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Indiana utility could be dumping toxic coal ash water into White River

The state is letting an Indiana utility dump coal ash contaminated water into the White River, environmental groups say. They're appealing the permit.

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EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution

The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.

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Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline | AP News

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise Thursday. Canada-based TC Energy said it shut down its Keystone system Wednesday night following a drop in pipeline pressure.

Causes

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Ohio coal-fired power plant could close after EPA decision

The EPA decided to revoke the James M. Gavin power plant's permit to dump coal ash into unlined pits.

Causes

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Oil and gas communities in New Mexico call for more pollution controls

Kayley Shoup of Carlsbad said the worst of fossil fuel’s air pollution befell her community alongside one of the world’s busiest oilfields in the world in New Mexico’s southeast Permian Basin region.

Politics

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EPA rejects permit for offshore oil export project

The Environmental Protection Agency turned down a permit for an offshore oil export terminal project near Corpus Christi because it would have allowed a significant amount of air pollution.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Indiana utility could be dumping toxic coal ash water into White River

EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants

EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution

Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline | AP News

Oil and gas communities in New Mexico call for more pollution controls

EPA rejects permit for offshore oil export project

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way