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"Drinking Water, Ash Big Concern As Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami" [1]

"Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash."

Disasters [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 01/17/2022
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [8]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

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TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [10]
Air [11]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [3]
Wildlife [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
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Public [5]
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [28]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"Still No Penalties for Coastal GasLink Environmental Violations" [31]

"More than a year after Coastal GasLink was cited for multiple environmental violations on its pipeline route through northern B.C., the provincial government still hasn’t imposed penalties."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Canada [32]
Source: The Tyee [33], 01/14/2022
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"No English River Is Free From Pollution - Parliament Report" [34]

"Raw sewage, microplastics and slurry are coursing through all of England's rivers, putting health and nature at risk, a parliamentary report concludes."

Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Europe [35]
Source: BBC News [36], 01/13/2022
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"An Alabama Town’s Sewage Woes Test Biden’s Infrastructure Ambitions" [37]

"The new law allocates $11.7 billion for wastewater and stormwater projects. Will it get to the impoverished communities who need it most?"

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [39], 01/13/2022
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In Orlando, A Mountain Of Coal Ash Evades EPA Rules. One of Many. [40]

"Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [3]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NPR [42], 01/13/2022
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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [43]

"EPA today [Wednesday] announced plans to “review and evaluate” whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel — the largest source of atmospheric lead pollution — endanger public health and welfare."

Air [11]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [44]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [45], 01/13/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [46]

"A bill before the New York State Assembly could finally impose some standards on an incredibly polluting but little-regulated industry: fashion."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: Earther [49], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [50]

"“You can have the best law on the books. But if it's not enforced, it's meaningless.”"

Activism [10]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: EHN [51], 01/12/2022
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