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New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [1]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
People & Population [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
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Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Rights Strikes at Oil Industry [38]

"The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands."

Biodiversity [39]
Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Justice [40]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [21]
Public [37]
South America [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 03/14/2025
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"Trump Administration Plans To Give Dirty US Coal Plants A Reprieve On Soot" [42]

"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [21]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [43], 03/14/2025
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"Criminal Targeting Of Environmental Groups ‘Scary,’ Advocates Say" [44]

"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"

Activism [3]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [19]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Floodlight [45], 03/14/2025
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"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [46]

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [48]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 03/14/2025
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"EPA To Steer Environmental Enforcement Officers Away From Energy Companies" [50]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental enforcement officers away from energy companies."

Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [21]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [51], 03/14/2025
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Tribes Worry Trump's Cuts Have Potential To Violate Trust Responsibilities [52]

"Funding for the BIA, IHS and the Bureau of Indian Education represents the lion's share of the government's obligations to tribes and last year those departments made up less than a quarter of 1% of the federal budget"

Environmental Justice [40]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [19]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [53], 03/13/2025
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Trump Admin Slams Brakes On Government's Adoption Of Electric Vehicles [54]

"The Trump administration has halted much of the federal government's adoption of electric vehicles into its massive fleet of cars and trucks."

Air [4]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Infrastructure [55]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [21]
Technology [23]
Transportation [56]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NPR [57], 03/13/2025
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"RFK Jr. Seeks To Tighten Loophole Allowing Chemicals In U.S. Food Supply" [58]

"The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive."

Chemicals [5]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [59]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [60], 03/13/2025
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"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands" [61]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas."

Agriculture [62]
Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [37]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [63], 03/13/2025
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