EPA Is Aiming To Get Rid Of Lead Pipes In 10 Years. But Not In Chicago. [1]
"The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation."
Source: Grist [2], 12/05/2023
"The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation."
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"More U.S. oil and gas operations will be regulated for methane than ever before under sweeping new federal standards, which for the first time cover petroleum infrastructure built prior to 2015."
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Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-aiming-get-rid-lead-pipes-10-years-not-chicago
[2] https://grist.org/cities/the-epa-is-aiming-to-get-rid-of-lead-pipes-in-10-years-but-not-in-chicago/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-tribal-council-greenlit-gold-mine-some-tribal-members-aren-t-happy
[4] https://grist.org/indigenous/an-alaska-native-tribal-council-greenlit-a-gold-mine-some-tribal-members-arent-happy/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chevron-exxon-opt-out-funding-cop28-methane-reduction-fund
[6] https://worldoil.com/news/2023/12/4/chevron-exxon-opt-out-of-funding-cop28-methane-reduction-fund/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/more-100-countries-cop28-call-fossil-fuel-phaseout
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04122023/more-than-100-countries-at-cop28-call-for-fossil-fuel-phaseout/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-casts-wide-net-slash-methane-oil-and-gas-operations
[10] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-casts-wide-net-to-slash-methane-from-oil-and-gas-operations/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pennsylvania-texas-tracking-vinyl-chloride-production-us
[12] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122023/appalachia-fracking-boom-vinyl-chloride-production-in-the-us/
[13] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/reporter-unravels-complex-dynamic-between-climate-change-and-nature
[14] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/how-simple-backyard-bird-feeder-can-lift-local-environment-reporting
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-proposes-plan-help-snow-dependent-canada-lynx-amid-warming
[16] https://apnews.com/article/canada-lynx-climate-change-cae5b940a2064e3d84ca86985b224921
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-fails-pass-restrictions-college-teaching-about-climate-policies
[18] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02122023/ohio-higher-education-bill-fails/
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