"Court Rulings Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater"
"In the space of a few weeks, judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers."
Source: NYTimes, 03/04/2024
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Appeals Court Ruling Could Allow Mine On Oak Flat, Land Sacred To Apaches
"An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project."
Source: AP, 03/04/2024Three Iditarod Champions Vie As Race Kicks Off With Ceremonial Start
"The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off with brisk, gusting winds and sunny skies at the race’s ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, amid hundreds of barking sled dogs and thousands of cheering race fans."
Source: Alaska Public Media, 03/04/2024"E.P.A. to Exempt Existing Gas Plants From Tough New Rules, for Now"
"Facing intense opposition from major industries and some Democrats, the Biden administration on Thursday said it would delay the most contentious element of its plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions from power plants."
Source: NYTimes, 03/01/2024"Watchdog Slams EPA Response To Pet Collar Woes"
"EPA should figure out the risks of pesticide-laced pet collars linked to thousands of injuries, according to an Office of Inspector General report released Thursday."
Source: E&E News, 03/01/2024Blizzard Warning As Storm Packing Up To 10 Feet Of Snow Moves Into Sierra
"Much of the Sierra Nevada was under a blizzard warning Thursday as a storm that forecasters say is shaping up to be the strongest of the season began to blow into the region."
Source: AP, 03/01/2024Study Says 2023’s Crazy Atlantic Ocean Heat Foretells Much Hotter World
"Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. They are more like what happens at twice this amount of warming, a new study said."
Source: AP, 03/01/2024Parties Near Settlement Over Tribal Rights To Colorado River Water
"A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it."
Source: AP, 03/01/2024"Clothes Washers, Dryers Get Biden Energy Efficiency Upgrade"
"The Biden administration announced final rules on Thursday that impose updated energy efficiency requirements for residential clothes washers and dryers, the latest in a series of appliance standards required by a legal settlement."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/01/2024"Colorado Landowners Sue Oil Company Over Clean-Up Of ‘Orphaned’ Well"
"Group claims oil firms transferred depleted wells to another company which then conspired to avoid clean-up through fraud".
Source: Guardian, 03/01/2024Invisible Chemical Is Poisoning Thousands Of Unsuspecting Warehouse Workers
"Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it."
Source: Grist, 03/01/2024As Ticks Spread, US Nears Understanding The True Extent Of Lyme Disease
"A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done."
Source: Grist, 03/01/2024"The Best Wildlife Cams to Celebrate World Wildlife Day"
"These live streams provide a front-row seat to wildlife across the globe".
Source: Sierra, 03/01/2024Wildfire Grows Into One Of Largest In Texas History, Menacing Towns
"A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches."
Source: AP, 02/29/2024"Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Agreement"
"Congressional leaders struck a government funding deal Wednesday on half a dozen annual spending bills alongside a stopgap that pushes two shutdown deadlines later into March, according to a senior leadership aide."
Source: E&E News, 02/29/2024
