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"‘Everything Is Dead’: Ukraine Rushes To Stem Ecocide After River Poisoning" [1]

"Ukrainian officials say the Russians deliberately poisoned the Seym River, which flows into the Desna. The Desna connects with a reservoir in the Kyiv region and a water supply used by millions."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Military [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Europe [10]
Source: Guardian [11], 10/03/2024
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Drug-Resistant Typhoid Spreads In Pakistan As Antibiotics Fail [12]

"From his sickbed, eight-year-old Ukasha could see his siblings play with a ball in the courtyard. His head hurt and his body felt too heavy to move. Ukasha had typhoid fever – an illness he should have recovered from in days. It had been a month."

Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [14], 10/03/2024
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Chemical Cloud In Atlanta Suburbs Prompts A New Shelter-In-Place Alert [15]

"Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [17], 10/02/2024
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In Fight Over US Steel, Climate and Public Health Take Backseat to Politics [18]

"When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together at a rally for union members in Pittsburgh earlier this month, Harris opened her speech with a nod to the industrial legacy of a city in a key swing state for the presidential election."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 10/02/2024
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Strapped Wyoming Towns Race for US Funds To Fix Aging Water, Sewer Systems [26]

"Waking up to long-overdue system upgrades, dozens of towns that were awarded federal ARPA dollars may see them ‘clawed back’ for lack of resources to complete paperwork."

Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Source: WyoFile [29], 10/02/2024
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"U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia" [30]

"Miners aim to meet a growing demand for emissions-free energy, though a failure to clean up old sites haunts the industry."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Military [5]
Natural Resources [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 10/02/2024
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"Feud Erupts Between Fla. Officials Over Proposed Trash Incineration Plant" [36]

"Residents of two south Florida counties are feuding over the proposed construction of a huge trash incineration plant that environmentalists say will subject thousands of people to toxic fumes and a risk of polluted drinking water."

Air [37]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [6]
Waste [38]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Guardian [39], 10/01/2024
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Residents Near Atlanta Evacuate Due To A Chemical Plant Fire [40]

"Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could be seen from miles away."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [41], 09/30/2024
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Looking for Environmental Justice Through the Smog [42]

A serious air pollutant prevalent in underserved communities, Superfund hazardous waste sites nearby, public drinking water systems out of compliance. All are new or enhanced insights found in an improved version of the federal government’s EJScreen data tool. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reviews the changes and how they can be used to tell stories of real people’s daily lives.

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Air [37]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Justice [44]
Government [45]
Health [46]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [48]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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"Colorado Launches First-Of-A-Kind Landfill Methane Monitoring Program" [49]

"Using EPA funds, Colorado will deploy cutting edge technology for detecting methane emissions from its 80 landfills, making it a leader among states."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [19]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [6]
Waste [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Source: Canary Media [50], 09/26/2024
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