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How Utility Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater [1]

"Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage. After a ProPublica investigation exposed this practice, the EPA is trying to block the move."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: ProPublica [10], 01/19/2022
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Ecuador Expands Protections Around Galápagos, Makes Highway For Sea Life [11]

"The South American government will curb fishing in more than 20,000 square miles of ocean next to the archipelago, which is treasured for its abundance of wildlife".

Biodiversity [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
South America [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 01/19/2022
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Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony [16]

"Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea."

Biodiversity [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Antarctica & Arctic [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 01/18/2022
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"Plastic Crisis Needs Binding Treaty, Report Says" [19]

"Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report."

Consumer [20]
Pollution [6]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [22]
Source: BBC News [23], 01/18/2022
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1st Images Of Tonga Damage Show Entire Communities Covered In Thick Ash [24]

"A thick layer of ash covering entire island communities can be seen in the first images of disaster-hit Tonga to emerge following what experts believe to be the world's biggest volcanic eruption in more than 30 years."

Disasters [25]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Source: CNN [27], 01/18/2022
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"Clean Water Act Policy Could Spur Widespread Disarray" [28]

"The Biden administration last week quietly and abruptly announced that developers can no longer rely on decisions made under a high-profile Trump-era Clean Water Act rule about which waters are federally protected to obtain new permits."

Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [30], 01/17/2022
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"Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near New Orleans" [31]

"A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: AP [32], 01/17/2022
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"Drinking Water, Ash Big Concern As Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami" [33]

"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 [25]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Source: Reuters [34], 01/17/2022
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [35]

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.

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Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [39]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
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National (U.S.) [29]
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Public [8]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [44]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

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Activism [46]
Climate Change [37]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Government [39]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [48]
Policy [49]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [29]
California [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
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