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lng export terminals violations

US LNG Industry’s Dirty Secret: Every Export Terminal Caught Violating Environmental Laws

Every US LNG export terminal breaks environmental laws while causing 60 deaths yearly—yet regulators let them operate freely.
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Massive Underground Oil Pool Threatens LA as Phillips 66 Refinery Abandons Ship

Phillips 66 abandons LA refinery while thousands of hidden oil wells leak beneath homes, schools, and shopping centers across the city.
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Interior Department Axes Environmental Hurdles for Orphaned Well Cleanups

Environmental rules meant to protect nature are keeping 1.1 million toxic wells unplugged while methane poisons communities. The bureaucratic trap nobody expected.
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Toxic Decades: New Jersey’s Passaic River Chokes While Polluters Dodge Billion-Dollar Cleanup

While 85 companies pay pennies on the dollar, New Jersey families breathe toxic air from a poisoned river nobody wants to clean.
little rock zero emission buses

Arkansas Students Breathe Cleaner Air as Little Rock Schools Adopt Zero-Emission Bus Fleet

Arkansas ditches diesel forever as Little Rock’s $9 million electric bus fleet transforms how 19,000 students breathe on their way to school.
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The Silent Threat: How Wildfire Smoke Spawns Ozone Even in Pristine Areas

Even pristine wilderness areas now produce toxic ozone when wildfire smoke meets sunlight, threatening millions who thought they breathed clean air.
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Students Defeat Toxic School Air by Confronting Parents’ Engine Idling Habits

Children confront their own parents about toxic engine idling at schools, slashing pollution by 40% through awkward conversations adults couldn’t handle.
power grid overload crisis

Air-Conditioning Addiction Pushes Europe’s Power Grid to Breaking Point Amid Scorching Heat

Europe’s cooling obsession creates a paradox: fighting heat while fueling climate chaos. The grid screams for mercy.
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Death Metal: How Mercury’s Toxic Allure Captivates Even Mexico’s Most Feared Cartels

Mexican cartels found a deadlier product than cocaine: liquid mercury that kills miners while making millions from illegal gold extraction.
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Tiny Terrors: Nanoplastics Dominate Atlantic Ocean’s 27-Million-Ton Plastic Crisis

Scientists found 21 million tons of invisible plastic particles contaminating every drop of Atlantic water—10 times worse than anyone imagined.