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Napa Valley Landfill Dumped Toxic Waste Into Waterways For Decades: Suit [1]

"A California landfill has been illegally dumping toxic waste into the Napa River for years, polluting waters that feed a valley known around the world for the quality of its vineyards, according to a federal lawsuit filed by landfill employees."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [9]
Source: The New Lede [10], 11/06/2024
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"The World Promised to Tame Methane. Emissions Are Still Rising" [11]

"About 160 countries and 140 companies pledged to combat the potent greenhouse gas, yet releases from the fossil fuels sector remain near record highs."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Bloomberg [16], 11/06/2024
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"New York City Tests A Solar-Powered Electric-School-Bus Microgrid" [17]

"Utility Con Edison and school-bus operator First Student see bus-charging depots equipped with solar and batteries as a win-win that supports the power grid."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Technology [19]
Transportation [20]
Public [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Canary Media [22], 11/05/2024
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"Proposed Factory Farm Ban Divides California County" [23]

"When voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the next US president, residents of Sonoma County, California, will be asked to decide another contentious issue – they will be voting on a measure that would make their county the first in the nation to ban factory farms."

Agriculture [2]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
California [9]
Source: The New Lede [24], 11/05/2024
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Pesticide PAC Money Surges Into States As Firms Seek To Limit Damage Awards [25]

"As pesticide companies struggle to cap legal payouts to plaintiffs who claim they were injured by Roundup and other products, money from two political committees affiliated with major pesticide manufacturers has surged into state-level politics."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: U.S. RTK [30], 11/05/2024
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"Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water" [31]

"Zebra mussels, hydrilla and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir."

Biodiversity [32]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [33]
Public [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 11/05/2024
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"London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers" [35]

"Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways."

Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Europe [38]
Source: AP [39], 11/04/2024
  • Read more about "London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers" [35]

"Why Is China Upping Coal Power Despite Green Energy Boom?" [40]

"The world has pledged to wean itself off 'dirty' coal to slow the pace of climate change, so why is China - already the world's top producer and consumer of coal - upping its output?"

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
Asia [41]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [42], 11/04/2024
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"Conservative Outfits Are Scouring Feds’ Emails" [43]

"Right-leaning groups have filed tens of thousands of information requests as Donald Trump plans a scorched-earth reign over civil servants."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [46], 11/04/2024
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Campaign Cash: Louisiana Regulators’ Ties To The Utilities They Oversee [47]

"The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its commissioners."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: Floodlight [49], 11/04/2024
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