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"U.S. Probing Nearly 350 Reports Of Oil Spills In Wake Of Hurricane Ida" [1]

"The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [11], 09/07/2021
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"Living In A Sea Of Trash: Roma Fight Environmental Racism In Romania" [12]

"Roma communities driven from Romania's booming city of Cluj-Napoca say the authorities treat them like human garbage. Pollution from a nearby landfill is damaging their health."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Pollution [7]
Waste [15]
Public [9]
Europe [16]
Source: DW [17], 09/06/2021
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"Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire" [18]

"The West Virginia Senator Reaps Big Financial Rewards From a Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death"

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [21], 09/06/2021
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"Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida" [22]

"Behind a playground littered with downed tree branches, Shell’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana spewed black smoke from its stacks. The smell of rotten eggs, the signature scent of sulphur emissions, lingered in the air. In an effort to burn off toxic chemicals before and after Hurricane Ida, many industrial facilities sent the gases through smoke stacks topped with flares."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Infrastructure [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [24], 09/06/2021
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"Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida" [25]

"The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [27], 09/06/2021
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Fossil Fuel Industry Pitches Carbon Capture As Climate Cure. But Is It? [28]

Carbon capture and storage technology has been around for years, but is being repositioned as a way to continue using fossil fuels in the face of climate change. Backgrounder takes a close look at how it works, its history and its politics. But even as the technology is taken up by Congress, the question is: Does the math add up?

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"Feds Responding To Reports Of Oil, Chemical Spills After Ida" [35]

"Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida following the publication of aerial photos by The Associated Press."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [36], 09/03/2021
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Exposure To Air Pollution Below Legal Limits Linked To Premature Deaths [37]

"Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to higher levels of illness and mortality even when air pollution levels are well below legal limits, according to a new study."

Air [38]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [34]
Source: EHN [39], 09/02/2021
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"Lack of Power Hinders Assessment of Toxic Pollution Caused by Ida" [40]

"A fertilizer plant battered by Hurricane Ida belched highly toxic anhydrous ammonia into the air. Two damaged gas pipelines leaked isobutane and propylene, flammable chemicals that are hazardous to human health. And a plastic plant that lost power in the storm’s aftermath is emitting ethylene dichloride, yet another toxic substance."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
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Source: NYTimes [42], 09/02/2021
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"Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution" [43]

"A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era environmental rule that drastically limited federal restrictions against pollution of millions of streams, wetlands and marshes across the country."

Agriculture [44]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [6]
Planning & Growth [45]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [46], 08/31/2021
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