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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [1]

"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste". "A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic pollution across six continents."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 04/25/2024

"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says" [13]

"California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry's role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters on Monday."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
California [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 04/25/2024

Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions [18]

"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Air [19]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [22], 04/25/2024

"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [23]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [19]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [26], 04/24/2024

"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [27]

"Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [29]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: AP [30], 04/24/2024

"The Deepwater Horizon’s Very Unhappy Anniversary" [31]

"A recent scientific expedition to the Gulf of Mexico seafloor shows just how little things have improved near the broken well."

Biodiversity [32]
Disasters [33]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Hakai [36], 04/23/2024

Huge Green Energy Transmission Project Will Cut Through SW Indigenous Lands [37]

"After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help."

Activism [38]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [11]
Source: Grist [40], 04/23/2024

Calif. Communities Fight The Last Toxic Battery Recycling Plant In The West [41]

"Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back."

Air [19]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [16]
Source: Grist [42], 04/23/2024

"Ohio Gov. DeWine Campaign Got Secret $2.5 Million Boost From Power Company" [43]

"A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of struggling nuclear plants."

Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: USA TODAY/Floodlight [47], 04/23/2024

Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, But It Won’t Be Enough [48]

"For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses." "The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main [49], 04/23/2024

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