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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D.

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for EIRs and Requirements for Air Quality Impact Analyses

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. Background for Appeal. Construction would occur in five phases over 10 years.

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California Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for EIRs and Requirements for Air Quality Impact Analyses

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. Background for Appeal. Construction would occur in five phases over 10 years.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Children return home from school in Channelview, Texas.

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

DeSmogBlog

or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Several houses near her home remain vacant. It's also home to the highest rates of lead poisoning among children in the city. He bought a plot of land on the edge of town and built a home, finished by the time his fourth child was born, he said. "I In many ways, Maleta Kimmons defines her neighborhood by what it lacks.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

But local conservation groups and residents remained skeptical from the start, warning that the plant could leak toxic waste into water and air, harming human health and ecosystems in a largely forested region where tight-knit communities live close to the land. Geological Survey report noted.

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