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"Florida Lawmakers Want To Use Radioactive Material To Pave Roads" [1]

"Roads in Florida could soon include phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — under a bill lawmakers have sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: NPR [11], 05/11/2023
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"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee" [12]

"The latest effort to create a public warning system for spikes in air pollution was snuffed out by a Senate committee."

Air [13]
Chemicals [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [17], 05/11/2023
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"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [18]

"It was a rare sight, an endangered species emblematic of the Colombian Amazon, considered sacred by the region’s Indigenous communities: the pink dolphins."

Biodiversity [19]
Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [23]
South America [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 05/10/2023
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Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan [26]

"Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 05/10/2023
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Making Shift Happen: Momentum for New Thinking About River Restoration [30]

"An unconventional gathering helped spur ideas to speed the pace and scale of river restoration projects across the West."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Studies [31]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Forests [32]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: The Revelator [34], 05/10/2023
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"Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling" [35]

"Alaska and Nebraska are the only states that say they’re actively pursuing taking over the EPA’s dredge-and-fill permitting program for waters and wetlands as the agency prepares to update its rule governing such takeovers."

Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 05/10/2023
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"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says" [37]

"The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
International [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 05/10/2023
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"Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire" [40]

"The units at a Houston-area Shell refinery that caught fire this weekend repeatedly malfunctioned in recent years without recourse from Texas regulators."

Air [13]
Chemicals [14]
Disasters [41]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 05/10/2023
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"D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water" [44]

"A federal appeals court on Tuesday faulted EPA for failing to set drinking water limits for a chemical commonly used in explosives and rocket fuel."

Chemicals [14]
Consumer [45]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: E&E News [46], 05/10/2023
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EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting [47]

"Biden’s EPA offers support to Guayama residents after decades of environmental injustice, but residents say they won’t be satisfied until the plant is closed and all its coal ash removed."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [16]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Energy News Network [48], 05/09/2023
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