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Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents.

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Source: Public Health Watch, 01/02/2025

Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Source: ProPublica, 01/02/2025

Calif. Will Require Insurers To Increase Home Coverage In Fire-Prone Areas

"Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday."

Source: AP, 01/02/2025

"Climate Change Added 41 Days Of Dangerous Heat Around World In 2024"

"People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.

The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few.

Source: AP, 01/02/2025

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