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The Daily Climate, April 26, 2021
Articles include: wood pellet loophole in Paris Accord; bike licensing and justice; hydrogen and the grid; California oil spillers and the law; jobs; US and China and Clean technology; electric trucks; Canada’s melting permafrost; Report: halting methane emissions.
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Above the Fold – Week’s Best & Covid
Environmental Health News puts out weekend ‘summary’ emails, in addition to their daily emails.
EHN Week’s Best: April 16, 2021: forever chemicals on paper straws; Piney Point pollution; jails and environmental justice; DDT; PFAS; drought’s impact on farming water; rechargeable batteries – real cost; Mexico and coal; heavy metals […]
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DeSmogBlog, April 17, 2021
Articles include: Security Firm Accused of Working Illegally on O&G Pipelines; ‘Net-Zero’ PledgesDelay Climate Action new paper warns; Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up; Shell’s Science Museum Climate Exhibition; Irish Politicians And New Cheese Factory; Environmental Racism, Europe, and Coal […]
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In Mauritius, Locals United to Keep an Oil Spill at Bay
Undark: In Mauritius, Locals United to Keep an Oil Spill at Bay. To contain the oil threatening their environment and economy, hundreds of volunteers gathered to make DIY booms.
NIGHT HAD FALLEN on Mahebourg, a bustling trade town on the southeast coast of Mauritius, when what would come to be called the “people’s […]
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Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds
New York Times: Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds. Thousands of open-air waste pools near power plants, mines and industrial farms can pose safety dangers from poor management and, increasingly, the effects of climate change.
They are ponds the size of city blocks: Wastewater pits that […]
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Tampa Bay stares down environmental disaster
Axios: Tampa Bay stares down environmental disaster.
A worsening series of breaches in a 800-million-gallon holding pool at the Piney Point industrial site prompted Manatee County to evacuate residents within about a mile of the plant tonight.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Highway Patrol closed off roads in the evacuation […]
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DeSmogBlog, April 4, 2021
Articles include: fossil fuel legacy & white supremacy; clean energy lowering costs impact; SW US fire threats caused by heat; Piney Point phosphate plant disaster; EPA dismisses trump appointees.
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DeSmogBlog, March 12, 2020
Articles include: Plastic Pollution During Shipping; Flaring, Increased Health Risks, UCLA Study; Canceled Keystone XL Pipeline Driving Safety Changes in Canadian Oil-by-Rail; I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID; Climate Disinformation Database: Energy In Depth.
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How dangerous is the Fukushima nuke plant today?
ABC News: How dangerous is the Fukushima nuke plant today? The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant still looks like a bombed-out factory a decade after it was wrecked by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its reactors […]
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One of The Nation’s Largest Pipelines Caused The Biggest Spill in Decades–And We’re Just Hearing About It
And the crisis of the Colonial pipeline points to one of the next big issues for American fossil fuel infrastructure: what to do about dangerous, aging pipelines as we move […]
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