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Feb 06 2024
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US Drinking Water at Risk As Nitrogen Pollution in River Basins Increases
Drinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing.
In a new study, scientists found that a third of the world's drinking water could be polluted with nitrogen by 2025.
Researchers of the study are also concerned that water will not just be polluted, but there will be a severe lack of it at this time. And this could
NewsweekFeb 25 2024
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EPA finalizes air pollution standards that critics say will cost jobs and hurt the economy
The EPA finalized air pollution standards that create more stringent limits for soot exposure, as it is called. This despite a 42% decrease in the national average over the last 22 years, according to the agency’s own data.
“It’s going to hurt economies. It’s going to hurt manufacturing. It’s a real problem,” Daren Bakst, senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),
Just The NewsJan 24 2024
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Update on grounded vessels off Maui: boats stabilized and pollution removal complete
An 85 foot vessel grounded at Sugar Beach (left). PC: Aoki Entertainment (1.9.24); The Sailing Vessel ALTEGO II ran aground near Lahaina, Maui on Jan. 8, 2024. (right) PC: US Coast Guard District 14 The Coast Guard has concluded its response to two separate vessel grounding incidents off Maui, involving the Altego II in Lahaina on Jan. 8, and the Chaparral at Sugar Beach on Jan. 9, 2024. Both
Maui Now NewsFeb 06 2024
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Colorado hits Suncor with historic $10.5 million penalty over Commerce City refinery’s pollution
Colorado regulators and Suncor Energy reached a historic financial settlement over air pollution Monday, with the Canadian company agreeing to pay $10.5 million after its Commerce City refinery spewed excessive amounts of toxic chemicals into the air over three years. Suncor will be required to pay $2.5 million in fines and spend another $8 million on mandatory improvements to repair its power
The Greeley TribuneJan 24 2024
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'Pollution does not discriminate': Judge blocks Biden EPA from using racial metrics
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot require Louisiana to use race-based metrics to evaluate permitting decisions, writing that “pollution does not discriminate.” Louisiana objected in its May 2023 lawsuit to the EPA’s insistence that the state conduct a “disparate-impact” analysis on a Clean Air Act permit, arguing that officials lost sight of
WNDJan 24 2024
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Judge Blocks Biden EPA From Applying Race-Based Metrics To Fighting Air Pollution
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot require Louisiana to use race-based metrics to evaluate permitting decisions, writing that “pollution does not discriminate.” Louisiana objected in its May 2023 lawsuit to the EPA’s insistence that the state conduct a “disparate-impact” analysis on a Clean Air Act permit, arguing that officials lost sight of
The Daily CallerNov 21 2023
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Coffeyville refinery to pay $23 million for years of air pollution
LENEXA, Kan. (WIBW) - A refinery in Coffeyville will pay more than $23 million after tons of toxic chemicals polluted the city’s air for years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that a settlement has been reached with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC and affiliated companies for violations of the Clean Air Act as well as a previous consent decree related to its
WIBW 13Nov 17 2023
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PepsiCo is being sued for polluting a New York river with microplastics
PepsiCo is facing legal trouble for its polluting packaging in one US state.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the food and beverage giant accountable “for harming the public and the environment” by littering the shores of the Buffalo River with single-use plastic packaging like that used in Cheetos packets and Gatorade bottle caps.
Microplastics—those with a
QuartzNov 08 2023
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Stranded Whale Calf's Death Linked to Plastic Balloon Pollution
A whale calf that washed ashore in North Carolina and subsequently died had ingested a balloon, researchers from a state university said on Tuesday. Beachgoers reported a live Gervais' beaked whale in shallow waters off Emerald Isle to the North Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network on Oct. 30. By the time rescuers arrived at the beach, the calf had died, the North Carolina State University
The MessengerJan 04 2024
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Vancouver residents suffer disproportionate health problems due to air pollution, according to state report
The report identified Vancouver as one of 16 areas in Washington with sizeable socioeconomic disadvantages and high levels of air pollution. The report, called “Improving Air Quality in Overburdened Communities Highly Impacted by Air Pollution,” was released last week by the Washington Department of Ecology. It identified 16 areas in the state that have sizable socioeconomic disadvantages and
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