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"Burning Trash For The Planet? Climate Cash Sets Off Branding Frenzy." [1]

"Incinerators, plastics companies and big agriculture among polluters racing to position as green as billions in federal subsidies flow".

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 05/30/2023
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Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, TX [14]

"EnLink Midstream’s Chickadee pipeline ruptured on March 29, 2023, causing one of the largest oil spills in the past decade in Texas. An incident report blames the massive spill on “incorrect operation.”"

"Operator errors caused 402,486 gallons of crude oil to gush out of an EnLink Midstream pipeline south of Midland, Texas on the night of March 29.

Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 05/30/2023
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"U.S. Justice Department Probes California Refinery Over Emissions" [19]

"The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a California unit of oil refiner PBF Energy Inc over a November emissions release, the company said."

Air [20]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 05/30/2023
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"North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools" [23]

"The Arlington City Council on Tuesday authorized the creation of a new zone for drilling and fracking in a residential area, despite objections from neighbors in the North Texas suburb."

Air [20]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 05/26/2023
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"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume" [25]

"Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of trash amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [10]
Waste [28]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [29]
Public [11]
International [30]
Source: AFP [31], 05/26/2023
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Environmental Racism: The Battle Over Long Island Brookhaven Landfill [32]

"The area of North Bellport on Long Island sits in the shadows of a massive landfill. This predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood also has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island, as well as the second-highest rates of asthma. Environmental activists do not think this is a coincidence, and for decades they have waged a battle to shut down the Brookhaven Landfill, which they believe is making their community sick."

Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Waste [28]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: STAT [35], 05/26/2023
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"Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer" [36]

"Utility officials in Maine and elsewhere around the country are developing first-of-their-kind plans to eliminate toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” from sewage sludge spread as fertilizer on farmland."

Agriculture [37]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: Guardian [38], 05/24/2023
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Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health [39]

"Environmental advocates and community groups already exposed to high levels of air pollution fear that additional lanes will exacerbate health risks in Southwest Side neighborhoods."

Air [20]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [33]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [41]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [43], 05/24/2023
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"EPA Under Pressure To Revive Noise Pollution Program" [44]

"More than 40 years have passed since EPA’s noise regulation program was silenced by a Reagan-era rollback. It’s time to start again, in the view of an advocacy group that accuses the agency of turning its back on a major peril."

Environmental Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [45], 05/24/2023
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"The Scientist And The Bats" [46]

"Funders thought watching bats wasn’t important. Then she helped solve the mystery of a deadly virus."

Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Health [7]
Natural Resources [27]
Science [48]
Wildlife [29]
Public [11]
International [30]
Source: ProPublica [49], 05/23/2023
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