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Biden Declares Emergency, Pipeline Planned As Salt Threatens Drinking Water [1]

"The White House declared an emergency Wednesday for four Louisiana parishes threatened by salt intrusion in drinking water and officials warned that barges would be insufficient to deal with the problem on the east bank of New Orleans and Jefferson, prompting an urgent plan to build a pipeline."

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Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [9], 09/28/2023
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Report Clears Alberta Officials After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months [10]

"A review commissioned by the board of directors at the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are no concerns with the way the organization handled seepage and a subsequent spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Canada [15]
Source: The Narwhal [16], 09/28/2023
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"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind" [17]

"That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States".

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [12]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Sierra [20], 09/28/2023
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WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded [21]

"When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. “When there’s smoke or there’s a fire, they lock you in,” Whitman said. Whitman, president of the advocacy group Black Prisoners’ Caucus, is incarcerated at Airway Heights Corrections Center."

Air [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Justice [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Source: Washington State Standard [25], 09/27/2023
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"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes" [26]

"Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water".

Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [4]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Canada [15]
Source: Guardian [28], 09/27/2023
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"Court Rejects Utah’s Request To Block EPA Smog Rule" [29]

"A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines."

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Laws & Regulations [30]
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Source: The Hill [32], 09/26/2023
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Youngstown Council Unanimously Nixes ‘Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant [33]

"The Youngstown City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday night opposing an “advanced recycling” plant that would have used a process called pyrolysis to burn old tires to make steam for heating and cooling downtown buildings."

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Pollution [5]
Waste [34]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 09/25/2023
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"The Secret Dispute Behind Cleaning Seattle’s Only River" [36]

"In its early days as a major aircraft manufacturer, Boeing was remarkably open about toxic chemicals flowing from its factory into the neighboring Duwamish, Seattle’s only river and a longtime source of food, tradition and culture for Indigenous people."

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Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Source: Seattle Times [37], 09/25/2023
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"New Orleans Declares Emergency Over Saltwater Intrusion In Drinking Water" [38]

"The New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, signed an emergency declaration for the city on Friday amid concerns about saltwater from the the Gulf of Mexico that has been creeping up the drought-hit Mississippi River in Louisiana."

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Water & Oceans [6]
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Source: Guardian [39], 09/25/2023
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Funding To Replace Lead Pipes Is Just the Start of the Story [40]

Billions of dollars in federal funding to get rid of lead pipes is only the beginning — now the pipes have to be located, removed and replaced. And the latest TipSheet says that’s a story that’s found in many U.S. communities, so is ripe for local reporting. Here’s the backstory and why it matters, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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Pollution [5]
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