"Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river."
"An updated rule targets pollution from ash dumps, but it’s up to companies that own them to propose steps to protect groundwater."
"Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20 times higher than previously estimated, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology."
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted approval on Tuesday to Equitrans Midstream Corp. to start operations at its Mountain Valley Pipeline, the final hurdle for the controversial natural gas project that had draw sharp opposition from environmental activists."
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"African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday."
"In unincorporated Marion County, around 800 to 900 households—approximately 40 percent of all homes—do not have access to public drinking water, according to government estimates, a figure one water expert called “staggering.”"
"The Environmental Defense Fund, entering controversial territory, will spend millions of dollars examining the impact of reflecting sunlight into space as global warming worsens."
"Outside the steps of her South Bronx apartment, Jill Hanson is thinking about the lack of green spaces as another hot summer descends upon New York City. Her neighborhood, Mott Haven, is among 80 communities considered highly threatened by humidity and high temperatures under a new Heat Vulnerability Index developed by Columbia University and the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/shrinking-mississippi-river-towns-frequent-floods-worsen-fortunes
[2] https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-river-flooding-population-loss-shrinking-towns-56e825cdda0f57d895cce753b08f9987
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-s-coal-ash-crackdown-comes-major-caveat
[4] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epas-coal-ash-crackdown-comes-with-a-major-caveat/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/higher-levels-dangerous-chemical-expected-southeast-louisiana
[6] https://apnews.com/article/cancer-ethylene-oxide-environmental-health-24d898ce0bd59d78cb387b3cfc16b9cd
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ferc-gives-green-light-start-mountain-valley-pipeline
[8] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/11/ferc-greenlights-mountain-valley-pipeline-startup-00162827
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/us-epa-national-environmental-justice-community-engagement-calls
[10] https://www.sej.org/calendar/ij4eu-confidential-unveiling-secrets-complex-investigations
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/african-elephants-call-each-other-unique-names-new-study-shows
[12] https://apnews.com/article/elephant-names-unique-african-savannah-3dc80b1643c2bbccdeac59515649f86d
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thousands-across-alabama-live-without-access-public-water
[14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10062024/thousands-in-alabama-live-without-public-water/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-group-study-effects-artificially-cooling-earth
[16] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/climate/edf-solar-geoengineering-research.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/summer-nears-80-nyc-neighborhoods-ranked-highly-vulnerable-heat
[18] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062024/new-york-neighborhoods-highly-vulnerable-to-heat/
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