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"EPA Forces Natural Gas Plants To Make Pollution Data Public" [1]

"For the first time, hundreds of natural gas processing plants will have to publicly report emissions of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 11/24/2021
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Rural Reporter Turns Routine Permit Into Award-Winning Investigation [11]

It was a seemingly mundane legal notice about a surface water discharge permit. But when Wyoming journalist Angus Thuermer Jr. took a closer look, he discovered that it would mean massive discharges of pollutants into local waters. Inside Story explains how Thuermer revealed the truth about the plans, prompting local protests and, ultimately, a withdrawal of the permit.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
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Public [8]
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Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People [21]

"Oil companies have replaced Indigenous people’s traditional lands with mines that cover an area bigger than New York City, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands and rerouting waterways."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
Canada [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 11/22/2021
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"How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health" [28]

"For years Americans have been warned about the dangers of pollution and climate change but one effect is neglected: impacts to our brains."

Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [29], 11/19/2021
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"U.S. To Back Global Treaty Aimed At Curbing Plastic Pollution" [30]

"The United States will support a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced yesterday at U.N. Environment Programme headquarters."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [32]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [33]
Source: E&E News [34], 11/19/2021
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"EPA Moves To Erase Trump-Era WOTUS Rule" [35]

"The Biden administration today [Thursday] moved to formally scrap President Trump’s signature Clean Water Act rule off the books."

Agriculture [36]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [25]
Planning & Growth [37]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [38], 11/19/2021
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Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK [39]

"The Biden administration submitted a treaty amendment aimed at curbing a set of climate super-pollutants for Senate approval on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [40], 11/17/2021
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"Coming Off Climate Talks, US To Hold Huge Crude Sale In Gulf" [41]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude, the first such sale under President Joe Biden and a harbinger of the challenges he faces to reach climate goals that depend on deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [42], 11/17/2021
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"Memphis Residents Wage Fight Against TVA Coal Ash Storage" [43]

"Activist Justin J. Pearson had barely finished one environmental fight before he realized he needed to get involved in another. ...The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to store coal ash, a by-product of coal burning, in Southeast Memphis."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [23]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: Tennessee Lookout [45], 11/16/2021
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New Delhi Air Pollution Is So Bad, Officials Call For Citywide Lockdown [46]

"India's Supreme Court is calling for a lockdown in the capital, New Delhi. It's because of a health emergency, but it's not about COVID-19. It's about air pollution."

Air [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Asia [47]
Source: NPR [48], 11/16/2021
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