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Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways [1]

"Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [10], 12/20/2024
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"Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation" [11]

"Jubilee Justice grows rice regeneratively while reclaiming the past."

Agriculture [12]
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Justice [4]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Civil Eats [15], 12/19/2024
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"Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?" [16]

"In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water."

Agriculture [12]
Biodiversity [13]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Civil Eats [17], 12/19/2024
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Groups Sue TCEQ For Allowing SpaceX To Discharge Water Without A Permit [18]

"Rio Grande Valley groups are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, accusing the agency of bypassing state regulations by allowing SpaceX to temporarily discharge industrial water at its South Texas launch site without a proper permit."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Texas Tribune [21], 12/19/2024
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"Russian Oil Spill Contaminates 50km of Black Sea Beaches" [22]

"Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometers of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Europe [24]
Source: AFP [25], 12/19/2024
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Toxic PFAS Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources [26]

"PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases."

Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [3]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [29]
Source: KFF Health News [30], 12/18/2024
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"Beholding the Arctic’s Wonders — And Its Melting Future" [31]

"Thousands of years ago, the Arctic was ice-free. What can its past teach us about its future?"

Climate Change [32]
Natural Resources [28]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [34]
Antarctica & Arctic [35]
Source: Atmos [36], 12/18/2024
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"Biden Moves To Stall Gas Export Projects That Trump Promises To Boost" [37]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday released a long-awaited analysis of the dangers that liquefied natural gas exports pose to the environment and the economy, raising a potential hurdle to a central part of President-elect Donald Trump’s energy agenda."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [39], 12/18/2024
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Denmark Refuses To Extradite Whaling Activist Paul Watson, Frees Him [40]

"Paul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denmark rejected Japan’s extradition request and released him from prison in Greenland."

Activism [41]
Biodiversity [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [42]
Public [8]
International [34]
Source: Guardian [43], 12/18/2024
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3 Years After Huge Sewage Spill El Segundo Still Stinks. Why Can’t LA Fix It? [44]

"On the worst days, Tamara Kcehowski said, she has thrown up when the stench from Los Angeles’ nearby sewage plant overwhelms her El Segundo apartment. She said her dog, Maggie, has even retched alongside her."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [29]
Source: LA Times [47], 12/17/2024
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