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“Halliburton Loophole” Lets Fracking Firms Pollute Water Without Oversight [1]

"Fracking companies used 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals that should have been regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act from 2014 to 2021."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [10], 05/18/2023
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Federal Rules Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills: Report [11]

"Methane emissions from landfills—one of the largest sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions—could be reduced through stronger regulations and better emissions monitoring, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project, an environmental organization based in Washington."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [15], 05/18/2023
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"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills" [16]

"The Biden administration is moving to close a loophole that had exempted hundreds of inactive coal ash landfills from rules designed to prevent heavy metals like mercury and arsenic from seeping into groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [18], 05/18/2023
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Communities Of Color Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS In Drinking Water [19]

"Residents of communities with bigger Black and Hispanic populations are more likely to be exposed to harmful levels of “forever chemicals” in their water supplies, a new study has found."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [17]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [21], 05/17/2023
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"Plastic Pollution Could Be Slashed By 80% By 2040, UN Says" [22]

"Global plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme (Unep). The changes needed are major, but are also practical and affordable, the agency said."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [6]
Waste [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [26], 05/17/2023
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Enviro, Oil Companies Battle Ohio Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater [27]

"Ten years ago, Tim Kettler asked local officials to stop spreading liquid waste from fracking on the road near his home in Warsaw, Ohio, because he was worried that the fluid would contaminate a pond where he gets his drinking water."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 05/16/2023
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When Extreme Weather Amplifies Hazardous Waste Threats [31]

Toxic waste is bad enough when it’s in one spot. But it can be even more dangerous when it is made mobile by climate-induced natural disasters. The latest TipSheet looks at just a few of the problems that can arise — or have already arisen. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources to cover this issue in your locale.

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Air [33]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [6]
Waste [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
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Tilling the Storytelling Fields on the Food, Ag and Environment Beat [40]

In his more than a decade at the helm of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Samuel Fromartz was instrumental in shaping a new way of covering food, agriculture and environmental issues. As he prepares to turn over the top editor’s job to his successor, Fromartz talks about FERN’s innovative business model and the power of narrative.

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Features [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [17]
Food [45]
Government [46]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Pollution [6]
Waste [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]
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"Getting A Silent Killer Out Of The Kitchen" [47]

"In Sierra Leone, 99 percent of the population still uses polluting cooking methods."

Air [33]
Consumer [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
International [25]
Source: Washington Post [48], 05/15/2023
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Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescues [49]

"Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the time is here for the industry to prove it can make the technology happen — at scale, affordably and quickly — to stave off climate disaster."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [50], 05/15/2023
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