pollution
Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers
September 20, 2021Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get...
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Judge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards
September 1, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands, and other waterways and left them vulnerable to pollution from nearby development....
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An infamously dirty river is coming back to life thanks to community activism
August 23, 2021Due to sustained community pressure and Earthjustice litigation, D.C.’s Anacostia River is finally recovering from decades of pollution.
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Oil giant Enbridge defies Line 5 pipeline shutdown order, faces profit seizures
August 17, 2021Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered fossil fuel company Enbridge to shut down its dangerous Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes, by May 12. Whitmer issued the order...
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Secretive Israel-UAE oil deal endangers prized Eilat corals
August 16, 2021Initially hailed as a move that could cement fledgling diplomatic ties and further Israel’s energy ambitions, the deal is now in question after Israel’s new government opened a review.
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