Water & Oceans

"A Call For EPA Action On Climate Risks To Hazardous Waste Facilities"

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be doing more to help address potential climate change-related risks to hundreds of hazardous waste facilities across the country, according to a recent government watchdog report."

Source: The New Lede, 11/21/2024

"Drought Is an Immigration Issue"

"In Mexico, the conditions that have contributed to the largest sustained movement of humans across any border in the world will get only more common. This spring, at the start of the corn-growing season, 76 percent of Mexico was in drought, and the country was sweltering under a deadly heat dome."

Source: Atlantic, 11/20/2024

"Biden Administration Requesting Roughly $100 Billion For Disaster Relief"

"The Biden administration is sending a roughly $100 billion request to Congress to help Americans impacted by a series of major and record-breaking natural disasters in 2023 and 2024, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, calling on lawmakers to pass the needed relief with “bipartisan and bicameral support.”"

Source: CNN, 11/20/2024

EPA Aids Polluting Plastics Plants By Not Updating Wastewater Limits: Report

"Federal regulators have enabled US plastics plants across the country to dump dangerous chemicals into waterways by failing to update wastewater limits for over 30 years, according to a new analysis by a watchdog group."

Source: The New Lede, 11/19/2024

"Salmon Have Returned Above the Klamath River Dams. Now What?"

"The removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California has been recognized as the largest dam removal in U.S. history. More notably, it’s also the largest salmon-restoration project to date."

Source: The Revelator, 11/19/2024

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