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"Radioactive Water Leaks At Minn. Nuclear Plant For 2nd Time" [1]

"Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public, the plant’s owner said Thursday."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: AP [7], 03/24/2023
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"Oil Spills And Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel" [8]

"An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near Cuba. A third is seized in Spain for drifting out of control. These vessels were part of a "shadow" fleet of tankers carrying oil last year from countries hit by Western sanctions, according to a Reuters analysis of ship tracking and accident data and interviews with more than a dozen industry specialists."

Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [14], 03/24/2023
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"Army Corps Further Delays Decision On Great Lakes Oil Tunnel" [15]

"A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later."

Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: AP [20], 03/24/2023
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"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees" [21]

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 03/24/2023
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Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned [27]

"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."

Environmental Politics [16]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: HuffPost [29], 03/23/2023
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"Biden Will Let Calif. Lead On Electric Trucks, Despite Industry Protest" [30]

"The EPA plans to grant California a waiver that will allow the state to phase out diesel-powered trucks, helping communities burdened by truck pollution".

Air [31]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 03/22/2023
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"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants" [35]

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Activism [36]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [39], 03/22/2023
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"Biden Issues First Veto, Rejecting Bill To Reverse ESG Rule" [40]

"President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."

Climate Change [32]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [42], 03/21/2023
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"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho" [43]

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [44]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 03/21/2023
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"BNSF Fuel Train Derails On Swinomish Reservation" [47]

"A BNSF train leaving a Western Washington oil refinery with diesel fuel derailed shortly after midnight on March 16 on the Swinomish Reservation about 80 miles north of Seattle."

Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [12]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [48]
Source: ICT [49], 03/20/2023
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