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Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines [9]

"Residents, lawyers, and environmental groups point to aging facilities and reluctant state regulators as reasons for the continued string of industrial fires."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Houston Public Media [21], 06/16/2023
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"Uptick Seen in Red Knots on Jersey Shore" [22]

"An annual spring count instilled hope among biologists that the threatened shorebird may be recovering from recent declines. Crab harvesting bans were partly credited for the rise."

Biodiversity [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 06/16/2023
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"Biden Vetoes Congressional Effort To Ax Truck Pollution Rule" [30]

"President Biden on Wednesday vetoed a congressional effort to overturn his administration’s rule governing pollution from heavy-duty vehicles including trucks and buses."

Air [10]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [34], 06/15/2023
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"Battle Lines Harden Over Big Oil’s Role at Climate Talks in Dubai" [35]

"The hosts of the United Nations global climate summit later this year aim to give fossil fuel companies a bigger voice, despite loud objections."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [32]
Public [18]
International [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/15/2023
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House Votes To Block Biden Efficiency Proposal For Gas, Electric Stoves [38]

"The House voted Wednesday to bar the Energy Department from moving forward with a proposed rule governing efficiency requirements for both gas and electric cooking appliances."

Climate Change [31]
Consumer [39]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [40], 06/15/2023
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PacifiCorp Could Owe Billions After Verdict In Devastating Oregon Wildfires [41]

"A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 — on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [32]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
Source: AP [45], 06/15/2023
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"Scientists Are Baffled Why The Oceans Are Warming So Fast" [46]

"A steady and remarkable rise in average global ocean temperatures this year is now outpacing anything seen in four decades of satellite observations, causing many scientists to suddenly blare alarm over the risks and realities of climate change."

Climate Change [31]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [48], 06/15/2023
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ER Visits for Asthma in NYC Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed the Region [49]

"Smoky days can double emergency hospital visits for asthma, which disproportionately affects Black and Latino children. In New York, the Bronx was especially hard hit."

Air [10]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Forests [43]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 06/15/2023
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"How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water" [51]

"As it negotiates water rights with tribes, Arizona goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development, according to a ProPublica and High Country News investigation."

Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: ProPublica/HCN [53], 06/15/2023
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"White House Sets Fast Pace For Energy, Climate Rules" [54]

"The Interior and Energy departments will spend the coming months trying to cement some of the White House’s critical energy ambitions, ahead of an election year in which Republicans are likely to attack President Joe Biden’s focus on boosting renewables and cutting planet-warming emissions."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [55], 06/15/2023
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"Thick Wildfire Smoke Plume Brings Unhealthy Air Quality To Minnesota" [56]

"Call it a smoke front. That’s what it looks like from space on weather satellites and here on the ground on air quality monitors."

Air [10]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [57]
Source: MPR [58], 06/15/2023
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"US Cities Risk Losing Out On Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs" [59]

"In a church on Chicago's West Side near where he grew up, Marques Jones Jr. is hoping to earn more money and help his family by learning how to install and maintain the solar panels he now sees everywhere he goes."

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [15]
Infrastructure [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [60], 06/15/2023
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"House Votes To Restrict Feds From Banning Or Regulating Gas Stoves" [61]

"The House on Tuesday voted in favor of preventing the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves and also limiting the safety agency’s ability to regulate the products."

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [62], 06/14/2023
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"Texas Power Use To Break Records In Heat Wave This Week - ERCOT" [63]

"Power use in Texas will break records this week as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape the first heat wave of the 2023 summer season, the state's power grid operator projected on Tuesday."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [52]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Reuters [64], 06/14/2023
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"Here’s How Much Hotter Than Normal This June Has Been" [65]

"Temperatures around the world this month have been at their highest levels in decades for this time of year."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [12]
Public [18]
International [36]
Source: NYTimes [66], 06/14/2023
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