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"The newly formed National Materials Marketplace brings together more than 20 major companies with operations in the United States to avoid waste by making use of undervalued materials."
"Natural gas overtook coal as the top source of United States electric power generation for the first time ever this spring, a milestone that has been in the making for years as the price of gas slides and new regulations make coal riskier for power generators."
"A New Jersey judge has rejected a plea from environmental groups to intervene in a pollution settlement Gov. Chris Christie (R) negotiated."
New projections put sea-level rise from climate change as high as six meters (20 feet). A mapping tool from the independent research organization Climate Central shows such a rise "are striking, to say the least – the inundation of Galveston, Matagorda and Padre islands, along with cities such as Port Arthur, part of Beaumont, Galveston, Texas City, the Freeport-Lake Jackson area and part of Corpus Christi."
"Before Freddie Gray died of spinal injuries he received in police custody, sparking weeks of protest in his native Baltimore and around the country, he was a 'lead kid,' one of thousands of children in the city with toxic levels of lead in their blood from years of living in substandard housing -- and long-term health problems as a result."
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[5] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-lorenzo-natali-media-prize
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[7] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
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[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-rejects-greens%E2%80%99-intervention-chris-christie%E2%80%99s-exxon-settlement
[13] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/247724-judge-rejects-greens-intervention-in-chris-christies-exxon
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[15] http://texasclimatenews.org/?p=11059
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