States are working to find solutions to make their air and water cleaner and safer for their communities but the path is not always clear-cut. A case before the Supreme Court questions if states are doing as much as they can. The EPA Good Neighbor Plan demands 23 states reduce the amount of industrial facility smog over concerns the pollutants are contaminating nearby states. .
A Texas group is on a mission to reform how the state monitors and repairs oil and gas pipeline leaks. More than 480,000 miles of pipeline run across the state, carrying everything from oil to natural gas to hazardous liquids. Executive Director of the group Commission Shift - Virginia Palacios - says people often aren t aware of what lies beneath their neighborhoods, and potentially dangerous pipeline leaks in some areas are going unrepaired. .
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A new report found four dams in the Columbia River Basin are big emitters of methane. Research from the organization Tell The Dam Truth showed the four lower Snake River dams in eastern Washington emit the equivalent of 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year. Robin Everett, deputy western region field director for the Sierra Club, said it undercuts some of the claims the dams are helping provide the region with clean energy. .