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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [1]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [14], 01/07/2025
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"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems" [15]

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mexico [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 01/07/2025
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Climate-Driven Sea Level Rise Will Overwhelm Major Oil Ports, Study Shows [22]

"Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [6]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 01/07/2025
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What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice? [28]

An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice [29].

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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [31]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [33]
Policy [34]
Pollution [8]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
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Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public [35]

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ProPublica [37], 01/02/2025
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Gas Leaks Must Be Fixed By Utilities In New Proposed PHMSA Rule [38]

"Melissa Ostroff finds gas leaks for a living, so it was surprising to hear someone say they smelled gas in her own home."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [39]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [40], 12/23/2024
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"Rising Tides Are Coming For Lee Zeldin’s Hometown" [41]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA lives in an area at high risk for flooding that gets federal support for climate mitigation."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Source: E&E News [44], 12/20/2024
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"US Grid Monitor Gives Grim Warning Of Power Supply Risks" [45]

"Additions of clean electricity generation and power lines are falling farther behind the pace of retiring coal and gas plants and surging data center and industrial demand, said the grid’s reliability monitor in an unusually grim outlook for the nation."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [46], 12/20/2024
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"Solar for All Likely Protected From Trump’s Roll Back Of Biden’s IRA" [47]

"It may be too late for Donald Trump to follow through on threats to repeal outgoing President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — at least that appears to be the case for the $7 billion Solar For All Program." "The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years"

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [39]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Floodlight [48], 12/19/2024
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California’s PG&E Could Get $15B In Federal Loans To Modernize Its Grid [49]

"Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California, officials announced Tuesday."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [50]
Source: AP [51], 12/18/2024
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