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TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [1]

"Texas regulators recently authorized a company to operate ponds to store and recycle millions of gallons of oilfield wastewater laced with toxic chemicals next to a Baptist summer camp in the Permian Basin."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 02/27/2024
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Shell Launches A ‘Climate Tech’ Startup Advertising Jobs In Oil And Gas [13]

"A sleek new startup promising to ‘advance the energy transition’ launched earlier this month promising to “[connect] thousands of innovators across the globe to tackle difficult energy and climate challenges”. "Onward touts a vision of a ‘clean energy future’, but experts say ventures like this are part of fossil fuel firms’ greenwashing plan".

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian/Drilled [18], 02/27/2024
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"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025" [19]

"Dramatic shifts to EPA’s priorities and structure are central to plans for a GOP-led White House drawn up by Trump-era officials and right-leaning influencers."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [20], 02/27/2024
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Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now? [21]

A key U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating the nation’s industrial chemical accidents has been limping along for years. Now, the latest Issue Backgrounder reports that replenished staffing and a funding boost may mean it’s found its footing. But as the pace of chemical accidents accelerates and safety regulations stagnate, will it make a difference?

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Chemicals [2]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [25]
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National (U.S.) [17]
International [26]
Asia [27]
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [28]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [24]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Planning & Growth [34]
Policy [25]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [35]
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National (U.S.) [17]
California [36]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
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Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [38]

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

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Reporters Toolbox [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [16]
Pollution [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
International [26]
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Public [10]
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"Flaco’s Crash Might Have Been More Than Bad Luck. Here’s What We Know." [40]

"Flaco spent a year defying expectations, an owl born into captivity who quickly learned to hunt and fend for himself in the wilds of New York City. That ended on Friday when he flew into a building near Central Park. What went wrong?"

Biodiversity [41]
Infrastructure [33]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [7]
Wildlife [43]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: NYTimes [44], 02/26/2024
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"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels" [45]

"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Military [47]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [35]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Middle East [48]
Source: AFP [49], 02/26/2024
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"This Texas Company Wants to Bring Species Back From the Dead" [50]

"Proponents of the de-extinction movement press on with little research and lots of fanfare"

Biodiversity [41]
Technology [51]
Public [10]
International [26]
Source: Sierra [52], 02/26/2024
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"Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes" [53]

"Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [23]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [26]
Antarctica & Arctic [54]
Source: YaleE360 [55], 02/26/2024
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