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Lobbyist Claims That NY Plastic Bill Harms People Of Color Called ‘Misleading’ [1]

"The oil and petrochemical lobby is attempting to fend off a New York state proposal to slash plastic waste by arguing that it will disproportionately burden people of color, advocates and assembly sources say, despite widespread evidence that the plastic supply chain poses serious health risks to Black and brown communities."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: Guardian [13], 06/18/2025
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Tainted Water, Tainted Power — Inside a Hog-Farm Empire [14]

A powerful politician and his family’s groundwater-polluting agricultural business were the focus of an award-winning series that delved into the intersection of politics, power, privilege and regulatory capture. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, journalist Yanqi Xu discusses how the reporting uncovered deep and unexpected impacts on small town economies, water quality and the living conditions of the hog farms’ neighbors.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
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"Summer Staffing Crunch Hits National Parks After Trump Cuts" [23]

"At Yosemite National Park in California, one of the oldest and most popular U.S. natural preserves, the workforce is stretched so thin this season that nearly all staffers, even scientists, are required to take turns cleaning campground toilets, according to two people familiar with conditions there."

Environmental Politics [5]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [8]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [27], 06/11/2025
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"In Georgia, Republicans Vote to Kill Green Jobs but Face Little Fallout" [28]

"In Cedartown, Ga., a solar recycling company’s plan to hire 1,200 people could be upended by Republicans in Congress." 

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 06/09/2025
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Fearing Radioactive Waste, Pa. Community Fights to Stop Landfill Re-Opening [33]

"For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears."

Activism [34]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 06/04/2025
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"Trump Signs Executive Orders To Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals" [38]

"President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
California [40]
Source: AP [41], 05/27/2025
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Plea Deal Shutters Watts Recycling Plant Accused Of Spewing Toxics At School [42]

"A South L.A. recycling plant that has been accused of spewing toxic waste and metal projectiles onto the grounds of Jordan High School will be permanently shut down, according to a plea deal agreed to by the plant’s owners in court Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [43], 05/22/2025
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"First US Utility Seeks Permit For A Small Nuclear Reactor" [44]

"For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Technology [45]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: AP [46], 05/21/2025
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Alabama Power Faces Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash [47]

"Nine years after the Gadsden Steam Plant stopped burning coal, its unlined coal ash pond is still polluting Alabama groundwater, records show."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [18]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 05/21/2025
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Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [49]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 05/20/2025
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