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"Senate Adds Language Blocking Gas Stove Ban To Appropriations Bill" [9]

"Language blocking a ban on gas stoves has been incorporated into a bipartisan Senate appropriations bill, giving it a significant chance to ultimately become law."

Air [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 07/18/2023
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9th Circuit Denies Bid By Greens And Tribes To Block Nevada Lithium Mine [18]

"The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: AP [25], 07/18/2023
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline Turns To Supreme Court" [26]

"The Supreme Court may soon step into a legal brawl over whether Congress violated the Constitution when it passed a law ensuring completion of the Mountain Valley pipeline — a fight that could have important implications for the power of the judiciary."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 07/18/2023
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In N. Birmingham EPA Studies ‘Cumulative Impacts’ Of Pollution And Racism [29]

"With the EPA review ongoing at the 35th Avenue Superfund site, the Southern Environmental Law Center on Friday threatened new federal litigation against Bluestone Coke for alleged wastewater pollution."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 07/18/2023
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Shipping Rule Backfires, Diverting Sulfur Emissions From Air to Ocean [33]

"When large ships use scrubbers to meet international air pollution limits, the treated fuel exhaust gets dumped into the sea along with other contaminants. Researchers say the discharges are packed with metals and organic compounds that threaten marine environments."

Air [10]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
International [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 07/18/2023
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As Climate Shocks Multiply, Designers Seek Disaster-Proof Homes [37]

"The homebuilding industry has been slow to adopt changes that can better protect against extreme weather. Some architects are showing what’s possible."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [40], 07/18/2023
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"The Great Plains: Bringing Back an ‘American Serengeti’" [41]

"Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife."

Biodiversity [42]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Source: The Revelator [45], 07/18/2023
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"US Weather: Flash Floods In The Northeast, Heatwave Intensifies" [46]

"An extreme heatwave peaked in the western United States on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 128 Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) in the California desert, while flash flooding continued to menace the Northeast, killing at least five people."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 07/17/2023
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The US and China Are Restarting Climate Talks: Here’s Where Things Stand [49]

"John Kerry travels to Beijing for three days of talks, as the world’s two biggest economies, and two biggest polluters, try to cooperate on climate action."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Asia [50]
Source: NYTimes [51], 07/17/2023
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AAA Follows Farmers In Limiting Coverage In Florida, Citing Disaster Threat [52]

"AAA will not renew home and car insurance for some of its policyholders in Florida, citing increased natural disaster risk that it says makes the policies not worth providing."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [38]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: The Hill [53], 07/17/2023
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"Climate Aid, War Fallout Feature At Berlin Climate Talks" [54]

"Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on fighting the increasing impacts of climate change while the world reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
International [35]
Source: AP [55], 07/17/2023
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"Grid Transformer Supply Crunch Threatens Clean Energy Plans" [56]

"Long lead times for distribution transformers have emerged in recent months as a bottleneck that threatens progress toward meeting climate goals and upgrading the country’s power grid, industry leaders and energy officials said."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 07/17/2023
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"How A Saudi Firm Tapped A Gusher Of Water In Drought-Stricken Arizona" [59]

"For nearly a decade, the state of Arizona has leased this rural terrain west of Phoenix to a Saudi-owned company, allowing it to pump all the water it needs to grow the alfalfa hay — a crop it exports to feed the kingdom’s dairy cows. And, for years, the state did not know how much water the company was consuming."

Agriculture [60]
Climate Change [20]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: Washington Post [62], 07/17/2023
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Rice Crops Threatened By El Nino After Grain Supplies Were Disrupted By War [63]

"Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine."

Agriculture [60]
Climate Change [20]
Food [64]
Public [15]
Asia [50]
Source: AP [65], 07/17/2023
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"States Struggle To Plug Oil Wells With Infrastructure Law Cash" [66]

"Across Schuyler Wight’s two West Texas ranches, about 250 abandoned oil and gas wells sit open and unused, creating a link from the dusty surface to smelly chemicals and gases thousands of feet underground."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: E&E News [67], 07/17/2023
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