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"Residents Challenge State-Approved Incinerator In Front Of The Tetons"

"Teton County residents have opened an additional front in their fight with Wyoming officials regarding development of state school trust land near Teton Village, this time challenging the approval of a commercial incinerator that opponents claim poses a grave health, fire and economic risk to locals."

Source: WyoFile, 08/07/2024

Many Oklahoma Drillers Want Contributions To Cleanup Fund Refunded

"Oklahoma’s oil industry pays into a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells, but many drillers opt out. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites."

Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main, 08/07/2024

"Navajo Uranium Standoff Risks Legal Clashes in ‘Nuclear West’"

"The Navajo Nation took the unusual step of using its police force to try to impede uranium shipments across its land last week—a preview of legal environmental battles to come if other uranium mines open in the southwest."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/07/2024

EPA Issues Emergency Ban Of Weedkiller Dacthal, Citing Risks To Unborn

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal, it said Tuesday, the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years."

Source: CNN, 08/07/2024

Reclusive Tribe Attacks Encroaching Loggers In Peru’s Amazon

"Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization."

Source: AP, 08/06/2024

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