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Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass [1]

"Forty miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, the Brandt Company cattle ranch is the largest single point source of methane emissions in the state, releasing more of that greenhouse gas than any oil or gas well, refinery or landfill."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 08/21/2023
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"Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers" [10]

"Researchers are still studying the chemical makeup of produced water from the Permian Basin. But regulators say they’re ready to issue permits to discharge the water into rivers and creeks."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 08/18/2023
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Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals [15]

"Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across the United States is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, according to testing data released on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [19], 08/18/2023
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"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years" [20]

"Lahaina is plagued by hazardous debris, chemicals and undrinkable water. A big storm could worsen and spread the wildfire contamination."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [18]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 08/18/2023
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Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water [26]

"As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Grist [30], 08/16/2023
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Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves [31]

"Some Texans who challenge oil and gas waste sites must spend significant sums and time on investigating what they say the Texas Railroad Commission should examine. Will new regulations for handling waste increase oversight or just maintain the status quo?"

Air [32]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Public Health Watch [33], 08/16/2023
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"Despite Climate Goals, California Will Let Three Gas Plants Keep Running" [34]

"Sometimes, breaking news is spectacularly unsurprising — but still hugely consequential. That was the case Tuesday, when California officials finalized a decision they’d been telegraphing for months, voting to extend the life of three gas-fired power plants along the state’s southern coast through 2026, instead of closing them later this year.

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
California [8]
Source: LA Times [35], 08/16/2023
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90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming [36]

"More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [21]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
Europe [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 08/16/2023
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"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated" [39]

"Dow-Freeport, the largest chemical plant complex in the Western Hemisphere, dominates—and pollutes—the Lower Brazos Watershed."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [27]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Texas Observer [40], 08/15/2023
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"Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears" [41]

"Five weeks before President Joe Biden announced a historic new ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, Sarana Riggs approached the barbed-wire fence surrounding an inactive mine in an Arizona national forest, a Geiger counter in her hand."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 08/15/2023
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