"Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up" [1]
"On January 11, neon-green corrosive ash rained down onto homes, businesses, and schools in La Salle, Illinois, following a fire at the Carus Chemical Company."
"On January 11, neon-green corrosive ash rained down onto homes, businesses, and schools in La Salle, Illinois, following a fire at the Carus Chemical Company."
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities."
"The National Park Service earlier this year completed its largest transfer of bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont."
"Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states."
As part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment special report, we’ve got highlights from last week’s reporter panel on the year ahead, led by #SEJ2023 conference co-chair Tom Michael (pictured, left). The focus was largely on the U.S. West, where challenges abound over issues like equitable siting of renewable energy infrastructure, regulating natural gas, managing wildfires and addressing the health consequences of climate-driven heat waves. Read our account [24], plus check out the full 2023 Guide [25].
"Seven attorneys general are calling on the federal government to create emergency standards to protect workers from the summer’s deadly heat by the beginning of May."
"Armed government officials with Brazil’s justice, Indigenous and environment ministries pressed illegal gold miners out of Yanomami Indigenous territory Wednesday, citing widespread river contamination, famine and disease they have brought to one of the most isolated groups in the world."
"The Environmental Voter Project is expanding to Louisiana and Nebraska ahead of key state elections."
"Emissions of a colorless, carcinogenic gas produced by facilities that sterilize medical equipment disproportionately affect low-income and minority neighborhoods but pose a risk to more than 14 million Americans, according to a report released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[9] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/toxic-ash-raining-down-illinois-it-s-time-epa-step?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=sierramag&utm_medium=social
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-epa-announces-1-billion-new-hazardous-waste-cleanups
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[14] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-epa-announces-1-billion-new-superfund-cleanups-2023-02-10/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nps-completes-largest-move-yellowstone-bison-tribal-land
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[19] https://www.eenews.net/articles/nps-completes-largest-move-of-yellowstone-bison-to-tribal-land/
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lawsuit-seeks-medical-testing-after-toxic-train-derailment
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[23] https://apnews.com/article/legal-proceedings-pennsylvania-ohio-health-business-820cf081c0e068a47db2e141a3f988e6
[24] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/sej-panel-gauges-issues-works-us-west
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[26] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[47] https://www.sej.org/headlines/attorneys-general-call-federal-protections-against-deadly-workplace-heat
[48] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3851702-attorneys-general-call-for-federal-protections-against-deadly-workplace-heat/
[49] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-uproot-project-fellowship
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/awards
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[52] https://www.sej.org/headlines/brazil-pushes-illegal-miners-out-yanomami-territory
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america
[54] https://apnews.com/article/brazil-government-climate-and-environment-indigenous-people-a902ff2529068ccb7965e505f250f0f7
[55] https://www.sej.org/headlines/million-strong-army-environmental-super-voters-recruits-2-red-states
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
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[58] https://www.sej.org/headlines/14-million-americans-live-near-plants-emitting-cancer-causing-gas-report
[59] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3849926-14-million-americans-live-within-five-miles-of-facilities-emitting-cancer-causing-gas-report/
[60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=99
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