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Wyoming Will Sell Square Mile Of State Land To Join Grand Teton National Park

"Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on a deal Friday that ends the state’s longstanding threats to unload it to a developer."

Source: AP, 01/03/2025

#SEJSpotlight: Lori Valigra, Investigative Environment Reporter, Bangor Daily News

Meet SEJ member Lori Valigra! Lori is an investigative environment reporter for the Bangor Daily News' Maine Focus investigative team. She holds an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. She was a Knight journalism fellow at M.I.T. and has extensive international reporting experience in Europe and Asia.

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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

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