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Commentary: Another toxic train derailment will happen if we don’t rein in plastics

Images of dead fish floating in murky water and menacing plumes of gray smoke are haunting the nation’s front pages. Interviews with distressed residents are interspersed with exasperated talking heads on our television screens. More than month after the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, America continues to bear…

Los Angeles Times

Winning everything everywhere all at once: 5 experts on the big moments at the Oscars 2023

The Academy Awards in 2023 were a less scandalous affair than last year – although host Jimmy Kimmel never let us forget “the slap”, with so many jokes it was verging on a dead-horse-beating situation.

The Conversation

Community-led rainwater testing near Orange finds one in three tanks have unsafe lead levels

NSW Health is retesting water after residents raised concerns about elevated traces of heavy metals, which they worry is linked to Cadia goldmine

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Can We Control The Spread of “Forever Chemicals?” Here Are 3 Key Factors

Why many experts support national regulation of these chemicals.

Inverse

A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps

An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.

WEKU

Michigan lawmakers seek hazardous waste notices as Ohio outlines shipment amounts

DETROIT — Nearly 15% of the solid waste and about 7% of the liquid waste removed from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, were disposed of in Metro Detroit, highlighting concerns about the dearth of communication between waste importers, regulators and communities.

Tribune News Service

Aches, rashes and fear: Trauma remains after Ohio derailment

Headaches, congestion, itchy skin rashes — and fear

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Biden proposed spending billions on climate projects in 2024. Could it help California?

President Joe Biden proposed spending more than $24 billion both to fund natural disaster response efforts and to bolster environmental conservation as part of his 2024 budget.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Regulators cut pressure on pipeline after Kansas oil spill

U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December

The Independent UK

Hamburg shooting news – live: Gunman killed himself after shooting in Jehovah’s Witness hall

The scene of the shooting was a Kingdom Hall, next to a car repair shop in the Gross Borstel district, a few miles from Hamburg city centre

The Independent UK

Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report

The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals

The Guardian - US

Bruno Fernandes claps back at critics with claim to be Manchester United’s next captain

Fernandes excelled in United’s win over Real Betis on Thursday night and has put himself in line to replace Harry Maguire as captain should the centre-back depart

The Independent UK

‘I’m terribly sorry,’ Norfolk Southern CEO tells senators

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said he is “terribly sorry” for his company’s toxic derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, in testimony Thursday before a U.S. Senate committee, while lawmakers called out the company for its safety practices and its lack of transparency after the wreck.

Tribune News Service

House GOP votes to overturn Biden rule on water protections

The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business

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Norfolk Southern CEO pledges environmental, economic restoration at Ohio crash site

WASHINGTON — The head of Norfolk Southern Corp. pledged at a Senate hearing Thursday to fully restore environmental and economic conditions in the Ohio community where one of the company’s trains derailed last month, triggering a fire and public health concerns.

Roll Call

Norfolk Southern CEO pledges environment, economic restoration at crash site - Roll Call

Chief executive Alan Shaw pledged at a Senate hearing to restore environmental and other conditions in East Palestine, Ohio.

The Independent UK

PSG are broken and Messi, Mbappe and Neymar can’t fix them

The Galacticos methodology must give way to an underdog mentality and giant egos must be replaced by humble enthusiasm if PSG are to ever end the cycle

The Independent UK

EPA proposes stricter limits on coal plant water pollution

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed strengthening a rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers

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Edmunds: Edmunds Compares: 2023 BMW iX vs. 2023 Rivian R1S

All-electric SUVs are becoming more and more prevalent and also more and more practical

The Guardian - US

US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution

Exclusive: Cutting-edge analysis of fine particulate levels by area reveals shocking disparities: ‘The underlying variable that is most predictive is systemic racism’

The Independent UK

Ivanka Trump throws brothers and father under bus in New York fraud suit

Ivanka Trump says she was not involved in preparing fraudulent financial statements that form the core of the $250m fraud suit against her father’s company

InsideEVs

2023 Jaguar I-Pace: More EPA Range With 20-Inch Wheels

The Jaguar I-Pace is available in the United States for several years, and today we will take a look at the latest 2023 model year version.

InsideEVs

2023 Kia EV6: More EPA Range, Higher Prices And New GT Version

The Kia EV6 is one of the most interesting electric vehicles in the United States. Let's check the 2023 model year, including prices and EPA range ratings.

The Conversation

How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate.

The Conversation

Regulating 'forever chemicals': 3 essential reads on PFAS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a draft regulation limiting two fluorinated chemicals, known by the abbreviations PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water. These chemicals are two types of PFAS, a broad class of substances often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they are very persistent in…

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