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New Scrutiny: Is California’s Antiquated Water Rights System Racist? [9]

"It’s an arcane system of water law that dates back to the birth of California — an era when 49ers used sluice boxes and water cannons to scour gold from Sierra Nevada foothills and when the state government promoted the extermination of Native people to make way for white settlers."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 03/08/2023
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"Tracking the Erratic Path of US Climate Migrants" [19]

"In The Great Displacement, Jake Bittle follows families displaced by flooding, drought and other disasters as the “next American migration” begins in earnest."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg CityLab [24], 03/08/2023
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"Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs" [25]

"For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [28], 03/08/2023
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Time Running Out to Restore Plants, Animals That Exist Only in Captivity [29]

"At least 33 animals and 39 plants are extinct in the wild. But research suggests there is hope for restoring wild populations."

Biodiversity [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: The Revelator [33], 03/08/2023
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"#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?" [34]

"When Elise Joshi posted a TikTok video about the Alaska oil drilling project known as Willow in early February, she didn’t have high hopes it would go viral."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: CNN [38], 03/08/2023
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"‘We’re Going After’ PFAS Exposure, Biden Tells Firefighters" [39]

"President Joe Biden wants to limit the risks firefighters face from exposure to toxic chemicals in their gear and from wildfires fueled by climate change, he said Monday."

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [42], 03/08/2023
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"Cattle Country Fends Off Climate Villain Label" [43]

"Farmers like Marcella Warner Holman and the companies that deal in beef are experiencing a mix of defensiveness, anger and guarded optimism as they chart a course for survival in a world that’s often telling people to eat less meat or none at all. So far, they say, the messaging war hasn’t shaken Americans’ appetite for steak and burgers — but it’s frustrating nonetheless."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Food [44]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [45], 03/08/2023
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Green Groups Sue Biden Administration Over Gulf Offshore Oil Lease Sale [46]

"A coalition of environmental organizations on Monday announced a lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), arguing the bureau’s sales of leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs argued BOEM’s plans to lease more than 70 million acres of Gulf waters for fossil fuel development are based on a “deeply flawed” environmental review."

Activism [47]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [48], 03/07/2023
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Meat, Dairy And Rice Production Will Bust 1.5C Climate Target: Study [49]

"Emissions from the food system alone will drive the world past 1.5C of global heating, unless high-methane foods are tackled."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [50], 03/07/2023
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"Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids" [51]

"The biggest impediment to the US achieving a cleaner power grid isn't climate deniers or fossil-fuel lobbies; it’s a lack of transmission lines. The country badly needs more conduits to cart wind and solar energy and hydropower to cities." "Suddenly several big power-line projects in the US are moving ahead, bringing with them a flood of potential wind and solar power."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Green [53], 03/07/2023
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"Colorado Lawmakers Seek Suspension Of Utah Oil Train Project" [54]

"U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado on Monday wrote a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to formally suspend federal authorization of a Utah rail project that will send up to five, two-mile-long oil trains a day along the Colorado River, under the Continental Divide at Winter Park, and through downtown Denver."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Forests [55]
Infrastructure [52]
Natural Resources [56]
Pollution [57]
Transportation [58]
Public [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
Source: Colorado Newsline [60], 03/07/2023
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"EPA Fires Back Against Texas Challenge of Biden’s Waters Rule" [61]

"The EPA hit back against Texas and other states suing to vacate the agency’s new waters of the US rule, saying the states have sued to halt a rule that isn’t much different from the status quo."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [56]
Pollution [57]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 03/07/2023
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"What To Know About The 'Red Tide' Hitting Florida Beaches" [63]

"The harmful "red tide," which has been known to discolor coastal waters and kill marine life off the coast of Florida, has returned for another year.

The toxic organism that paints the waters red was detected in February and was found at higher-than-normal levels in several Southwest Florida counties in recent days, state officials said.

Since it returned, grisly photos of dead fish washing up on Florida beaches have proliferated, and federal authorities are warning people of the possibility of respiratory irritation from contaminated air."
Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [41]
Pollution [57]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: NPR [65], 03/07/2023
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"Environmentalists: Maine Dam Operator Not Protecting Salmon" [66]

"Environmental groups and a Native American tribe accused the operator of a Maine dam on Monday of not fulfilling its obligation to protect the country’s last remaining Atlantic salmon river run."

Fish & Fisheries [67]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [68]
Source: AP [69], 03/07/2023
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"UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change" [70]

"A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [16]
International [32]
Source: Reuters [71], 03/07/2023
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