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☆ The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Jack Healy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the water being pumped from under their feet. Water experts say the pumping is sinking poor rural towns. The ground in parts of La Paz County has dropped more than five feet during three decades of farming. Now, he works at a water and ice business in Salome, population 700, selling five-gallon jugs.

Persons: Pipes, Wells, What’s, ”, Luis Zavala Organizations: Capitol, Democrats Locations: Paz County, Phoenix, La Paz County, Mexico, Salome

☆ The $6 billion project to power 1 million NY homes with clean energy is the first of its kind
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The 339-mile CHPE transmission line aims to provide hydropower to a million New York City homes. According to EPA data, carbon emissions in the New York City area rose by about 20% between 2019 and 2022. Gas-fired power plants contribute to poor air quality, which can lead to health problems like asthma. The asthma rate for children in New York City, especially in poorer neighborhoods, is one of the highest in the country. New York has six years to achieve its goal of powering 70 percent of its grid with renewable energy.

Persons: It's, CHPE, Donald Jessome, Vural, Ryan Calder, Calder, Methylmercury, Jessome Organizations: Infrastructure, Service, Champlain Hudson Power Express, Transmission Developers, New, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Virginia Tech, Hydro, Department of Energy, Queens, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Blackstone, CHPE Locations: York City, Canada, New York, New York City, Ravenswood, Astoria, Albany, there's, Poughkeepsie, Queens , New York, Calder, Lake Champlain, Hudson, York

☆ Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Dionne Searcey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Q: How much do I need to worry about the impact of my online shopping? The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. Transportation needed for online shopping spews greenhouse emissions. even found that online shopping could be more sustainable than traditional shopping in more than 75 percent of scenarios that researchers came up with. Online retailers and delivery companies have been trying to make online shopping more climate friendly.

☆ 270 million people are living on sinking land in China’s major cities, new study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s 270 million people living on sinking land. The impact of sinking is typically worse along the coasts, where the sea level is rising at the same time. “Most urban cities experience land subsidence, but we focus our attention on coastal cities because of sea level rise,” Ohenhen, who was not involved with the study, told CNN. The project prevents the need for over-pumping groundwater and has stopped land subsidence in Beijing, the study found. “I believe China’s government efforts will address the issue of land subsidence,” Tao said.

Persons: Wang, Shengli Tao, ” Tao, “, ”, Leonard Ohenhen, ” Ohenhen, Tao Organizations: CNN, New, Reuters, Peking University, Virginia Tech Locations: China’s, China, New York City, Netherlands, Mexico City, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing

☆ Opinion | The Geopolitics of a Czech-Polish Potato Salad Competition
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Piotr Jasiński | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier that year, the Czech government filed a lawsuit against Poland, detailing how the mine was negatively affecting the surrounding environment and draining groundwater. News of signs like the one at the pub in Bogatynia spread quickly across Czech and Polish media, drawing more public attention to the dispute. I went to Bogatynia to investigate how the political conflict was affecting relationships between the communities at the border. Local people claim they go to the Czech Republic to grab beers, and Czechs go to Poland to shop. One resident said that Poles live even closer to the mine and have never noticed any damage to the environment.

Persons: ”, I’d, Big Organizations: Justice Locations: Bogatynia, Poland, Czech Republic, Czech, Polish

☆ Toxic ‘forever’ chemicals found in excessive levels in global groundwater, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Potentially toxic chemicals called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are found in surface and groundwaters around the world at levels much higher than many international regulators allow, a new study found. Groundwater can be contaminated by PFAS from food and consumer products added to landfills as well as from manufacturing facilities. Public concern led to a commitment by manufacturers in 2008 to phase out use of PFOA and PFOS, two of the most widely used chemicals. Generally PFAS concentrations are higher in urban areas or areas that used PFAS products extensively, O’Connell said, but it is also leached into the environment in ways that may not be obvious. “Another example is that PFAS used to be used in ski wax, so pristine environments, where people ski, have PFAS in their waters and soils,” he said.

Persons: Mario Tama, ”, David Andrews, Andrews, ” Andrews, “, Denis O’Connell, O’Connell, ” O’Connell Organizations: CNN, US Environmental Protection Agency, Health Canada, EPA, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine . Studies, Environmental, Agency, Toxic Substances, Disease, Nature, University of New, Geological Survey, NSF, National Sanitation Foundation Locations: Mount Everest, Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney

☆ Common flame retardants linked to deaths from cancer in people, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Flame retardants added for decades to thousands of consumer products in the United States may raise the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research. “The new study links PBDEs to deaths from cancer, building a case for the association between flame retardants and cancer mortality being real,” said Trasande, who researches the impact of plastics, flame retardants and other chemicals on children. Flame retardant chemicals also can pass to developing fetuses via the placenta and to newborns through breast milk, past research has found. In some cases, the industry has replaced these chemicals with newer phosphorus-based flame retardants, Trasande said, adding that researchers are now concerned these chemicals may be linked to cancer as well. When reupholstering older couches or chairs, be sure to replace the old foam with flame retardant-free foam.

Persons: Leonardo Trasande, ”, Trasande, ” Trasande, Tasha Stoiber, EWG Organizations: CNN, National Health, JAMA, NYU Langone Health, US Centers for Disease Control, Manufacturers, US Environmental Protection Agency, CDC, Environmental Locations: United States, PBDEs, New York City

☆ Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Poor irrigation practices, such as insufficient water application, using saline water, and not maintaining adequate drainage can also lead to salty soils. Irrigation can drive salinization, especially if farmers are watering their crops with salty water. In this case, that means watering crops with salt water in their lab. Globally, over 3,700 acres — just over four times the size of NYC's Central Park — of farmland grow SaliCrop seeds. Red Sea Farms, for example, is a Saudi Arabian company that uses selective breeding to grow crops that can be irrigated with salt water.

Persons: Ṛcā, SaliCrop, Guy Shery, Carmit Oron, Godbole, Sharon Devir, Devir, Karl Weatherly, they're, Andy Sacks Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, UN Locations: Israel, Spain, Oron, India, Europe, Africa, Kansas, Saudi Arabian, Sweden

☆ Oxford-Cambridge boat race rowers warned to avoid water after E. coli find
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

To meet the UK Environment Agency’s inland bathing water quality standards, E. coli levels should be below 1,000 CFU per 100ml. “It would be terrific if the Boat Race drew attention to it. It also adds that rowers should refer themselves to a healthcare professional if they accidentally swallow river water. The guidance has been issued to both universities in briefing packs ahead of this weekend’s race, River Action said. The Oxford boat sinks after only half a mile, during the annual University boat race against Cambridge on March 24, 1951.

Persons: Sean Bowden, ”, James Wallace, coli, ” Feargal Sharkey, “, Sienna Somers Organizations: London CNN, Cambridge, CFU, Environment, Oxford, Thursday’s Telegraph, British Rowing, Rivers Trust, University, Keystone, Hulton, UK Environment Agency, Thames Water, BBC Locations: Oxford, London, United Kingdom, Hammersmith, England, floodwater, Thames

☆ India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

People wait in a queue with cans to collect drinking water amid an ongoing water crisis in Bengaluru on March 14, 2024. She said it's the worst water crisis she has experienced in her 40 years in the neighborhood. Water levels are running desperately low, particularly in poorer areas, resulting in sky-high costs for water and a quickly dwindling supply. City and state government authorities are trying to get the situation under control with emergency measures such as nationalizing water tankers and putting a cap on water costs. The crisis was a long time coming, said Shashank Palur, a Bengaluru-based hydrologist with the think tank Water, Environment, Land and Livelihood Labs.

Persons: Bhavani Mani Muthuvel, Shashank Palur Organizations: Ambedkar Nagar, Livelihood Labs Locations: Bengaluru, Bengaluru's Whitefield, Muthuvel, India, City

☆ Bangalore water crisis: India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is running dry as residents urged to take fewer showers, use disposable cutlery
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

As layers of tarmac swept through the city, Bengaluru lost its ability to absorb water, Ramachandra said. One woman begins to hit the vessel to check its water levels. No one sparedWhile the city’s poorest are bearing the brunt of Bengaluru’s water crisis, it hasn’t spared the upper middle class either. Activists and BJP members hold empty water pots during a protest against the state government over the severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on March 12, 2024. Idress Mohammed/AFP/Getty ImagesYet, for the city’s residents, the tit-for-tat arguments mean little as they experience the worst of the shortages.

Persons: ”, Ram Prasat Manohar, Ramachandra, “, Karnataka Raj Bhavan, Arijit Sen, D.K, Shivakumar –, Vishwanathan, Idrees Mohammed, Kumkum, Idress Mohammed, Geeta Menon, hasn’t, India’s, Maher Taj Organizations: India CNN, Infosys, Wipro, Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru –, “, Hindustan Times, Getty, Private, Authorities, Susheela, CNN, Management, won’t, Reuters, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Congress Locations: Bengaluru, India, India’s, Bandepalya, Bengaluru –, Bangalore, ”, Karnataka Raj, Karnataka, Whitefield, AFP

☆ What About Nature Risk?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Manuela Andreoni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Reporting the corporate risks of climate change is increasingly becoming a required part of doing business. This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission made such disclosures mandatory for public companies in the United States, following the lead from the European Union and California. But climate is not the only aspect of the natural world that is being transformed by human activity. Though corporate leaders often don’t talk about these other parts of nature, they could deeply impact the corporate world in ways that we are only beginning to measure. Will policies to stop ocean pollution impact how companies produce plastic?

Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, European Union and Locations: United States, European Union and California

☆ Opinion | How America’s Two Abortion Realities Are Clashing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +65 min

mary zieglerWell, I think it’s much easier to ban abortion than it is to enforce a criminal law against abortion. mary zieglerNo, I think that’s right. If our abortion politics don’t reflect our abortion views, what does that tell us about the health of the democracy? We’ve seen upwards of 10 states — I think it’s 14 or 15 that have changed their definition of abortion in abortion restrictive states since Dobbs. So, the idea is that abortions that are presented as life saving either are not abortions or are simply pretexts for abortion that’s elective.

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☆ Coastal cities are sinking in the US and pushing sea level rise into overdrive
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported Wednesday. Cities on the East Coast where sinking land is exacerbating sea level rise include New York City and Atlantic City; Virginia Beach; Charleston, South Carolina; and Savannah, Georgia. As much as a third of sea level rise in this region over the next three decades could come from the sinking effect, the report found. This is a particular problem in areas where new coastal land has been created over the years by backfilling with sediment. Additionally, researchers say most sea level rise studies make projections for the end of the century, which “is viewed as too far (away) to begin planning,” Shirzaei said.

Persons: ”, Manoochehr Shirzaei, Leonard Ohenhen, Ophelia, Bing Guan, Kristina Hill, you’ll, ” Ohenhen, Joe Raedle, ” Shirzaei Organizations: CNN, Virginia Tech, Cities, Seaboard, Corpus Christi, Reuters, University of California, Getty Locations: East, New York City, Atlantic City, Virginia Beach, Charleston , South Carolina, Savannah , Georgia, Gulf, East Coast, Louisiana, Texas, Galveston, Freeport, Corpus, Northeast, Hamilton Beach, Queens, Berkeley, New Orleans, Port, Miami

☆ A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The people of Suffolk County, Long Island, need to start considering it. Like most of the suburbs surrounding New York City, Suffolk County is suffering from a major shortage of homes. In December, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she'll send $59 million to Long Island to deal with water contamination and sewer upgrades. “The governor has said she wants to see more housing on Long Island. Last year, Long Island public officials led the charge against Gov.

Persons: —, Hunter Gross, “, ” Gross, Long, Suffolk County’s, Ed Romaine, Kathy Hochul, you’ve, ”, Joe, Edmund Smyth, ” Smyth, ” Long, Kathy Hochul’s, who’ve, boomers, can’t, that's, Ian Wilder, Nathan Cummings, ” Cummings, Cummings Organizations: Service, Hamptons, Business, Newsday, Republican, ” Long Islanders, Gov, New, Housing Services, Yale Law Locations: Suffolk County, Long, New York City, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, Huntington , Suffolk County, Levittown, Black, Old Lyme , Connecticut

The East Coast Is Sinking New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. SINKING BY 2050 RISING –5 +5 cm –20 –15 –10 0 Atlantic City is sinking up to 4 centimeters per decade. SINKING BY 2050 RISING –5 +5 cm –20 –15 –10 0 Several hotspots in Maryland are sinking over 10 centimeters per decade, while other areas are rising. SINKING BY 2050 RISING –5 +5 cm –20 –15 –10 0 Charleston, S.C., which is affected by groundwater pumping, is sinking up to 5.7 centimeters per decade. Portland, Maine 47.0 cm 45.8 cm +40 cm 40.6 cm Relative sea level rise 33.8cm +30 cm +20 cm SUBSIDENCE +10 cm Change since 1925 Global sea level rise 1925 2023 1925 2023 1925 2023 1925 2023 Sources: Dangendorf (2019) and the National Oceanography Centre.

Persons: ”, Leonard Ohenhen, Kenneth Miller, Inner Harbor BOSTON Charles, “, Miller, “ We’ve, Sandy, we’ve, Sandy Hertz, Hertz Organizations: Virginia Tech, U.S . Geological Survey, NASA, Rutgers University ., Places New, National Oceanography, The New York Times, East Boston Charleston East Cambridge Airport, Inner, Pleasure, Roxbury, Boston City Archives, Boston Public Library, Boston Groundwater Trust, PNAS, Rutgers University, American Society of Civil Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland Department of Transportation Locations: Boston, New York City, Long, Maryland, Hampton, Va, Charleston, S.C, Florida, Miami, Places New York City, N.Y, Atlantic City, N.J, Mass, Portland , Maine, York City, New Jersey, East, Inner Harbor BOSTON, Pleasure Bay, Savin, Roxbury Grove, Shirzaei, Cape Canaveral, exurbs, Delaware, Atlantic, East Coast

“We expect stringent government oversight of our mining-to-reclamation project, which will be fully protective of the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge and the region’s environment,” Ingle said in a statement. The swamp’s wildlife, cypress forests and flooded prairies draw roughly 600,000 visitors each year, according to the U.S. Despite efforts by President Joe Biden to restore federal oversight, the Army Corps entered a legal agreement with Twin Pines to maintain its hands-off position. The mining project is moving forward as the National Park Service seeks designation of the Okefenokee wildlife refuge as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Twin Pines denied wrongdoing, but said it agreed to the fine to avoid further permitting delays.

Persons: Deb Haaland, Josh Marks, “, Steve Ingle, ” Ingle, C, Rhett Jackson, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ben Prater, EPD Organizations: Georgia Environmental, Twin, Twin Pines Minerals, Refuge, Georgia -, Twin Pines, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, and Wildlife Service, University of Georgia, ., Army Corps of Engineers, Army Corps, National Park Service, UNESCO, of Wildlife Locations: SAVANNAH, Ga, Georgia, Twin Pines, Birmingham , Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia - Florida, Atlanta, Twin, blackwater

GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River. The company has also acquired rights to freshwater from the Green River nearby, leading to questions about how groundwater and river water are connected, and how its plans to produce lithium could affect the environment. The Green River is a tributary of the Colorado River, the over-tapped powerhouse of the West upon which 40 million people rely. So far, Anson has acquired rights for 2,500 acre-feet of water from the Green River. “There’s a difficulty turning anything down in a community like Green River,” he said.

Persons: ”, Lauren Wood, Anson, “, ” Anson, Bruce Richardson, Michael McKibben, Ren Hatt, Gayna, Salinas Organizations: Anson Resources, University of California, Interior Department, Land Management, . Department, ExxonMobil, Associated Press, Walton Family Foundation, AP Locations: GREEN, , Utah, Utah, Colorado, An Australian, Utah , Colorado , New Mexico, Arizona, Green, Green River , Utah, Anson, U.S, Riverside, Argentina, Qinghai, China, Arkansas, Nevada, Amargosa, Las Vegas, , Nevada, Australia, Chile, Gayna Salinas, “, America

Ramped-up domestic production of lithium is a key part of President Joe Biden's blueprint for a greener future less dependent on fossil fuels. It also confirmed the snail is currently known to exist in only 13 isolated springs within a 14-mile (22-km) radius of Thacker Pass and the Montana Mountains in Humboldt County. It said other threats include “livestock grazing, roads, drought, climate change and the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine.”Lithium Americas, which is developing the mine, said it’s done significant research and plans extensive monitoring to guard against any potential harm. Fish and Wildlife Service and are confident it will reaffirm that we’re building an environmentally responsible project with no impacts to the snail,” he said in an email to The Associated Press. Paiute and Shoshone tribes also say the mine is being built on sacred land at Thacker Pass where more than two dozen of their ancestors were massacred by U.S. troops in 1865.

Persons: Thacker, Joe Biden's, ” Paul Ruprecht, pyrg, it’s, ”, Tim Crowley Organizations: Nevada -, Fish, Wildlife Service, Federal Register, Interior Department, “, ESA, Thacker, U.S . Fish, Associated Press, Land Management Locations: RENO, Nev, Nevada, Nevada - Oregon, U.S, Idaho, Reno, Thacker, Montana, Humboldt County

Yet after back-to-back atmospheric rivers walloped California in less than a week, it wouldn’t take much for water, mud and boulders to sluice down fragile hillsides, experts warned. Some 400 trees had fallen in the Los Angeles area alone, the city said. At least 6 billion gallons (22.7 billion liters) of storm water in Los Angeles alone were captured for groundwater and local supplies, the mayor’s office said. Just two years ago, nearly all of California was plagued by a devastating drought that strained resources and forced water cutbacks. Associated Press journalists Christopher Weber, John Antczak and Damian Dovarganes in Los Angeles and Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, contributed.

Persons: Tyler Kranz, Dion Peronneau, Mud, ”, “, ” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, ” Bass, Lou Quismorio, “ I’ve, Sabrina Biddle, ___ Watson, Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Damian Dovarganes, Scott Sonner Organizations: ANGELES, Hollywood, Weather Service, ” Los Angeles Mayor, California Highway Patrol, National Weather Service, Associated Press Locations: Southern California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, LA, Baldwin, ” Los, Pasadena, San Diego, Northern California, Tijuana, Mexico, Yucaipa, Arizona, New Mexico, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Reno , Nevada

☆ Tesla sued by 25 California counties over hazardous waste handling
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020 in Fremont, California. Electric vehicle maker Tesla was sued by district attorneys representing 25 counties in California over the company's alleged improper handling of hazardous waste materials at facilities throughout the state. The company's first, high-volume EV factory in the world was its Fremont, California vehicle assembly plant, which it still owns and operates today. The lawsuit, The People of California v. Tesla Inc., was filed in a California state court in San Joaquin County on Tuesday. They also alleged that Tesla often failed to accurately label containers of hazardous materials that it generated, used or stored at its facilities, and failed to train employees in proper handling of hazardous waste.

Persons: Tesla, Eric Roesch, Roesch, Elon Musk, Moz.de Organizations: Tesla Fremont Factory, Electric, Tesla Inc, Reuters, SpaceX, CNBC, Cal . Health, Saf, Cal, Tesla, Economy Research Locations: Fremont , California, California, Austin , Texas, Palo Alto , California, San Joaquin County, Germany, Brandenburg

☆ Tesla is facing a lawsuit alleging it mishandled hazardous waste
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTesla was hit with a lawsuit on Tuesday that alleges the electric-car maker mishandled hazardous waste at its factories in California. District attorneys representing 25 counties in California filed the lawsuit in San Joaquin County Court and are requesting the court force Tesla to properly take care of its hazardous waste going forward and pay a series of civil penalties. Tesla disposed of hazardous waste into trash sites "not permitted to accept hazardous waste" and "failed to properly mark, label, and store containers and tanks of hazardous waste" at its facilities, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit also alleges Tesla didn't properly train its employees on how to deal with hazardous materials. In 2019, Tesla paid the Environmental Protection Agency a $31,000 settlement over alleged hazardous waste violations at the Fremont Factory.

Persons: —, Tesla, It's, Elon Musk's Organizations: Service, San Joaquin County Court, Business, Reuters, Environmental Protection Agency, Fremont Factory, Elon Musk's The Boring Company, Texas Commission Locations: California, San Joaquin County, Texas, Bastrop , Texas, Colorado

☆ US Needs to Build Marshall Islands' Trust Over Cold War Nuclear Dump -US Agency
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. conducted 67 nuclear bomb tests on the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958. In the late 1970s it deposited radioactive soil and debris from six of the islands into an unlined crater created by one of the tests. The Department of Energy, which in the report concurred with the recommendation, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Marshall Islands embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It also examines radioactive contamination in Greenland resulting from U.S.

Persons: Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Tom Carper, Timothy Gardner, David Brunnstrom, Leslie Adler Organizations: U.S, Office, U.S . Congress, RMI, Department of Energy, DOE, GAO, Marshall, Democrat Locations: U.S, Republic, Marshall, Washington, Spain, Greenland

The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune were at higher risk for some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid. Camp Lejeune was built in a sandy pine forest along the North Carolina coast in the early 1940s. People who got sick after being at Camp Lejeune also have criticized the federal government for being slow to investigate. Frank Bove, a senior epidemiologist, has led the agency's Camp Lejeune research for many years and was in charge of the latest study. A federal law signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022 included language to address concerns of people who developed certain health problems they believe were linked to Camp Lejeune water contamination.

Persons: Camp Lejeune, Lejeune, David Savitz, ”, —, Richard Clapp, Aaron Bernstein, Frank Bove, Clapp, Joe Biden Organizations: — Military, U.S . Marine Corps Base, Brown University, Military, Marine Corps, Agency, Toxic Substances, Centers for Disease Control, Camp Lejeune, Boston University, Lejeune, Pendleton, Battelle Memorial Institute, Camp, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Camp, Carolina, United States, U.S, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Atlanta

New Mexico is the first state to partner with Google for such an endeavor, state officials said, noting that the payoff could be significant in terms of curbing losses and saving municipalities and ratepayers money over the long term. The water plan notes that some systems in New Mexico are losing anywhere from 40% to 70% of all treated drinking water because of breaks and leaks in old infrastructure. “We don't need to make that choice between safe drinking water and your business," the governor said. One proposal calls for funneling another $100 million to the state water board to disperse for shovel-ready projects. In 2018, New Mexico rolled out a water plan that included details about policies at the time, historical legal cases and regional water plans.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham, “, Lujan Grisham's, Rebecca Roose Organizations: —, Google, Intel Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, — New Mexico, U.S, New Mexico, Mexico, Albuquerque

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