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"EPA Offers Another $1B For Superfund Cleanups" [1]

"EPA announced an additional $1 billion will go toward cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated areas under its Superfund program." "The funding will help scrub 25 waste sites and speed cleanups at another 85 existing tracts."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 02/28/2024
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"Climate Change Is Undoing Decades Of Progress On Air Quality" [10]

"A new report finds that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty.""

Air [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist [13], 02/27/2024
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Florida Lawmakers Want To Eliminate Local Heat Protection Rules For Workers [14]

"A measure that will ban local governments from passing heat-protection ordinances inspired strong emotions from the public Thursday, but lawmakers approved the bill backed by big business interests."

Agriculture [15]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Florida Phoenix [21], 02/27/2024
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"EPA Orders LA County Landfill To Curb Hazardous Waste Leakage Immediately" [22]

"Federal environment officials have ordered a Los Angeles County landfill to take urgent action to protect public health, citing noxious odors and hazardous waste issues in the surrounding community."

Air [11]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [5]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [23]
Source: The Hill [24], 02/27/2024
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TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [25]

"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 [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [5]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 02/27/2024
  • Read more about TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [25]

"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025" [31]

"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 [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [32], 02/27/2024
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [33]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [37]
Health [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Planning & Growth [40]
Policy [41]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
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Public [7]
  • Read more about Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [33]

Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [44]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [46]
Pollution [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [47]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [48]

"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 [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: The Hill [49], 02/26/2024
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"Tired Of Diesel Fumes, These Moms Are Pushing For Electric School Buses" [50]

"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 [11]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [42]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [51], 02/26/2024
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