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New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals

Grist

In June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long investigation about pollution, power, and politics in the Texas petrochemical industry. One by one, the residents filtered into the small community center and found seats in the rows of plastic chairs. They were prepared for grim news.

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

DeSmogBlog

Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents. The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. That’s likely an undercount,” Hopkins said.

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Greenwashing terms to avoid at any cost

Business Green

Forty-five per cent of Americans want to be viewed as eco-friendly consumers, according to the results in September of an unpublished 2022 Eco Pulse study from Shelton Group. "In Made with renewable energy. If your factory runs on 40 per cent wind power, say so specifically, the agency advises. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James Black History event on February 2, 2022. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022. Every stage of natural gas production and distribution releases methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas. Sharon Lavigne at a RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. meters , with even a partial loss of its ice being enough to change coastlines around the world dramatically. . meters and, as a result, change the shape of the world’s coastlines.