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Fractured: Harmful Chemicals Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded By Fracking [1]

"We tested families in fracking country for harmful chemicals and revealed unexplained exposures, sick children, and a family's "dream life" upended."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EHN [10], 03/04/2021
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Weekslong Water Crisis in Mississippi Hitting Black Residents Hardest [11]

"Infrastructure failures following bitterly cold temperatures caused dozens of water mains to burst and freeze, leaving thousands without running water for weeks."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [15], 03/03/2021
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"Environmental Settlement Tool’s Reboot Leaves Target on its Back" [16]

"A popular tool brought back by the Biden administration is expected to fuel future legal challenges for the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency in their shared enforcement of anti-pollution laws."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 03/02/2021
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"Who Will Clean Up The 'Billion-Dollar Mess' Of Abandoned US Oilwells?" [19]

"As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere".

Air [20]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [21], 03/01/2021
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COVID, Squalor Threaten Tribes In Indian Fishing Sites Along Columbia R [22]

"Indian fishing platforms cling precariously to the rocks, part of a way of life on the Columbia River persisting for more than 10,000 years."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
Source: Seattle Times [26], 03/01/2021
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Over 25m Drink From Worst US Water Systems, With Latinos Most Exposed [27]

"Millions of people in the US are drinking water that fails to meet federal health standards, including by violating limits for dangerous contaminants. Latinos are disproportionately exposed, according to the Guardian’s review of more than 140,000 public water systems across the US and county-level demographic data."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [28], 03/01/2021
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"Biden Urged To Back Water Bill Amid Worst US Crisis In Decades" [29]

"Democratic lawmakers and advocates are urging Joe Biden to back legislation proposing unprecedented investment in America’s ailing water infrastructure amid the country’s worst crisis in decades that has left millions of people without access to clean, safe, affordable water."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [30], 02/26/2021
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"Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer" [31]

"The EPA downplayed the risks of the pesticide Telone, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s inspector general."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [33]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [34], 02/26/2021
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"Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat" [35]

"Power outages are just the start. Aging policies and infrastructure are making drinking water vulnerable to extreme weather."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Green [36], 02/25/2021
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"4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels" [37]

"Industry-designed bills to silence climate protests are under consideration in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana. More are likely to come."

Activism [38]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [40], 02/22/2021
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