E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills

The Trump administration will give utilities around the country an additional year to come up with a plan to clean up contaminated waterways.

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Rare Earths Mining in Myanmar Is Polluting Thailand’s Kok River

Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand.

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DuPont Agrees to $27 Million Payout in Hoosick Falls Water Contamination

The chemical company was one of four businesses that contaminated the water supply in the upstate New York community. Residents have fought for nearly a decade for a settlement.

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Tons of Invisible Plastic Pieces Lurk in Ocean Water

A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot.

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Increasingly Acidic Seas Threaten Oyster Farming

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts may thwart their efforts.

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The River Seine Reopens for Public Swimming, After a Century

First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in.

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China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.

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Should I Be Worried About Arsenic in Rice?

A recent report raised concerns that it contains high levels of the heavy metal. Here’s what that may mean for your health.

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Florida Approves Plan to Help Billionaires Export Their Sewage

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to help Indian Creek Village, home to the likes of Jeff Bezos and Jared Kushner, avoid paying a neighboring town millions to allow transport of its sewage under its streets.

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Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.

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