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Maryland Sues GORE-TEX Company For Polluting Water With PFAS Chemicals [9]

"Maryland is suing Cecil County-based manufacturing giant W.L. Gore & Associates for knowingly polluting the air and surrounding water with toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)."

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Source: CBS News [19], 12/23/2024
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WH Scientists Call For National Effort To Curb Groundwater Depletion [20]

"Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers. But in a new report for the White House, scientists say the country is facing serious and unprecedented groundwater challenges that call for the federal government to play a larger role."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [22]
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Source: LA Times [26], 12/23/2024
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"Chart: Wind And Solar Overtook Coal On The US Grid In 2024" [27]

"In a first for the country, solar and wind generated more electricity than coal over most of 2024. The two renewable energy sources provided a record 17 percent of U.S. electricity from January to November, while coal contributed 15 percent, according to data from think tank Ember."

Climate Change [22]
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Source: Canary Media [30], 12/23/2024
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Gas Leaks Must Be Fixed By Utilities In New Proposed PHMSA Rule [31]

"Melissa Ostroff finds gas leaks for a living, so it was surprising to hear someone say they smelled gas in her own home."

Climate Change [22]
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Source: NPR [33], 12/23/2024
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"Trump Vows To Rename Denali As Mount Mckinley" [34]

"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901."

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Source: Reuters [39], 12/23/2024
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EPA Approves California Electric Car Mandate. Will Trump Try To Revoke It? [40]

"The Biden administration today approved California’s groundbreaking mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars just weeks before the incoming Trump administration poses a threat of overturning electric vehicle and climate rules."

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Source: CalMatters [43], 12/20/2024
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"Biden Declares Tougher 2035 Emissions Targets Weeks Before Trump Return" [44]

"Joe Biden has announced tougher targets on the US’s carbon dioxide emissions for the next decade, in a defiant final gesture intended as a “capstone” on his legacy on the climate."

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International [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 12/20/2024
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Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods [47]

"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline."

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Source: Public Health Watch [49], 12/20/2024
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How A Public University Courted The Gas Industry Despite Climate Impacts [50]

"As the liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom gained momentum in southwest Louisiana, one public institution of higher learning, McNeese State University, courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and The Guardian."

Climate Change [22]
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Science [52]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog/Guardian [53], 12/20/2024
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Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways [54]

"Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project."

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Source: EHN [55], 12/20/2024
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Race Is On To Save The Everglades And Protect A Key Drinking Water Source [56]

"The Everglades ecosystem was degraded and transformed when a highway connecting Tampa and Miami was built in 1928, cutting through a mosaic of prairies, sawgrass marshes, freshwater ponds and forested uplands. Sections of the road are now being elevated to restore water flows into the Shark River Slough – a vital restoration area deep in the Everglades National Park."

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Source: AP [58], 12/20/2024
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"Who Are Climate Migrants And What Can The World Do For Them?" [59]

"With 2024 set to become the hottest year on record, growing climate extremes mean some places around the world will become uninhabitable and that could lead to mass migration."

Climate Change [22]
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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [61], 12/20/2024
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"US Grid Monitor Gives Grim Warning Of Power Supply Risks" [62]

"Additions of clean electricity generation and power lines are falling farther behind the pace of retiring coal and gas plants and surging data center and industrial demand, said the grid’s reliability monitor in an unusually grim outlook for the nation."

Climate Change [22]
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Infrastructure [32]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [63], 12/20/2024
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"Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen" [64]

"Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home."

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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [65], 12/20/2024
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"Rising Tides Are Coming For Lee Zeldin’s Hometown" [66]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA lives in an area at high risk for flooding that gets federal support for climate mitigation."

Climate Change [22]
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Water & Oceans [15]
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Source: E&E News [67], 12/20/2024
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