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Appeals Court Rules Nc’S Ag-Gag Law Is Unconstitutional [9]

"In a split decision the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that North Carolina’s “ag-gag law” is unconstitutional and infringes on free speech."

Agriculture [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: NC Policy Watch [16], 02/24/2023
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He Ran The NAACP. Now He’s Leading Sierra Club’s Fight On Climate [17]

"Leading one of America’s largest and most influential environmental advocacy groups has never been an easy task."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
People & Population [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: LA Times [23], 02/24/2023
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"Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks In Focus On Visit To Ohio Toxic Train Site" [24]

"Donald Trump’s record of rolling back environmental protections was highlighted by critics on Wednesday as the ex-president visited the town of East Palestine, Ohio, and called the federal response to the toxic train derailment there earlier this month a “betrayal”.

Environmental Health [25]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [26], 02/23/2023
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"Railroads Fought to Crush Rules That Biden Aims to Revive After Ohio Derailment" [27]

"Long before this month’s fiery derailment, railroad industry leaders battled regulations meant to boost freight train safety, including plans to bolster some of the very same tank cars that ruptured and released chemicals in eastern Ohio."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Green [32], 02/23/2023
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Feds Slash Gulf Wind Farm Areas To Make Room For Drilling, Shipping, Fishing [33]

"A new wind energy lease sale plan released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management slashes the Gulf’s offshore wind energy development areas by two-thirds, potentially reducing the amount of jobs and clean energy the region’s leaders had hoped wind farms would generate in the coming years."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [38], 02/23/2023
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"Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued by Billions, Study Finds" [39]

"American homes in flood zones are overvalued by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [40]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [41]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [42], 02/23/2023
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"Australia To Make Area The Size Of Germany A Marine Park In Southern Ocean" [43]

"The Australian government plans to make an area about the size of Germany in the Southern Ocean a marine zone, strengthening protections around Macquarie Island for millions of penguins and seals."

Biodiversity [44]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [45]
Australia & Oceania [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 02/23/2023
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"Pay and Plug: Federal Funds Spur Cleanup of Lost Oil Wells" [48]

"The National Park Service has started closing orphaned wells using money provided under legislation signed by President Biden."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [50], 02/23/2023
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"How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere." [51]

"Polar bears in the Arctic and plankton in the Pacific. Cardinals in Atlanta and crocodiles in South Africa." "Researchers created a map showing where PFAS compounds, linked to cancer in humans, have been detected in wildlife. It spans the globe."

Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [25]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [49]
Wildlife [52]
Public [13]
International [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 02/23/2023
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"Citing Birds And Bees, Groups Petition EPA To Close Pesticide Loophole" [55]

"The US should overhaul regulation of a class of insecticides tied to excessive honey bee and bird deaths, according to a citizen petition filed Wednesday with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a coalition of more than 60 nonprofit groups."

Activism [18]
Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [56], 02/23/2023
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"EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says" [57]

"Adjusting for inflation, the budget for the EPA’s main enforcement and compliance programs hit an 11-year low in fiscal 2022, sinking below levels set during the Trump era, according to a new independent analysis."

Environmental Health [25]
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Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 02/23/2023
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"Marine Commission: Whale Deaths Not Linked To Wind Prep Work" [59]

"An independent scientific agency that advises the federal government on policies that could impact marine mammals said there is no evidence linking site preparation work for offshore wind farms with a number of whale deaths along the U.S. East Coast."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Studies [60]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [61], 02/23/2023
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Huge Winter Storm Churns Across Northern US, Threatening Record Snowfall [62]

"A massive winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making road travel treacherous and disrupting air travel."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [63], 02/22/2023
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"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response" [64]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the disaster."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [49]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 02/22/2023
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"A Sudden Rush to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream" [67]

"A flurry of investments, policy changes and technological breakthroughs is giving a jolt of energy to the nascent market for sustainable aviation fuel, a low-carbon alternative to traditional jet fuel made from crude oil."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [53]
Source: NYTimes [68], 02/22/2023
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