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TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [1]

"Texas regulators recently authorized a company to operate ponds to store and recycle millions of gallons of oilfield wastewater laced with toxic chemicals next to a Baptist summer camp in the Permian Basin."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 02/27/2024
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"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025" [13]

"Dramatic shifts to EPA’s priorities and structure are central to plans for a GOP-led White House drawn up by Trump-era officials and right-leaning influencers."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 02/27/2024
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [18]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

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Climate Change [14]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Planning & Growth [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [27]
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National (U.S.) [16]
California [28]
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Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [30]

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

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Reporters Toolbox [31]
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Chemicals [2]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Government [22]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [7]
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National (U.S.) [16]
International [34]
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Public [10]
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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [35]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: The Hill [37], 02/26/2024
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"Tired Of Diesel Fumes, These Moms Are Pushing For Electric School Buses" [38]

"Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day. ... She was admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack in second grade, and after that Sanchez began driving Aida to school."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [40], 02/26/2024
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Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report [41]

"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [43]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [44], 02/22/2024
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Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution [45]

"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."

Agriculture [46]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Waste [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: The New Lede [48], 02/22/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [49]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [39]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: SCOTUSblog [50], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [51]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
California [28]
Source: LA Times [54], 02/22/2024
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