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Pipeline in fatal blast had a dime‑sized hole in it
A natural gas pipeline that exploded in Texas, killing a 3-year-old girl, had been leaking gas through a dime-sized hole for some time, records show.
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Mike Soraghan and Mike Lee, E&E News reporters
A natural gas pipeline that exploded in Texas, killing a 3-year-old girl, had been leaking gas through a dime-sized hole for some time, records show.
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By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
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Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire