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US Oil And Gas Production Set To Break Record In 2023 Despite UN Treaty [9]

"The United States is poised to extract more oil and gas than ever before in 2023, a year that is certain to be the hottest ever recorded, providing a daunting backdrop to crucial United Nations climate talks that hold the hope of an agreement to end the era of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 11/28/2023
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"Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms" [18]

"A POLITICO investigation has found that many of the deals to save water under the three-year $1.2 billion pact struck by Arizona, California and Nevada in May are driving up the value of existing agreements to save or transfer water by nearly 50 percent."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Politico [23], 11/28/2023
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"US Prepares Wave Of Methane Rules On Oil And Gas Industry" [24]

"President Joe Biden pledged to use “all available tools” to rein in methane when he was elected three years ago. Now his promise is coming due."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [25], 11/28/2023
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"Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Plan To ‘Hook’ Poor Countries On Oil" [26]

"Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Transportation [27]
Public [15]
International [28]
Middle East [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 11/28/2023
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"In Alabama, Another Small-Town Paper Hit In ‘Open Season’ On Free Press" [31]

"It’s an increasingly familiar drama: Local authorities go after journalists and publishers of small papers, which find themselves on the First Amendment’s front lines."

Journalism & Media [32]
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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 11/28/2023
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"Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories" [35]

"An Energy Department program designed to create jobs and manufacturing in communities reliant on fossil fuels is backing projects in West Virginia, Colorado and elsewhere."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [37], 11/28/2023
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Sea Turtle Nests Break Records On US Beaches, But Warming Threatens Survival [38]

"Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: AP [41], 11/28/2023
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‘We Absolutely Need To Act Immediately,’ Says UN Chief in Antarctica [42]

"Ahead of international climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice that’s been frozen for millions of years is melting due to human-caused global warming, to send the message that “we absolutely need to act immediately.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
International [28]
Source: AP [43], 11/27/2023
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"BLM Ends Use of M-44 'Cyanide Bombs' On Public Lands" [44]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking action to end the use of M-44 devices that deliver sodium cyanide on public land. This decision would build on existing limitations in several States and extend across all public lands managed by the BLM."

Biodiversity [39]
Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [46]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [47]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Idaho State Journal [48], 11/27/2023
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"New Jersey To Phase Out New Gas-Powered Vehicles By 2035" [49]

"New Jersey will phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, joining states such as California and New York, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [20]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [27]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Source: The Hill [51], 11/27/2023
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"As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change" [52]

"In a country where the value of land often depends on access to water, powerful interests in agriculture, heavy industry and real estate draw vast amounts of water out of the ground. For generations, that water has been treated as an unlimited resource in much of the United States, freely available to anyone who owns a piece of land and can drill a well. Entire local economies have been built around the assumption that the water will never run out."

Agriculture [19]
Economy & Business [11]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 11/27/2023
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"Highway Agency Finalizes Contentious Climate Rule" [56]

"The Federal Highway Administration announced a sweeping greenhouse gas rule that will require state and local transportation officials to set declining emissions targets for road projects funded with federal money."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [57], 11/27/2023
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"U.S. Gas Prices Plunging as Holiday Travelers Hit the Road" [58]

"With OPEC Plus members in disarray over production levels, oil prices have fallen nearly 20 percent in three months." "U.S. gasoline prices are plunging just in time for Thanksgiving, and with the OPEC Plus oil cartel in apparent disarray, they could be heading lower for Christmas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Transportation [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [28]
Source: NYTimes [59], 11/27/2023
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"Wild Turkeys Are Disappearing — But No One Is Sure Why" [60]

"In many parts of the country, turkeys are on the decline in the wild — but scientists aren’t sure why".

Biodiversity [39]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [61], 11/27/2023
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"The Protein Problem: Raising Better Beef" [62]

"No food is harder on the environment than beef. Here's how ranchers and researchers are trying to make burgers less burdensome."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [20]
Food [63]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [28]
Source: AP [64], 11/27/2023
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