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfires-russia-will-war-ukraine-limit-firefighting-response
[19] https://www.dw.com/en/wildfires-in-russia-will-war-in-ukraine-limit-firefighting-response/a-61753044
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