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Merger Puts California's Idle Well Regulations To The Test [9]

"The deal would place 40 percent of California’s idle wells in the hands of one operator. Campaigners warn this poses an “immense” risk to the state — which new rules could help to mitigate, depending on how regulators act."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: DeSmog [18], 03/21/2024
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"How A Trump Presidency Could Threaten Biden’s Signature Climate Achievement" [19]

"Democrats’ sweeping Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has fueled significant progress in the fight against climate change since its passage in 2022. But if former President Trump wins back the presidency in November, he’s likely to undermine those gains — or help a Republican Congress do away with the law entirely."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [22], 03/21/2024
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Calif. Tribe That Lost 90% Of Land During Gold Rush To Get Redwood Site [23]

"California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year."

Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Source: AP [27], 03/21/2024
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"Only 10 Countries Had Healthy Air Quality In 2023: Report" [28]

"The average person can go up to two months without food, three days without water, but only a few minutes without air. Breathable air is essential to life. Yet a new analysis found that in 2023, only 10 countries and 9 per cent of global cities had air quality that met World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for harmful fine-particle, or PM2.5, pollution."

Air [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 03/20/2024
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"‘Red Alert’: Last Year Was Hottest On Record By Clear Margin, Says UN Report" [33]

"The world has never been closer to breaching the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating limit, even if only temporarily, the United Nations’ weather agency has warned."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [30]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [34], 03/20/2024
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"Outside Groups Pledge Over $1 Billion to Aid Biden’s Re-election Effort" [35]

"The League of Conservation Voters, among the biggest spenders on progressive causes, said it would put $120 million behind President Biden and Democrats as his Republican rival faces cash woes."

Environmental Politics [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [36], 03/20/2024
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"Biden Eases EV Rule But Keeps Heat On Automakers" [37]

"The Biden administration released one of several coming car regulations Tuesday, a clean vehicle formula designed to push automakers to build more fuel-efficient or electric vehicles."

Air [29]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [39], 03/20/2024
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"Green Groups Plot Counterattack For GOP ‘Energy Week’" [40]

"As House Republicans gear up for a four-day sprint of hearings and floor debate devoted to undermining President Joe Biden’s environmental agenda, environmental groups are preparing to fight back."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [42], 03/20/2024
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"Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought" [43]

"In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [46]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [15]
Asia [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 03/20/2024
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"Oil Executives, Meeting in Texas, Cast Doubts on ‘Fantasy’ Energy Transition" [50]

"To some, it felt like the oil executive blurted the quiet part out loud. “We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas,” said Amin Nasser, head of what is, by far, the world’s biggest oil producer, Saudi Aramco."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [45]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [52], 03/20/2024
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"Data Centers, Bitcoin And EVs Send Utilities Scrambling For More Power" [53]

"U.S. energy use has been flat, but bitcoin, data centers and EVs are fueling a spike and threatening climate goals."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Floodlight [54], 03/20/2024
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Rat Fur, Arsenic And Copper: The Dangerous Ingredients In US Prison Water [55]

"Incarcerated people often must drink unhealthy water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishment".

Consumer [56]
Environmental Justice [24]
Infrastructure [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [57], 03/20/2024
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"Empire Of The Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us" [58]

"People have long drawn comparisons between ant societies and human ones – but in fact they are a reminder of how limited our influence on the world really is"

Biodiversity [59]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [26]
Wildlife [60]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [61], 03/20/2024
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EPA Bans Asbestos, A Carcinogen Still In Use Decades After A Partial Ban [62]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year."

Air [29]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [63], 03/19/2024
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"U.S. Approves $500 Million for Bahrain Oil Project, Despite Opposition" [64]

"A federal bank that finances projects overseas voted Thursday to put $500 million toward an oil and gas project in Bahrain, a transaction that critics said was out of step with President Biden’s climate commitments."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Middle East [65]
Source: NYTimes [66], 03/19/2024
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