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Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

22 attorneys general oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with 'forever chemicals'

Twenty-two attorneys general, including Pennsylvania's, want a federal court to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with PFAS chemicals.

Heather Bable and her son Ashton poses for a photograph, Feb. 25, at Sprinklz On Top restaurant in East Palestine, Ohio. Bable and her children live less than a half-mile from where a train derailed in a fiery crash Feb. 3, forcing them to evacuate and raising fears about contamination of air, soil and water. Bable her family have lived in East Palestine for four generations but she says she no longer feels safe there and is seeking a new home.

Environment & Energy

Aches, rashes and fear: Trauma remains after Ohio derailment

John Flesher | Associated Press

Headaches, congestion, itchy skin rashes — and fear. That’s what many residents are experiencing a month after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

This undated photo provided by the Fish and Wildlife Service shows running buffalo clover. The native plant called running buffalo clover is being removed from the federal endangered species list. The perennial was once thought to be extinct but turned up in West Virginia in 1983. It since has been found in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Environment & Energy

Native Clover Species Being Dropped From Endangered List

John Flesher | Associated Press

A native plant called running buffalo clover is being removed from the federal endangered species list.