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Rail Safety Bill, Inspired by Fiery Ohio Derailment, Clears Major Hurdle [1]

"A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced legislation aimed at preventing disasters like February’s fiery train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [10], 05/11/2023
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"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee" [11]

"The latest effort to create a public warning system for spikes in air pollution was snuffed out by a Senate committee."

Air [12]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [18], 05/11/2023
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"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [19]

"It was a rare sight, an endangered species emblematic of the Colombian Amazon, considered sacred by the region’s Indigenous communities: the pink dolphins."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Central America & the Caribbean [24]
South America [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 05/10/2023
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"Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire" [27]

"The units at a Houston-area Shell refinery that caught fire this weekend repeatedly malfunctioned in recent years without recourse from Texas regulators."

Air [12]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 05/10/2023
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"D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water" [30]

"A federal appeals court on Tuesday faulted EPA for failing to set drinking water limits for a chemical commonly used in explosives and rocket fuel."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [32], 05/10/2023
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EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting [33]

"Biden’s EPA offers support to Guayama residents after decades of environmental injustice, but residents say they won’t be satisfied until the plant is closed and all its coal ash removed."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: Energy News Network [34], 05/09/2023
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"Outdoor Brands Phase Out PFAS, “Forever Chemicals,” Ahead Of State Bans" [35]

"Some products with PFAS — a common treatment for water and stain resistant outdoor apparel — will soon be illegal to sell in many states."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [37], 05/09/2023
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Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias? [38]

"An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come."

"Maria Martínez constantly calculates how much water is left in the 2,000-gallon tank that sits outside her home near El Paso.

When there’s less than 600 gallons, it’s time to place an order. A few loads of laundry and dirty dishes will use every last drop.

Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
People & Population [39]
Planning & Growth [40]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Texas Tribune [41], 05/09/2023
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Tribe Was Barred From Cultural Burning — Then A Fire Hit Their Community [42]

"The land near Yosemite National Park had been tended by Irene Vasquez’s family for decades. They took care of their seven acres by setting small fires to thin vegetation and help some plants to grow. But the steep, chaparral-studded slopes surrounding the property hadn’t seen fire since Vasquez and fellow members of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation were barred from practicing cultural burning on a wider scale some 100 years before."

Climate Change [43]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [8]
California [44]
Source: LA Times [45], 05/08/2023
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"Circuit Panel’s Halt of EPA Ozone Rule Threatens National Limits" [46]

"A divided Fifth Circuit panel ruling to halt an EPA decision to disapprove key ozone plans in Texas and Louisiana foreshadows similar decisions across regional circuit courts that threaten to upend established precedent."

Air [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 05/08/2023
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