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"Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company" [1]

"One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota"

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Sierra [11], 01/09/2025
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Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline [12]

"Few men still fish for a living on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The work is hard and pay is meager. In the hearts of rundown seaside towns, dilapidated harbors barely recall the communities that thrived here generations ago."

Activism [13]
Biodiversity [14]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 01/03/2025
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Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [20]

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Public Health Watch [22], 01/02/2025
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Groups Sue TCEQ For Allowing SpaceX To Discharge Water Without A Permit [23]

"Rio Grande Valley groups are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, accusing the agency of bypassing state regulations by allowing SpaceX to temporarily discharge industrial water at its South Texas launch site without a proper permit."

Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Texas Tribune [25], 12/19/2024
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"Earthquakes And Blowouts Undermine Case For Carbon Storage In Texas" [26]

"Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change. But pumping CO2 into the ground could exacerbate earthquakes and well blowouts already happening in the Permian Basin as Texas struggles to manage wastewater disposal, potentially undermining public support."

Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Studies [28]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Reuters [29], 12/16/2024
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"Arizona AG Sues Saudi Firm Over ‘Excessive’ Groundwater Pumping" [30]

"Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday she’s suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness for allegedly violating a public nuisance law, contending that its groundwater pumping threatens the public health, safety and infrastructure of local communities in a rural western county."

Agriculture [31]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: AP [32], 12/12/2024
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"Report: LNG Operators In Louisiana Offered $21.1 Billion In Tax Breaks" [33]

"If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow"

Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [36]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Floodlight [38], 12/06/2024
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#SEJ2025 Annual Conference, Arizona, April 23-26 [39]

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See multimedia coverage [40] of SEJ's 34th annual conference, hosted at Arizona State University, with videos of the Friday plenaries and coverage stories of many sessions. Audio recordings are posted here [41], for Society of Environmental Journalists members only. Not a member? Join now [42].

Share How SEJ2025 Is Shaping Your Work [43]: Are you working on a story, series or project sparked or shaped by your time in Arizona and experience at SEJ2025? We’d love to hear about it! SEJ is always looking to highlight the powerful work and collaborations our community produces.

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Texas Reaches $12.6 Million Settlement On 2019 Port Neches Chemical Blast [46]

"Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Texas Tribune [47], 11/26/2024
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The Peach That Traveled The Trail Of Tears And The Elders Working To Save It [48]

"The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?"

Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [14]
Environmental Justice [5]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [49]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [50]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Grist [51], 11/25/2024
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