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Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Park Fire Destruction [9]

"California’s latest historic wildfire serves as a stark reminder of the regenerative promise of Indigenous cultural burning, practitioners say."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 09/03/2024
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Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land [19]

"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: AP [29], 09/03/2024
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Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say [30]

"Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posting a quiet but growing threat."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [33], 09/03/2024
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"Too Hot For Trout: Why Some Fly Fishers Are Rethinking Their Approach [34]

"In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves around it, she says, standing in the shade of tall pines on the banks of the Blackfoot River."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Source: NPR [38], 09/03/2024
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"Former Nevada Official Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of Reporter" [39]

"A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury on Wednesday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years."

Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [41], 08/30/2024
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"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres" [42]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: E&E News [45], 08/30/2024
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EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content [46]

"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [47]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: ProPublica [48], 08/30/2024
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"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor" [49]

"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
International [50]
Source: E&E News [51], 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees. [52]

"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [53], 08/30/2024
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [54]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [55]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [56], 08/30/2024
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As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power [57]

"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 08/30/2024
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"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development" [59]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Infrastructure [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [60], 08/30/2024
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Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill [61]

"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Military [62]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
Middle East [63]
Source: AP [64], 08/30/2024
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"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks" [65]

"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."

Energy & Fuel [43]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Transportation [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [66], 08/30/2024
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Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk [67]

"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."

Agriculture [55]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [26]
Science [68]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 08/29/2024
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