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"Water-Rich Gila River Tribe Near Phoenix Flexes Its Political Muscles" [9]

"Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe’s rights to water in the Southwest, eventually securing in 2004 the largest Native American water settlement in U.S. history."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [20], 06/28/2024
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"Environmental Rulings To Watch At The Supreme Court" [21]

"As the Supreme Court gets ready to issue the final rulings of the term, the justices are still sitting on a handful of cases that could deal a blow to environmental protections and agency powers."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [24], 06/27/2024
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"Trump Says Clean Energy Is a Scam. That Could Benefit China, Experts Say." [25]

"President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 06/27/2024
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"Summer Heat Brings New Misery To Palestinians In Israel's Gaza Campaign" [31]

"Sweltering summer weather is worsening conditions in Gaza where nearly all the 2.3 million inhabitants have been driven from their homes by Israel's military campaign and where there is almost no electricity and little clean water."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [10]
Military [33]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Middle East [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 06/27/2024
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"US Rep. John Curtis Wins Utah GOP Primary For Romney’s Open Seat" [36]

"A pair of moderate Utah Republicans won primary elections Tuesday for U.S. Senate and governor over far-right candidates who are loyalists to former President Donald Trump, the latest example of how Utah is a rare Republican state that doesn’t fully embrace Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Source: AP [38], 06/27/2024
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"The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish" [39]

"Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [32]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/27/2024
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"He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night." [41]

"Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better."

Disasters [32]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [42]
Technology [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/27/2024
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U.S. Acknowledged the Harm Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out [45]

"The Biden administration said officials historically gave “little, if any, consideration” to impacts on tribal fishing. But some sought deliberately to upend the harvest, according to documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting."

Biodiversity [46]
Environmental Justice [10]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [48]
Source: OPB/ProPublica [49], 06/27/2024
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"Protecting 1.2% of Earth Would Prevent Most Extinctions, Study Says" [50]

"Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions and cost about $263 billion, according to a study published on Tuesday."

Biodiversity [46]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [51]
Public [17]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/27/2024
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"Latino Environmental Group Launches Climate Campaign" [53]

"A top Latino environmental group is launching a series of bilingual ads on Monday, highlighting climate change as an issue that disproportionately affects Hispanics."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [54]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [55], 06/27/2024
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"Canada Reopens Cod Fishery After 32-Year Pause To Replenish Stocks" [56]

"Canada said on Wednesday it would allow some commercial fishing of cod to restart off its northeastern Atlantic coast, more than 30 years after it was shut down to protect plummeting stocks."

Fish & Fisheries [47]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Canada [57]
Source: Reuters [58], 06/27/2024
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Railroad Erred In Burning Vinyl Chloride Cars In East Palestine: NTSB [59]

"Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and trackside detectors that might have prevented the crash failed to accurately detect the temperature of a burning wheel bearing 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) beforehand, according to the National Transportation Safety Board."

Chemicals [60]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [23]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [61]
Transportation [62]
Public [17]
Source: AP [63], 06/26/2024
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"Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam At Risk Of Failing As Floods Hit Midwest" [64]

"Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [23]
Infrastructure [12]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: Washington Post [67], 06/26/2024
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"Supreme Court Could Curb NEPA Reviews Next Term" [68]

"The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to setting new limits for how agencies account for climate and environmental risks for new projects." "The case follows the court’s recent trend of picking up controversial environmental issues."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [69]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [61]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [70], 06/26/2024
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"How a Top Climate Consultancy is Greenwashing Fossil Fuels" [71]

"Last spring, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), a trade organization representing offshore oil and gas producers, made a startling claim: Producing more oil in the Gulf of Mexico can help “[drive] climate progress forward.”

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Journalism & Media [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Drilled [72], 06/26/2024
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