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Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution [9]

"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: The New Lede [19], 02/22/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [20]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Canada [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 02/22/2024
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Another Climate Impact Hits Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City [30]

"L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [21]
Infrastructure [32]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 02/22/2024
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"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes" [35]

"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [37], 02/22/2024
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Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report [38]

"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [14]
Science [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [42], 02/22/2024
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‘Reactivating’ Floodplains Along Rivers Can Be A Water Solution For Calif. [43]

"California has lost most of its natural wetlands as rivers have been cut off from their natural floodplains. And it’s pretty remarkable what can be achieved when rivers are given space to reconnect with floodplains."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [44]
Disasters [21]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [46], 02/22/2024
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100s Coming To Tahiti For Olympic Surfing. Can It Protect Its Way Of Life? [47]

"Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago."

Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [40]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
International [48]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: AP [50], 02/22/2024
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"Rich Countries’ Squabbling Undermines Historic Climate Deal" [51]

"Aid for victims of climate change is in danger of being delayed as wealthy countries brawl over who gets to sit on the board of a new global fund."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [16]
International [48]
Source: Politico [52], 02/21/2024
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Pollution Rule [53]

"The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in an important environmental case that centers on the obligation to be a "good neighbor." Lawyers representing three states, companies and industry groups will ask the justices to block a federal rule that's intended to limit ozone air pollution."

Air [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [54], 02/21/2024
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"For these Tribes, the Return of the Bighorn Brings Back a Way of Life" [55]

"The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation align the principles of conservation with tradition".

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Justice [23]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: YES! [56], 02/21/2024
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"Private Landowners Are the Missing Link for Prescribed Burns" [57]

"Community organizations teach individuals to manage their land with fire in states like Georgia, where 93 percent of the land is privately owned".

Forests [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: Sierra [60], 02/21/2024
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"Trump-ERA EPA Chemicals Chief To Lead Pesticides Group" [61]

"Alexandra Dunn, who led the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention for two years, has been named CropLife America’s new president and CEO."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 02/21/2024
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"Does LNG Really Fight Climate Change? 5 Common LNG claims, Examined" [63]

"American liquefied natural gas exports surged from basically nothing just eight years ago to a formidable force reshaping domestic and global politics. Now, thanks to the Biden administration’s recent pause on approvals of new LNG projects, it’s become the hottest topic in U.S. energy news. It’s also one of the most confusing."

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [48]
Source: Canary Media [64], 02/21/2024
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"How US Protectionism Is Holding Back The Country’s Offshore Wind Plans" [65]

"The Biden admin has an ambitious target for new offshore wind farms — but a 100-year-old law is slowing down construction and ratcheting up installation costs."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [66]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Hakai [67], 02/21/2024
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Lax Calif. Pesticide Regulation Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges [68]

"A broad coalition of pesticide-reform groups representing California farmworkers and their families called on the state attorney general to investigate systematic civil rights violations last week at a press briefing in Watsonville, a strawberry-growing stronghold about 90 miles south of San Francisco."

Activism [69]
Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 02/21/2024
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