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Great Basin Tribes Want Massacre Site In Nevada Named National Monument [9]

"White attackers turned a lush, high desert oasis in eastern Nevada, with its bubbling springs and a rare stand of Rocky Mountain junipers, into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there in the 1800s — a horrific history once retold in hushed tones behind closed doors."

Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Source: AP [16], 01/30/2024
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"That Giant Extinct Shark, Megalodon? Maybe It Wasn't So Mega" [17]

"The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NPR [22], 01/30/2024
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"Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals" [23]

"President Biden on Friday paused the permitting process for new liquefied natural gas export facilities in order to analyze their impact on climate change, the economy and national security."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [27], 01/29/2024
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"The Propane Industry Is Trying To Dupe You" [28]

"Members of a propane industry lobbying group strategized to downplay the full climate impacts of propane and market it as “renewable” or “clean energy”, recordings reviewed by the climate newsletter Heated and the Guardian reveal."

Climate Change [24]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HEATED [31], 01/29/2024
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Bayer Ordered To Pay $2.25B As Jury Links Herbicide Roundup To Cancer [32]

"A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a man who said he developed cancer from using the company’s weed killer, Roundup."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [36], 01/29/2024
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Demand Has Plunged 80% Since California Cut Home Solar Payments [37]

"As rooftop solar projects have plummeted, about 17,000 workers could lose their jobs. Will this derail the state’s climate and clean energy goals?"

Climate Change [24]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
California [38]
Source: CalMatters [39], 01/29/2024
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Texas Companies Released 1 Million Pounds Of Excess Pollution During Cold [40]

"Frigid weather this month caused industrial facilities across Texas to release unplanned air pollution as machinery froze, power went out and icy conditions blocked service crews."

Environmental Health [35]
Pollution [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Texas Tribune/ICN [43], 01/29/2024
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"Since Ohio Train Derailment, Accidents Have Gone Up, Not Down" [44]

"The total number of accidents for the top five freight railroads increased, and Congress still hasn’t passed legislation to prevent similar disasters."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [45]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [35]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/29/2024
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Avian Flu Devastates Farms In Calif. ‘Egg Basket,’ Roiling Poultry Industry [49]

"Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County north of San Francisco."

Agriculture [33]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [35]
Food [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [38]
Source: AP [51], 01/29/2024
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"What Are The Odds That Extreme Weather Will Lead To A Global Food Shock?" [52]

"Envision, for a moment, a multiyear period of extreme weather, including heat waves, freezes, droughts, floods, and windstorms, topped off by extreme weather during an El Niño event, leading to major crop failures in the U.S. A disruption of the global agricultural and food supply chain results, leading to panic buying and price shocks."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [45]
Food [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [21]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [53], 01/29/2024
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"The Push to Save the Coho at Dry Creek" [54]

"The Warm Springs Dam isn’t coming down anytime soon. Conservationists want to use it to help save salmon."

Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [46]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
California [38]
Source: Sierra [55], 01/29/2024
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Megabats: Adelaide Adjusts To New And Growing Colonies Of Flying Foxes [56]

"With wingspans over a metre and an insatiable love for fruit and nectar, grey-headed flying foxes have settled in massive numbers across South Australia".

Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 01/29/2024
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"Pollution Has Made Houston Ship Channel Communities A ‘Sacrifice Zone’" [60]

"The average life expectancy in predominantly nonwhite communities along the Houston Ship Channel, the site of largely unregulated petrochemical production, is up to 20 years less than nearby predominantly white communities, according to a report released Thursday by Amnesty International"

Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [61]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: The Hill [62], 01/26/2024
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Brazil Orders Vale, BHP, Samarco To Pay $9.7 Bln Damages For Dam Disaster [63]

"A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais ($9.67 billion) in damages for a 2015 tailings dam burst, according to a legal decision on Thursday seen by Reuters."

Disasters [45]
Environmental Justice [10]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
South America [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 01/26/2024
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"This Georgia Refinery Is Making Low-Carbon Jet Fuel From Alcohol" [66]

"On Wednesday, LanzaJet marked the opening of its Freedom Pines Fuels facility, which uses novel technology to convert ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF. The $200 million biorefinery is the first in the world to deploy an “alcohol-to-jet” process, one that the company claims can curb greenhouse gas emissions by over 70 percent compared to conventional jet fuel."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Transportation [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [67], 01/26/2024
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