"State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so."
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the next step to a full ban."
"Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds directly into the US’s food and water supply."
"Vice President Kamala Harris’ longtime climate adviser is a 37-year-old Colorado native who has a Ph.D. in marine science, a penchant for electric buses and a miniature poodle named Newton who’s a member of the KHive."
"Wildfires are blazing across western U.S. and Canada, prompting thousands to evacuate, shutting down highways and fouling the air quality over several states."
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"An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird."
"Sparrows were taken into captivity after numbers dwindled – and this week experts released 1,000th bird back into wild".
"More than 87% of the Mediterranean Sea, which extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, Europe and Asia, is polluted with microplastics and other pollutants including toxic metals and industrial chemicals, according to a July 2024 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)."
"The House passed a sweeping water infrastructure bill Monday that could help curb flooding, slow coastal erosion and restore struggling ecosystems, in a rare show of bipartisanship as election season heats up."
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[2] https://www.propublica.org/article/california-oil-cleanup-law
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-takes-next-step-toward-banning-vinyl-chloride
[4] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4790994-epa-proposes-ban-toxic-substance/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pfas-widely-added-us-pesticides-despite-epa-denial-study-finds
[6] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/23/pfas-pesticides-epa-research
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[10] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wildfires-blaze-western-us-canada-prompting-thousands-evacuate-poor-ai-rcna163387
[11] https://www.sej.org/calendar/rosemarys-house-journalism-residency-greece-with-mentor-ben-taub
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/andean-condor-rehab-highlights-conservation-challenges
[13] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/andean-condor-rehab-highlights-conservation-challenges-2024-07-23/
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-grasshopper-sparrow-scientists-hail-resurgence-endangered-bird
[15] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/21/florida-sparrow-scientists
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[17] https://www.cnn.com/travel/mediterranean-beach-vacation-microplastics-pollution/index.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-approves-bipartisan-water-projects-bill
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