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Many Worry Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules [1]

"Last year, New Mexico adopted regulations that were viewed as a model for reducing methane emissions from the flaring and venting of natural gas. But on the ground, watchdogs say they don’t see much of a change in oil and gas companies’ practices."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [8], 03/13/2023
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Company Testing Air in East Palestine Homes Was Hired by Norfolk Southern [9]

"Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [5]
Science [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: ProPublica [17], 03/13/2023
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Finding the Secret Rail Hazmat Routes Near You [18]

Under federal rules, states can decide whether to divulge information about hazardous materials rolling along their railways — and mostly they don’t. Not knowing where and when hazmat trains are traveling or what’s on board creates anxiety and raises the risk for those who live near the tracks. TipSheet offers resources and step-by-step instructions for investigating railway hazmat threats to your community.

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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [25]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
International [27]
Canada [28]
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Public [6]
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"House GOP Votes To Overturn Biden Rule On Water Protections" [29]

"The House on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business."

Agriculture [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [32], 03/10/2023
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"U.N. Buys Tanker To Store Oil From Decaying Vessel Off Yemen" [33]

"The United Nations has purchased a large tanker to store about 1.1 million barrels of oil that will be transferred from a decaying vessel off Yemen's coast in a bid to avert an environmental disaster, officials said on Thursday."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [34], 03/10/2023
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Norfolk Southern CEO Says He’s Sorry For Train Derailment Impact On Ohio [35]

"The chief executive of a railroad company that operated a train that derailed and caused a release of toxic chemicals in February told the Senate on Thursday that he is “deeply sorry” for the impact on East Palestine, Ohio, and he is personally committed to “make this right.”"

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [37], 03/10/2023
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"EPA Proposes ‘Strongest Ever’ Limits On Coal Plant Discharges" [38]

"Coal-fired power plants are facing another crackdown as the Biden administration moves forward with plans to limit toxic discharges into lakes and rivers in a major strike at one of the largest sources of industrial water pollution."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [39], 03/09/2023
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"The Creeping Threat Of The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt" [40]

"Visible from space, an explosion of harmful seaweed now stretches like a sea monster across the ocean. Could robots save us from it – and store carbon in the process?"

Agriculture [30]
Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Natural Resources [43]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [44], 03/08/2023
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1,000 Super-Emitting Methane Leaks Risk Triggering Climate Tipping Points [45]

"Vast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating".

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
International [27]
Source: Guardian [46], 03/08/2023
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Norfolk Southern To Pay For Temporary Relocation During Soil Cleanup [47]

"Norfolk Southern Railway will pay for temporary relocation for people who live within a mile of the site of a train derailment that spilled hazardous chemicals, amid ongoing cleanup efforts."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [49], 03/07/2023
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