Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Approval of Radioactive Roads : Environmental, public health and union groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for approving the use of radioactive phosphogypsum in roads. The groups also petitioned the agency to reconsider its Oct. 20 approval. The EPA has long prohibited use of phosphogypsum in roads because it contains uranium and radium that produce radionuclides linked to higher risks of cancer and genetic damage. Photo of Phosphogypsum (Kirill SHESTAKOV, CC BY-SA 4.0 ; Link ) Phosphogypsum Stack; Fort Mead, FL (Harvey HENKELMANN, Link )

Emigrant Peak and Yellowstone River  by  Hosereed; Link Montana Supreme Court upholds decision to block mining north of Yellowstone (Helen DORÉ, Bozeman Daily Chronicle ; December 9, 2020)  https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/montana-supreme-court-upholds-decision-to-block-mining-north-of-yellowstone/article_8fe4b13a-eff9-5d09-99a1-55b55c4e7058.html Montana Supreme Court Deals Final Blow To Mining Plan Near Yellowstone (Jessica KNOBLAUCH, EarthJustice ; December 9, 2020) https://earthjustice.org/blog/2018-may/montana-court-agrees-yellowstone-gateway-more-valuable-than-gold

Selected Research Articles: Understanding the biogeochemical mechanisms of metal removal from acid mine drainage with a subsurface limestone bed at the Mokotura Mine, Japan (FUCHIDA et al. , 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78069-9 The Use of Low Grade Limestone in Acid Mine Drainage Treatment  (OTHMAN et al ., 2019) http://www.ukm.my/mjas/v23_n3/pdf/Anuar_23_3_11.pdf Removal of arsenic and iron from acidic water using zeolite and limestone:  batch and column studies (LIZAMA-ALLENDE et al. , 2017) http://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/149002/Removal-of-Arsenic.pdf?sequence=1 Acid Mine Drainage at Tilt Cove by Scio c ;    CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Pillow Lava of Troodos Ophiolite in Cyprus by Ronny ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Research Article: Magmatic volatiles episodically flush  oceanic hydrothermal systems as recorded by zoned epidote (FOX et al. , 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00051-0 Ophiolite Sequence by Woudlouper ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link

By Adam S. Keck, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Researchers devise new method to get lead out of filters, better measure amount in tap water (Brandie JEFFERSON, Washington University in Saint Louis ; October 29, 2020) https://source.wustl.edu/2020/10/researchers-devise-new-method-to-get-lead-out-of-filters-better-measure-amount-in-tap-water/ Featured Research Article*: Accumulation on and extraction of lead from point-of-use filters for evaluating lead exposure from drinking water (PAN et al. , 2020) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/ew/d0ew00496k/unauth#!divAbstract ( * ) = Abstract and Supplemental information only! By Smial, Haushalts-Wasserfilter; CC BY-SA 2.0 de , Link

Trump administration sets Gulf of Mexico drilling auction for Nov. 18                                           (Staff, Reuters ; October 15, 2020) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-offshore/trump-administration-sets-gulf-of-mexico-drilling-auction-for-nov-18-idUSKBN2702SX BOEM Announces Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale For Gulf of Mexico                       (Newsroom, U. S. Department of the Interior ; October 15, 2020) https://www.boem.gov/newsroom/press-releases/boem-announces-region-wide-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-gulf-mexico U. S.  Hurricane Alley Map Image:  NOAA, 2017  

By Phoenix7777", Data source: MODIS Active Fire Detections for CONUS (2020), Geospatial Technology and Applications Center, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; Map: Open Street Map, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water (Max HORBERRY, New York Times ; October 2, 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/science/wildfires-water-toxins.html Featured Research Article: Wildfire caused widespread drinking water distribution network contamination   (PROCTOR et al. , 2020) https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aws2.1183

A Better Informed Society Can Prevent Lead Poisoning Disasters                                                   (Karen WALKER, University of Virginia ; September 18, 2020) https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2020/09/better-informed-society-can-prevent-lead-poisoning-disasters Featured Research Article: The pervasive threat of lead (Pb) in drinking water:  Unmasking and pursuing scientific factors that govern release (SANTUCCI, Jr. and SCULLY, 2020) https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/01/1913749117 Infographic:  Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-08/documents/epa_lead_in_drinking_water_final_8.21.17.pdf By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Public Domain;  Link

Temperature Comparison of Asphalt & Grass on an 89-90 Degree Day #1 by Daniel D. TEOLI, Jr.;  CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Asphalt adds to air pollution, especially on hot, sunny days ( William WEIR, Yale News ; September 2, 2020) https://news.yale.edu/2020/09/02/asphalt-adds-air-pollution-especially-hot-sunny-days Featured Research Article : Asphalt-related emissions are a major missing nontraditional source of secondary organic aerosol precursors (KHARE et al. , 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb9785 Also... Characterization of asphalt fume composition by GC/MS and effect of temperature (GASTHAUER et al. , 2007) http://www.geocities.ws/nsaascience/pdfapp1.pdf N. B.:   For recent research on Asphalt binder pollution, please click on the following link provided below: Potential Toxic Compound Production from Asphalt Binder Degradation in the Environment http://www.page2-scientifictopicsofinterest.com/2020...

By Jorge FRANGANILLO, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone , CC BY 2.0 , Link Forest Fires Are Setting Chernobyl’s Radiation Free (Jane Braxton LITTLE, The Atlantic ; August 10, 2020) https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/08/chernobyl-fires/615067/ Featured Research Articles: Resuspension and redistribution of radionuclides during grassland and Forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone:  part I.  Fire experiments (YOSCHENKO et al. , 2006) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X05002456 Resuspension and redistribution of radionuclides during grassland and Forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone:  part II.  Modeling the transport process (YOSCHENKO et al. , 2006) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X05003309 N. B.:  Full texts of the aforementioned articles may be requested directly from the Authors at the ResearchGate links provided below. YOSCHENKO et al. , 2006 (Parts I and II) https://www.researchgate.net/pu...

California Redwood Trees;   CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Rule to Speed Oil Drilling in National Forests Released (Joshua AXELROD and Samuel EISENBERG, NRDC ; August 31, 2020) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/josh-axelrod/rule-speed-oil-drilling-national-forests-released Administration relaxes rules for oil and gas drilling in National Forests (Press Release, The Wilderness Society ; September 1, 2020) https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/administration-relaxes-rules-oil-and-gas-drilling-national-forests# Documentation: Oil and Gas Resources (Federal Register, USDA Forest Service ; September 1, 2020) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/01/2020-18518/oil-and-gas-resources N. B. :   60-day Public Comment period for Docket ID  FS-2020-0007   open from September 1, 2020 to November 2, 2020! Also... Drilling in National Parks? (Mike WIRTH, National Parks Conservation Association ; Fall 2018) https://www.npca.org/articles/1916-dr...

The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office Seeks Input On Assessment For Oil and Gas Lease Sale In Kern County [Press Release, Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) ; August 26, 2020] https://www.blm.gov/press-release/bureau-land-management-bakersfield-field-office-seeks-input-assessment-oil-and-gas Also... Trump Administration Proposes First Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; August 27, 2020) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-administration-proposes-first-oil-lease-sale-california-eight-years-2020-08-27/ The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office Moving Locations [Press Release, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ; September 3, 2020] https://www.blm.gov/press-release/bureau-land-management-bakersfield-field-office-moving-locations Update: The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office Issues December Oil And Gas Lease Sale Notice, Kern County (Press Release, Bureau ...

Sandbanks of the River Clyde Estuary; Scotland, UK By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dave_souza" title="User:Dave souza">dave souza</a> - <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link The legacy of industrial pollution in estuarine sediments:  spatial and temporal implications for ecosystem stress (RODGERS et al. , 2019) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-019-00316-4 Mercury, n-alkane, and unresolved mixture hydrocarbon pollution in surface sediment across the rural-urban-estuarine continuum of the River Clyde, Scotland, UK (VANE et al. , 2018) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Vane/publication/328916080_Mercury_n-alkane_and_unresolved_complex_mixture_hydrocarbon_pollution_in_surface_sediment_across_the_rural-urban-estuarine_continuum_of_the_River_Clyde_Scotland_UK/links/5d2f052c92851cf4408ab8da/Mercury-n-alkane-and-unresolved-complex-mix...

Trump Moves Closer to Allowing Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge (Bill CHAPPELLE and Liz RUSKIN, NPR ; August 17, 2020) https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903239366/trump-administration-sets-plan-for-oil-drilling-in-arctic-refuge By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/national-parks-reserves-public-domain-images-pictures/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-alaska.jpg">http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/national-parks-reserves-public-domain-images-pictures/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-alaska.jpg</a>, Public Domain, Link By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-i...

Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur in the environment (Kelsey SIMPKINS, University of Colorado at Boulder ; August 10, 2020) https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/08/10/agriculture-replaces-fossil-fuels-largest-human-source-sulfur-environment By Welcome1To1The1Jungle at English Wikipedia , CC BY 3.0 , Link Find more statistics at Statista

Trump Administration Dismantles Bedrock Environmental Law : Center for Biological Diversity: NEPA Gutting Threatens Air, Water, Wildlife, Public Lands... (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; July 15, 2020) When Public Comments Aren’t Public:  Land Agency Holding Records (Bobby MAGILL, Bloomberg Law ; June 24, 2020) https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/when-public-comments-arent-public-land-agency-holding-records President’s Executive Order to Expedite Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Pushes the Envelope on the Interpretation of Emergency Authorities (Sheila McGafferty HARVEY, Reba ZARGHAMEE, Mona E. DAJANI, and Alex PEYTON, Pillsbury Law ; June 15, 2020) https://www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-insights/eo-emergency-powers-infrastructure.html Proposed NEPA Rule Changes [Sharon BUCCINO, The Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) ; March 9, 2020] https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sharon-buccino/proposed-nepa-rule-changes Publicatio...

Geochemical analysis from the last ice age may hold clues for future climate change and preparedness strategies (Marissa SHAPIRO, Vanderbilt University ; July 14, 2020) https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/07/14/geochemical-analysis-from-the-last-ice-age-may-hold-clues-for-future-climate-change-and-preparedness-strategies/ Featured Research Article*: Multi-proxy stalagmite records from Northern California reveal dynamic patterns of regional hydroclimate over the last glacial cycle (OSTER et al. , 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379120303735/pdfft?isDTMRedir=true&download=true (*) = Free Article download available until August 13, 2020 Supplementary Material for OSTER et al. , 2020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/pdf/download/S0277379120303735/attachments By Efbrazil - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Update: Deadly Myanmar mine disaster caused by poor planning, say data sleuths  (Andrew SILVER, Nature; 29 June 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01740-2 _______ Death toll of jade mine collapse reaches 172 in Myanmar’s northernmost state (Huaxia, Xinhua News ; July 3, 2020) http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/03/c_139186638.htm Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Kills At Least 168 (Saw NANG and Richard C. PADDOCK, New York Times ; June 2, 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/asia/myanmar-jade-mine-collapse.html Selected Research Publications: Chapter 6:  The mafic-ultramafic (ophiolitic) rocks of Myanmar (HTAY  et al. , 2017) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khin_Zaw2/publication/321077656_Chapter_6_The_mafic-ultramafic_ophiolitic_rocks_of_Myanmar/links/5ccd5959299bf14d957655f9/Chapter-6-The-mafic-ultramafic-ophiolitic-rocks-of-Myanmar.pdf Na-rich vesuvianite in jadeitite of the Tawmaw jade district, northern Myanmar (NYUNT ...

Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery (News Release, University of Leeds ; 29 June 2020) https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4619/gold_mining_restricts_amazon_rainforest_recovery Featured Research Article: Limited biomass recovery from gold mining in Amazonian forests (KALAMANDEEN et al. , 2020) https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13669 Also... PR | Expert report:  Proposed gold mine in Brazilian Amazon presents unacceptable risk (Rede XINGU and Moviemento XINGU, Vivo para Sempre; International Rivers ; June 17, 2020) https://www.internationalrivers.org/blogs/260/pr-expert-report-proposed-gold-mine-in-brazilian-amazon-presents-unacceptable-risk Gold rush, mercury legacy:  Small-scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting toxic pollution from 1860s California to modern Peru (Jacqueline GERSON, Austin WADLE and Jasmine PARHAM,   The Conversation ; May 28, 2020) https://theconversation.com/gold-r...

By Roger McLassus - Picture taken and uploaded by Roger McLassus., CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link EPA Issues Final Action for Perchlorate in Drinking Water (News Release, U. S. EPA ; June 18, 2020) https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-final-action-perchlorate-drinking-water EPA Blows Up Court Order Over Rocket Fuel Contaminant in Drinking Water (Press Release, NRDC ; June 18, 2020) https://www.nrdc.org/media/2020/200618-0 Publications: Technical Fact Sheet - Perchlorate ( U. S. EPA ; January 2014) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-03/documents/ffrrofactsheet_contaminant_perchlorate_january2014_final.pdf Understanding Units of Measurement ( Terri K. BOGUSKI, 2006 ) https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.files/fileid/14285 Website: Perchlorate [ Human and Ecological Risk Office ( HERO ) - California Department of Toxic Substances Control ] https://dtsc.ca.gov/perchlorate/ Perchlorate Ion

Lake Pyasino ( NASA , 2006) Public Domain, Link Siberian oil spill contaminates Arctic lake [News, Agence France Presse (AFP) , June 9, 2020] Russia says 'years' needed to clean up Arctic spill [News, Agence France Presse (AFP) ; June 10, 2020] https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/russia-says-years-needed-clean-arctic-spill-doc-1t769h1 Update : Russian mining giant admits waste ‘violations’ at Arctic plant [Live News,  France 24/Agence France Presse ( AFP ) ; 28 June 2020] https://www.france24.com/en/20200628-russian-mining-giant-admits-waste-violations-at-arctic-plant Arctic Circle Oil Spill  ( European Space Agency ; 5 June 2020) By Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020, Attribution, Link

Federal Court Holds Dicamba Pesticide Unlawful, Citing Unprecedented Drift Damage to Millions of Acres : The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today ruled that the Trump administration wrongly approved Monsanto’s pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered soy and cotton – a decision that makes the sale and use of the pesticide illegal. The 56-page opinion held the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 registration of the dicamba formulas unlawful because it “substantially understated risks that it acknowledged and failed entirely to acknowledge other risks.” (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; June 4, 2020) UPDATED - Court overturns EPA approval of Bayer dicamba herbicide; say  "understated the risks" (Carey GILLAM, U. S. Right to Know ; June 3, 2020) https://usrtk.org/pesticides/court-orders-epa-approvals-of-bayer-dicamba-herbicide-vacated-says-regulator-understated-the-risks/ Spraying field near Smith River School, Californi...

Trump Administration Again OKs Oil Drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument : C enter for Biological Diversity: BAKERSFIELD, Calif.― On the eve of a holiday weekend and during a global pandemic, the Trump administration last week approved a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument. It would be the first well drilled in the monument since it was established in 2001 . (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; May 26, 2020) By No machine-readable author provided. Antandrus assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, Link By John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California - Own work , CC BY 3.0 , Link

Can Oilfield Water Safely be Reused for Irrigation in California? (News Release, Duke University ; May 22, 2020) Commercial Oil Field Water Holding Facility By Ramirez, Pedro, Jr, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/miscellaneous-public-domain-images-pictures/commercial-oil-field-water-holding-facility.jpg , Public Domain, Link

By NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel. - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92266/the-meandering-estuaries-of-guineabissau , Public Domain, Link Selected Research Articles: Silver and copper as pollution tracers in Neogene to Holocene estuarine sediments from Southwestern Spain (RUIZ et al. , 2020) http://www.academia.edu/download/61910099/1-s2.0-S0025326X19308604-main_compressed.pdf Organic pollutants, heavy metals and toxicity in oil spill impacted salt marsh sediment cores, Staten Island, New York City, USA   (VANE et al. , 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X1930877X Trends in Heavy Metals, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Toxicity From Sediment Cores of the Inner Thames Estuary, London, UK (VANE et al. , 2020) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/em/c9em00430k The legacy of industrial pollution on estuarine:  spatial an...

Fracking gets green light after 9-month pause; Aera receives permits (Janet WILSON, Desert Sun ; April 3, 2020) https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/04/03/calgem-approves-24-fracking-permits-aera-energy-after-9-month-pause/2944712001/ Court OKs Trump repeal of Obama public lands fracking rule (Rachel FRAZIN, The Hill ; March 27, 2020) https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489892-court-oks-trump-repeal-of-obama-public-lands-fracking-rule Court tosses blanket approval for 72,000 new oil wells (Janet WILSON, Desert Sun ; February 25, 2020) https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/02/25/court-tosses-environmental-approval-72-000-kern-county-california-oil-wells/4873711002/ California Court:  Kern County Violating Law By Rubberstamping Oil Drilling (Press Release, EarthJustice ; February 25, 2020) https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/california-court-kern-county-violating-law-by-rubberstamping-oil-drilling Website: Well Stimul...

Clean Water Act Covers Groundwater Discharges, Supreme Court Rules (Adam LIPTAK, New York Times ; April 23, 2020) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/supreme-court-clean-water-act-hawaii.html By Dr, Andrew Fisher - California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

BLM Approves Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area [Press Release, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ; April 23, 2020] https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-approves-haiwee-geothermal-leasing-area Documentation : Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area Environmental Impact Statement ( DOI-BLM-CA-D050-2017-0002-EIS ) https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=99709 Trump team proposes rollback of desert protections to boost Geothermal energy (Louis SAHAGUN,  Phys.org ; January 23, 2020) https://phys.org/news/2020-01-trump-team-rollback-boost-geothermal.html Also... Surface slip during large Owens Valley earthquakes (HADDON et al. , 2016) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015GC006033 Structural Geology and Volcanism of the Owens Valley Region, California - A Geophysical Study (PAKISER et al. , 1964) https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0438/report.pdf Owens Valley, CA By Joh...

By Rennett Stowe from USA - Coal-fired Power Plant , CC BY 2.0 , Link Trump EPA to Ease Limits on Mercury Emissions From Coal Plants : Despite bipartisan opposition in Congress, and from environmentalists and the entire electric utility industry, the Environmental Protection Agency today is expected to dramatically weaken federal air pollution standards the agency’s own scientists had estimated would prevent thousands of heart and asthma attacks, and deaths, each year. [Press Release, Environmental Working Group (EWG) ; April 16, 2020] Documentation : Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants Electronic Reporting Revisions (Proposed Rule,  EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794-4416 ) https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794-4416 N. B.:  30 Day Public Comment Period for  EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0794   is from April 10, 2020 to May 10, 2020 ! By U.S. Government Accountability Office from Washington, DC, United States - Figure 1: ...

Work starts in Montana on the disputed Canada-US oil pipeline (Matthew BROWN, Associated Press ; April 7, 2020) https://apnews.com/7f0cdac0895b7c4850a9c7d7056b6408 Builder of Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Says It’s Moving Forward (Jeff BRADY, NPR ; March 31, 2020) https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/824445928/builder-of-controversial-keystone-xl-pipeline-says-its-moving-forward Trump Moves to Gut NEPA, Bedrock U. S. Environmental Law, Would Slash Protection for Air, Water Wildlife (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; March 10, 2020) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-move-gut-nepa-bedrock-us-environmental-law-would-slash-protection-air-water-wildlife-2020-03-10/ Conservation Groups Argue in Federal Court That Trump’s Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Was Illegal:   Approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act   (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; March 6, 2020)...

7,000 gallons of sewage from San Onofre nuclear plant spills a mile into the ocean (Rob NIKOLEWSKI, San Diego Union-Tribune ; March 27, 2020) https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2020-03-27/songs-sewage-release San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Image:  Jelson25 ;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en )

Idle Oil Well in Coalinga Oil Field - Fresno County, CA  (Image:  Antandrus;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en ) Deserted oil wells haunt Los Angeles with toxic fumes and enormous cleanup costs (Mark OLALDE and Ryan MENEZES, Los Angeles Times ; March 5, 2020) https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-05/deserted-oil-wells-los-angeles-toxic-fumes-cleanup-costs The toxic legacy of old oil wells:  California’s multibillion-dollar problem (Mark OLALDE and Ryan MENEZES,  Los Angeles Times ; February 6, 2020) https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-oil-well-drilling-idle-cleanup/ Report:  $550 Million Needed to Plug Abandoned California Oil, Gas Wells (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; January 24, 2020) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/report-550-million-needed-plug-abandoned-california-oil-gas-wells-2020-01-24/ (Image:   Wikimedia Commons - P...

Oil leak resumes near McKittrick (John COX, Bakersfield Californian ; March 2, 2020) https://www.bakersfield.com/news/oil-leak-resumes-near-mckittrick/article_08f341b4-5ce3-11ea-b4c5-478e1e3925a5.html By Antandrus at the English Wikipedia , CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link