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Air, soil, water and dust: New study focuses on long-term health impacts of LA wildfire pollution
A team of researchers say they want to look at what exposure to toxins from thousands of burned structures does to people ...
Opinion - The Los Angeles wildfires are finally contained, but Californians still aren’t safe
The smoke may be temporary, but toxic air pollution is an ever-present danger with effects that linger for generations.
Feds will not test soil after LA fires cleanup. Experts warn more testing is needed.
Experts told USA TODAY that further testing is needed to help communities understand the risks of lingering L.A. wildfire ...
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Scientists are racing to discover the depth of ocean damage sparked by the LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES — On a recent Sunday, Tracy Quinn drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to assess damage wrought upon the coastline by the Palisades Fire. The water line was darkened by ash.
Trump funding freeze halts key environmental projects in Los Angeles area
President Trump’s freeze on federal spending has halted a $20 million project for new trees, including in Altadena.
Trump targets paper straw purchases by federal government — and won’t stop there
An executive order from President Trump will negate a Biden initiative that required federal procurement offices to purchase ...
As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America’s most toxic sites are uncertain
For nearly 100 years, the former Exide plant melted lead-acid car batteries that polluted properties in the mostly Latino ...
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Who gets to rebuild? Los Angeles fires expose the weakness of U.S. home insurance.
The Los Angeles wildfires change the conversation ... breakdown of infrastructure networks, water shortages, air pollution, and more. The new normal has only just begun. Andrew J.
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Trump funding freeze halts key environmental projects in Los Angeles area
President Trump’s federal funding freeze has halted two environmental improvement projects in Los Angeles County worth ... for greening less-affluent, pollution-burdened communities.