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Canton, North Carolina, Paper Mill Looks to Renew Wastewater Permit The Blue Ridge Paper factory is in the process of its wastewater permit renewal, despite concerns about odors  Canton, North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Paper factory is in the process of its wastewater permit renewal.  The paper factory has spent more than $500 million on cleanup and mitigation since the 1980s, reported the California Public Press.   The mill’s current application to renew its wastewater permit is scheduled...

Tim Profeta is the director of Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a co-chair of the Climate 21 project.

IMAGE: Gretchen Hansen “The rate of increase in air temperature has accelerated in recent decades, and this increase in air temperature will affect the thermal habitat for fishes across the region,” Wagner said. “Temperatures are projected to continue increasing across the Midwest – with the greatest increases in average temperature expected in northern areas – so we wanted to know what was happening with walleye populations in the upper Midwest.” Using data provided by the Minnesot...

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Texas Refineries Release Over 300,000 Pounds of Pollutants During Storm A refinery is seen on August 29, 2017, in Deer Park, Texas. Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images By Winter storm Uri, which killed dozens of people and cut off power to over four million Texans at its peak, also disrupted supplies needed to keep the state’s refineries and petrochemical plants operating. As they shut down, refineries flared — or burned off — gases in order to prevent damage to their processing u...

By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Texas oil refineries released hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollutants including benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide into the air as they scrambled to shut down during last week's deadly winter storm, Reuters reported Sunday. Winter storm Uri, which killed dozens of people and cut off power to over four million

Texas freeze led to release of tonnes of air pollutants as refineries shut The largest U.S. oil refiners released tonnes of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as one environmental crisis triggered another. Social Sharing Thomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 21, 2021 7:49 AM ET | Last Updated: February 21 Houstons LyondellBasell refinery, seen in this file photo from 2019, was forced to shut most of its processing units due to the col...

A rolling blackout order cut power to a Paris ground storage water tank for several hours Monday, resulting in a non-acute violation notice required by the Texas Commission on Environmental

Shutdowns led to the refineries flaring, or burning and releasing gases, to prevent damage to their processing units

The largest US oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this week, according to figures provided to the state, as one environmental crisis triggered another.