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AdvocacyBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesIllinois environmental justice bill would help residents prevent pollution
-Grassroots leaders of successful fights against coal plants and petcoke are taking the lead: “Communities must have a way to be involved in a permitting process that is really broken,” one said.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectJudge’s connection to driller at issue in Pa. pollution case
-The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office indicated it might seek removal of a judge expected to preside over a criminal case in which he has ties to the defendant — the state’s biggest gas driller.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationNew YorkNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBanned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
-Navigating her boat toward a wooden platform floating in an idyllic New Hampshire lake where “On Golden Pond” was filmed, biologist Tiffany Grade spotted what she had feared.
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APIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectBP agrees to $500K penalty, soot limits at Indiana refinery
-Oil giant BP agreed Thursday to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in Indiana under an agreement with regulators and activists who accused the company of violating an earlier deal.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.
-In 2019, Wisconsin’s Starkweather Creek contained higher levels of PFOA and PFOS — two more scrutinized types of PFAS — than any other waters the Department of Natural Resources tested that year. At the creek’s Fair Oaks Avenue crossing, the DNR detected levels of PFOS at 270 parts per trillion and PFOA at 43 ppt.
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DetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsGreat Lakes Moment: Ecosystem restoration needs more environmental justice
-In this month’s column from writer John Hartig, evidence of environmental injustice can be found nearly everywhere in southwest Detroit. A recent study looked at the impact of noise pollution in particular on the community.
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Drinking WaterIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLack of Enforcement: Less compliance with environmental laws means more pollution in the lakes
-Over the length of President Donald Trump’s term, not only were a number of environmental regulations rolled back, enforcement of the ones that remained dropped.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake OntarioLatest NewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBlue Jeans Blues: Researchers find denim microfibers in Great Lakes
-The problem, which goes beyond synthetic fabrics, is one that some in the fashion industry are trying to solve.
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Michigan officials investigate fish kill on Escanaba River
-The die-off was reported Aug. 9 on the 52-mile-long river.
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DetroitDetroit RiverEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: A tribute to Guy O. Williams, environmental justice champion
-He worked for a range of environmental organizations including the National Wildlife Federation and Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice.
