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"As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires" [9]

"Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Europe [17]
Source: YaleE360 [18], 02/13/2024
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"How Much Carbon Can Farmers Store In Their Soil? Nobody’s Sure." [19]

"Dirt, it turns out, isn’t just worm poop. It’s also a humongous receptacle of carbon, some 2.5 trillion tons of it — three times more than all the carbon in the atmosphere."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [23], 02/13/2024
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Extreme Climate Impacts Feared From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current [24]

"Disruption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current could freeze Europe, scorch the tropics and increase sea level rise in the North Atlantic. The tipping point may be closer than predicted in the IPCC’s latest assessment."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 02/12/2024
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"In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits" [28]

"Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the state. Poland Spring, the bottled-water giant, had lobbied aggressively against the measure."

Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/12/2024
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Tijuana River Spewing Sewage Into San Diego, Threatening Public Health [31]

"Doctors have reported surges of gastrointestinal illness when intense storms like this week’s atmospheric rivers overwhelm wastewater treatment plants and flood communities with raw sewage."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [32]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
California [33]
Mexico [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 02/12/2024
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‘Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas [36]

"On the 30th anniversary of the first presidential executive order on environmental justice, a report from the fencelines in the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [38]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 02/12/2024
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"Biden To Travel To East Palestine To Mark One Year Of Train Derailment" [41]

"President Biden will travel to East Palestine on Feb. 16, a little more than a year a since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals near the town."

Chemicals [37]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [43], 02/12/2024
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"Enbridge Appeals To Vacate An Order That Would Shut Down Its Pipeline" [44]

"An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Source: AP [46], 02/12/2024
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Proposed Mine Outside Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Nears State Approval [47]

"A company’s plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval Friday as Georgia regulators released draft permits for the project, which opponents say could irreparably harm a natural treasure."

Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: AP [49], 02/12/2024
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"First Fatal Case Of Alaskapox, A Newly Identified Viral Disease" [50]

"An elderly man on the Kenai Peninsula has died from Alaskapox, making him the first person to be killed by the viral disease that was identified only nine years ago, state health officials reported on Friday."

Environmental Health [32]
Wildlife [51]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [52]
Source: Alaska Beacon [53], 02/12/2024
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"New York City Is Considering a Laundry Pods Crackdown" [54]

"New York City is considering limiting the types of laundry and dishwashing detergents available in the five boroughs. City Council Member James Gennaro, a Democrat, introduced a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal to sell or distribute detergent pods or laundry sheets that contain polyvinyl alcohol, also known as PVA or PVOH."

Chemicals [37]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: Bloomberg Green [55], 02/12/2024
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"Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Are A Growing Biofuel Battleground" [56]

"When Varlin Higbee eyes the scrubby forest of pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert outside this old Union Pacific Railroad town, there’s just one thought that crosses his mind: “They’re just a wildfire waiting to happen,” the Lincoln County commissioner says of the low, bushy trees."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Forests [57]
Public [15]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [58], 02/12/2024
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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers [59]

"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [60]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [63], 02/09/2024
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"2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide" [64]

"On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records."

Climate Change [10]
Science [62]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [65], 02/09/2024
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"2024 Could Be A Big Year For PFAS Bans: Report" [66]

"Policymakers in 36 states will consider more than 450 bills that deal with toxic chemicals in 2024, according to a new analysis of anticipated state legislation from Safer States."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: EHN [67], 02/09/2024
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