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42 California Dams Need Repairs. But Newsom, Legislators Battle Over Funding [9]

"Several dozen dams throughout California could store up to 107 billion more gallons of water if they underwent repairs to fix safety problems. But facing a staggering state deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed cutting funding for a dam repair grant program in half this year, while state legislators want the $50 million restored."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: CalMatters [18], 06/17/2024
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Unsafe Levels Of E. Coli Found In Paris’ Seine River As Olympics Near [19]

"Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday."

Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [24]
Europe [25]
Source: AP [26], 06/17/2024
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"On Farms, ‘Plasticulture’ Persists" [27]

"U.S. farms are covered in plastic, from the sides of greenhouses to plastic mulch, hoop houses, irrigation tubes, and more. As it degrades, plastic accumulates in soil and in plants, with potential threats to food safety."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Civil Eats [31], 06/17/2024
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"How Grassroots Climate Activists Are Taking On Big Tech" [32]

"In Virginia, a small conservation group is leading the fight against the powerful and secretive data center industry."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [21]
Pollution [23]
Technology [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: HEATED [36], 06/17/2024
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"Are Plants Intelligent? If So, What Does That Mean for Your Salad?" [37]

"A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [38]
Forests [39]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/17/2024
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"Azerbaijan Accused Of Media Crackdown Before Hosting Cop29" [41]

"State reportedly arrested at least 25 journalists and activists in last year as it prepares for September climate summit".

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [42]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [44], 06/14/2024
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Storm-Battered Florida Braces For A Fourth Day Of Floods After Downpours [45]

"Heavy rainfall that’s caused unrelenting flooding in South Florida since Tuesday will continue for a fourth consecutive day after turning roads into canals and forcing some residents to stand on the roofs of their cars or trudge through waist-deep waters."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: CNN [47], 06/14/2024
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"How Biden Beat The Clock On Big Environmental Regs" [48]

"President Joe Biden’s regulators recently finalized a flood of major energy and environmental rules in hopes that they’ll stick even if Donald Trump returns to the White House."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: E&E News [50], 06/14/2024
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"California Heat Protections At Risk From Push To Exclude Prisons" [51]

"A proposal to exclude prisons from California's long-awaited rules to protect indoor workers from extreme heat threatens to delay implementation until well into the summer or kill off the safeguards altogether, labour rights advocates say."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [43]
People & Population [52]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [53], 06/14/2024
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Makah Tribe Wins U.S. Waiver To Resume Hunting Pacific Gray Whales [54]

"After a decades-long struggle, a Native American tribe won the right to resume its hunting traditions off Washington state's coast when federal regulators granted a waiver on Thursday allowing the Makah people to hunt up to 25 gray whales over a decade."

Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [52]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [56]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [58]
Source: Reuters [59], 06/14/2024
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"Climate Change Funding Talks Stuck Ahead Of COP29 Summit" [60]

"With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [61]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [62], 06/14/2024
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"Senate Confirms Nominees To Energy Panel" [63]

"The Senate has confirmed three nominees to a bipartisan energy regulatory board."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [64]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: The Hill [65], 06/14/2024
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"EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints" [66]

"HONOLULU — A community-led group formed to provide public oversight of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility will be shut down after the committee refused to cede control of the meetings to the military."

Activism [33]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [67]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [69], 06/14/2024
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Cooler, Hurricane-Boosting La Niña To Replace El Niño [70]

"The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It’s cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [30]
International [24]
Source: AP [71], 06/14/2024
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Hawaii's Birds Are Going Extinct. Last Hope Could Be Millions Of Mosquitoes [72]

"Every week at the Maui airport, a small helicopter gets loaded with 250,000 passengers. They're male mosquitoes, key players in a strategy that could be the last, best hope for Hawaii's endangered birds."

Biodiversity [38]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [57]
Public [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: NPR [73], 06/14/2024
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