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Waste Incineration May Put Toxics Into Local Air [1]

Sometimes on the environment beat, what seems like an old story is perpetually new again. That’s the case with waste incineration, finds the latest TipSheet. Rather than being reduced, incinerators are just being transformed, with the ongoing burning of plastics especially troubling for the environment and public health. Get the backstory on where the regulatory regime may have holes, plus key reporting angles and story ideas.

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Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Waste [14]
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National (U.S.) [15]
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Public [16]

Trump Border Wall Caused Major Cultural And Environmental Harm: Watchdog [17]

"The construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border desecrated Indigenous cultural sites, hurt wildlife, destroyed vegetation, dried up key water resources, exacerbated the risk of flooding and triggered erosion that has left mountain slopes “unstable and at risk of collapse,” according to a new report."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Studies [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [24], 09/11/2023

Feds Delay Decision In Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Review [25]

"The Dakota Access oil pipeline’s future remains uncertain after the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released a long-awaited draft environmental study that will help determine whether it receives an easement needed to keep operating."

Activism [3]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 09/11/2023

Firms Profit From Climate Disaster Clean-Up – While Investing In Fossil Fuels [29]

"Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency, new research has found."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 09/08/2023

"Adriana Carillo’s Life’s Work Is To Find Migrants Lost In The Desert" [34]

"She and her team of volunteers brave extreme heat to search for people left behind on the perilous journey from Mexico to the U.S."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [32]
Mexico [37]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [38], 09/08/2023

"EPA Updates Freedom of Information Act Rule With Focus on Equity" [39]

"The EPA has updated Freedom of Information Act regulations with its Phase II FOIA final rule, according to a Thursday news release."

Environmental Justice [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 09/08/2023

Refineries Emit Unsafe Levels Of Benzene Amid Insufficient EPA Action: IG [41]

"An internal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step up its actions to address emissions of cancer-causing benzene, saying that oil refineries have been releasing unsafe levels of the substance."

Chemicals [5]
Consumer [42]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Pollution [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [43], 09/08/2023

61 Indicted In Georgia On RICO Charges Connected To ‘Stop Cop City’ Movement [44]

"ATLANTA — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.”

In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the defendants are “militant anarchists” who supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests.

Activism [3]
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Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [46], 09/07/2023

"States Withhold Cooling Aid For The Poor As Heat Gets Deadlier" [47]

"More than 30 million low-income households that are eligible for federal funding to defray the cost of air conditioning have not received any money from a government program that was created to protect vulnerable people from dangerous temperatures, an E&E News analysis shows."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [48], 09/07/2023

Why Extreme Heat Is So Dangerous For Those With Schizophrenia [49]

"On July 12, 2022, Stephan Goodwin left his home with a drawstring bag and a gallon of water, fleeing the voices in his head. He never came back."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [32]
Source: Washington Post [50], 09/07/2023

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