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Tainted Water, Tainted Power — Inside a Hog-Farm Empire [1]

A powerful politician and his family’s groundwater-polluting agricultural business were the focus of an award-winning series that delved into the intersection of politics, power, privilege and regulatory capture. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, journalist Yanqi Xu discusses how the reporting uncovered deep and unexpected impacts on small town economies, water quality and the living conditions of the hog farms’ neighbors.

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Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
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Public [17]
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Researcher Resigns Citing Tulane Censorship On Pollution Racial Disparity [18]

"A Tulane University researcher resigned Wednesday, citing censorship from university leaders who had warned that her advocacy and research exposing the Louisiana petrochemical industry’s health impacts and racial disparities in hiring had triggered blowback from donors and elected officials."

Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [20]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: AP [22], 06/16/2025
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EPA Just Delayed Reporting Safety Data On 16 Toxic Chemicals. What To Know. [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline for reporting health and safety data for 16 toxic chemicals, including benzene, BPA and vinyl chloride."

Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [24]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [26], 06/13/2025
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Scientists Fear Pesticides Are Raising Resistance To Antifungal Drugs [27]

"The proliferation of new fungicides in the U.S. agricultural sector may be raising resistance to critical antifungal medications in humans and animals, infectious disease experts are warning."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [29], 06/12/2025
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ Industry Aims To Capitalize On AI Boom" [30]

"Semiconductor production is impossible without PFAS, spurring fresh concerns about increased contamination tied to the toxic substances." 

Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [12]
Technology [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 06/12/2025
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EPA Says Power Plant Carbon Emissions Aren’t Dangerous. Scientists Disagree. [33]

The Trump EPA on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution. The Associated Press asked 30 different scientists, experts in climate, health and economics, about the scientific reality behind this proposal. Nineteen of them responded, all saying that the proposal was scientifically wrong and many of them called it disinformation.

Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [34]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [12]
Science [20]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [35], 06/12/2025
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"EPA Moves To Repeal Limits On Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Power Plants" [36]

"The EPA announced proposals to significantly loosen Biden-era regulations on pollution from power plants, including mercury and carbon dioxide." 

Air [37]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [38], 06/12/2025
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"Trump’s Second Term Is Creating ‘A Limbo Moment’ For US Battery Recyclers" [39]

"The president hasn't directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it." 

Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [41]
Technology [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [42], 06/11/2025
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"Toxic Truth? The Cookware Craze Redefining ‘Ceramic’ And ‘Nontoxic’" [43]

"The cookware industry has entered a golden age, largely driven by the wild success of a new generation of “nontoxic” and “nonstick” designer ceramic pans backed by stars including Selena Gomez, Stanley Tucci and Oprah Winfrey. But the pans are probably not “nontoxic” some independent testing and research suggests."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [44]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [45], 06/11/2025
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"How The ‘Evil Twin’ Of The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Our Oceans" [46]

"In seas around the world pH levels are falling – and scientists are increasingly frustrated that the problem is not being taken seriously enough"

Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [34]
Environmental Studies [24]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [17]
International [48]
Source: Guardian [49], 06/11/2025
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