"US Lagging on Ocean Plastic Litter, OECD Says in Critical Report"
"An international organization of democracies chastised the US on Thursday for its outsize contribution to marine plastic litter."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/23/2023
Chemicals
"3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits"
"The chemical and manufacturing giant 3M reached a $10.3 billion settlement on Thursday with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that the company contaminated drinking water with so-called forever chemicals used in everything from firefighting foam to nonstick coatings."
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2023
In ‘Cancer Alley,’ Carbon Capture Push Draws Fire From Environmentalists
"EPA proposes handing regulation of carbon storage to state officials in Louisiana. Activists fear the risks, and the chance it could perpetuate the fossil fuel industry."
Source: Washington Post, 06/22/2023
World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born
"Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. ....Now, a new study shows that the accident ,,, affected not just those who were exposed to the gas that night but also the generation of babies still in the womb when the accident happened."
Source: NPR, 06/21/2023
Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda
"Just 45 miles from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation where Daranda Hinkey and her family corral horses and cows, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan is taking shape: construction of one of the largest lithium mines in the world."
Source: AP, 06/21/2023
Watching the Watchers: How Journalistic Teamwork Uncovered Years of Regulatory Failure in Texas
After a massive fire at a Texas petrochemical storage facility, reporters from Public Health Watch and The Texas Tribune worked together to shed light on who was responsible for this disaster and what health threats had been hidden from the public. This behind-the-scenes report from Public Health Watch’s David Leffler and Savanna Strott looks at the challenges the team faced and how they overcame them.
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Pesticide Data Can Ground Food and Farm Stories
A billion pounds of chemicals are used on U.S. crops each year. Designed to protect them, they can also leave residue on foods we eat and enter the waterways we drink from. Reporter’s Toolbox has some key data sources for journalists, whether they’re looking at the big picture or are drilling down locally around issues of pesticide use and human or ecological health.
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Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines
"Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires."
Source: Houston Public Media, 06/16/2023
Once-Shuttered California Mine Trying To Transform Rare Earth Industry
"A U.S.-based rare earth supply chain could boost clean energy and electric vehicles — and military weapons."
Source: Grist, 06/16/2023
Bayer OKs $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup Safety Claims
"Bayer AG agreed on Thursday to pay $6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup weedkiller, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe."
Source: Reuters, 06/16/2023
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