About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.

New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.

But Trump has halted those efforts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Industry #Pittsburgh #Trump

About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.

New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.

But Trump has halted those efforts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Industry #Pittsburgh #Trump

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Pollution #Regulation

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Pollution #Regulation

One rancher told us that before an oil well near him was plugged, it shot salt water and oil 40 feet in the air.

Oklahoma residents: Have you seen similar pollution incidents, or purges, in your area? Help us report.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/oklahoma-oil-wastewater-help-propublica-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Pollution #Journalism

#France

France's government has abandoned its climate plans

With planning on environmental projects at a standstill since 2023, France's political leaders are only reinforcing the idea that they are unable to think long-term, even when it comes to such crucial issues as climate change & biodiversity collapse
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/10/27/france-s-government-has-abandoned-its-climate-plans_6746820_23.html

https://archive.ph/wip/WE0Q0

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #MassExtermination #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate

#France

France's government has abandoned its climate plans

With planning on environmental projects at a standstill since 2023, France's political leaders are only reinforcing the idea that they are unable to think long-term, even when it comes to such crucial issues as climate change & biodiversity collapse
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/10/27/france-s-government-has-abandoned-its-climate-plans_6746820_23.html

https://archive.ph/wip/WE0Q0

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #MassExtermination #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate