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EPA report identifies hot spots for hazardous spills into drinking water sources
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EPA report identifies hot spots for hazardous spills into drinking water sources

An EPA report details incidents of toxic spills into groundwater, rivers, or lakes used for drinking water. The data from 2010-2019 provides the most comprehensive report to date on such spills.
Seas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta, scientists say
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Seas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta, scientists say

The river brings tons of sediment downstream, forming new land, but it can't keep pace with the fast-rising seas.

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