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Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment [1]

"Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: AP [12], 02/13/2023
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Coal Ash Along Shores of Great Lakes Threatens Water as Residents Protest [13]

"More than 100 coal ash waste sites, many unregulated, sit just feet from the Great Lakes, raising concerns for nearby communities and the 30 million people who rely on the lakes for drinking water."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 02/07/2023
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"Toxic Fumes Are Released From Burning Train That Derailed in Ohio" [17]

"A rail operator on Monday released toxic fumes from several derailed train cars that it said were at risk of exploding in East Palestine, Ohio, after the authorities ordered residents on both sides of the state’s border with Pennsylvania to evacuate to avoid a deadly threat."

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Environmental Health [15]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: NYTimes [20], 02/07/2023
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50-Car Hazmat Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations In Ohio [21]

"A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored air quality from the various hazardous chemicals in the train."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [19]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: AP [22], 02/06/2023
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Dereliction of Doodie: Ontario’s Sewage Plans Could Hurt Great Lakes [23]

"The Doug Ford government says its vision for its second term is to get desperately needed homes built in Ontario. In York Region, the key to that vision is a massive pipeline that transfers water from one Great Lake region to another."

Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Canada [25]
Source: The Narwhal [26], 01/31/2023
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"Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness" [27]

"The Biden administration on Thursday said it will establish a 20-year moratorium on mining upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a vast preserve of lakes and woods that has been at the center of a fierce dispute over a proposed copper and nickel mine."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Forests [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [33]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Canada [25]
Source: NYTimes [34], 01/27/2023
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Determined Grantee Weaves Together Unique Project on Ash Trees, Wetlands and Baskets [35]

When the global pandemic interfered with independent journalist Gabriel Popkin’s plans for a grant-funded biodiversity reporting project on the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest threatening ash forests, he came up with a surprising solution. In this FEJ StoryLog, Popkin shares how he worked around travel shutdowns and subsequent story pitch rejections to ultimately discover an alternative storytelling option to keep his project alive.

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Forests [31]
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Natural Resources [32]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [38]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Straddling the Narrow Divides Between Humans, Animals and Environmental Policy [40]

Prolific author-environmentalist Dave Dempsey’s new book, “Half Wild: People, Dogs, and Environmental Policy,” examines the complex boundaries between humans, wildlife and wilderness in a brief volume that includes vignettes of bears scouring trash heaps and of bourbon-fueled debates over the gap between conservationists and environmentalists. Not to mention bonus observations about his relationship with dogs. Contributor Gary Wilson has a review for our latest BookShelf.

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Activism [42]
Environmental Health [15]
Wildlife [33]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
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Whither the Permitting Reform Bill in 2023? [44]

The complex legal obstacles that face U.S. energy projects prompted political machinations over permitting reform in the last Congress and likely will again in the new one. The latest Backgrounder explores how the energy permitting system works (or doesn’t), why Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin may really be pushing for its reform and the reason some environmentalists concede reform may have green benefits.

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Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [46]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [48]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
International [43]
Canada [25]
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"Study: Toxic PFAS Chemical Plume Detected in Green Bay" [49]

"A large plume of toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay, scientists said Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
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Fish & Fisheries [30]
Pollution [6]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: AP [50], 01/06/2023
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