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Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project. The report analyzed wastewater discharges from petrochemical companies that produce plastics across the U.S., finding…

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It’s been five years since the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program launched, and at a recent retreat gathering the leadership team reflected on what we’ve learned and what environmental issues we’re watching closely as we near 2025. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and…

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This article originally ran on Public Health Watch and is republished here with permission. Dangerously high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene continue to plague Channelview, Texas, despite warnings from state regulators that began almost 20 years ago. Data collected during the state’s most recent air monitoring trips include one benzene reading that was three…

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Dr. Theo Colborn, who passed away December 14, 2014, was the founder of the endocrine disruption field, connecting the dots among the different health problems seen in wildlife with those seen in humans, tying them to the endocrine system and to chemical pollutants. She organized the first gathering of scientists in 1991, where the term…

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PITTSBURGH — Around 13% of industrial facilities in Allegheny County’s environmental justice communities regularly violate federal clean air or clean water laws compared to just 3% of facilities in non-environmental justice areas, according to a recent study. The research, conducted by researchers at Chatham University and Three Rivers Waterkeeper, a nonprofit clean water advocacy group,…

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HOUSTON — Harris County, which encompasses Houston, is projected to lose nearly $1 billion in revenue over the lifespan of current tax breaks, many of which are given to top polluters, according to a new report from the environmental advocacy group Texas Campaign for the Environment. The group commissioned a study with economists from the…

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It is 7:00 AM, and the scorching summer sun is bright as I sit in the panga (a small-scale boat) on the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I watch my fisher friend staring into the horizon. “What everyone needs to understand is that we will never stop being fishers; that is who…

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Son las 7 de la mañana, y el sol abrasador del verano brilla mientras estoy sentada en la panga (una pequeña lancha o canoa) en el mar de Cortés en Baja California Sur, México. Miro a mi amigo pescador, quien contempla el horizonte. “Lo que todo el mundo debe entender es que nunca dejaremos de…

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The final global plastics treaty, which stalled during talks last week, needs to address chemicals used throughout the life cycle of plastics, some of which significantly reduce our fertility and impair our health, in order to truly confront the full scope of the crisis. Plastic pollution is one of our most intractable environmental challenges, disproportionately…

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This story was originally published in The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. In the waning days of the Biden administration, a long-fought battle over a cancer-causing food additive is again in the spotlight as consumer advocacy groups and lawmakers demand federal regulators ban Red…

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