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Tribal Voices Left Out of Key Nuclear Cleanup on Ancestral Land [9]

"Three federally recognized tribes have devoted decades to restoring the condition of their ancestral lands in southeastern Washington state to what they were before those lands became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [14]
Source: AP [15], 06/22/2023
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"Ruling Clouds EPA Pebble Veto, but Mine Remains Unlikely" [16]

"The EPA will likely need to revise its rationale for protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine following the Supreme Court’s June ruling in a pivotal Clean Water Act case, but the mine is still unlikely to proceed, legal experts say."

Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 06/22/2023
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"First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat Approved By Regulators In US" [25]

"Regulators have approved “lab-grown” meat to be sold in the United States for the first time at restaurants and eventually in supermarkets."

Agriculture [26]
Consumer [27]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [29], 06/22/2023
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Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises [30]

"The world’s biggest development banks have agreed that they will funnel their financial support to businesses that promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But a new analysis published Wednesday by animal and environmental advocacy groups says those banks have given billions to big livestock and grain companies expanding greenhouse gas-intensive agricultural systems."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 06/22/2023
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In ‘Cancer Alley,’ Carbon Capture Push Draws Fire From Environmentalists [35]

"EPA proposes handing regulation of carbon storage to state officials in Louisiana. Activists fear the risks, and the chance it could perpetuate the fossil fuel industry."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [10]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 06/22/2023
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Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Face Challenges From Climate Change [41]

"Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites. But as climate change heats up an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage — much of which takes place outdoors in the desert — could prove even more daunting."

Climate Change [31]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [38]
People & Population [42]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [43]
Public [13]
International [33]
Middle East [44]
Source: AP [45], 06/22/2023
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Monarch Butterflies' White Spots May Help Them Fly Farther: Scientists [46]

"Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs complete their long-distance migration by altering the air flow around their wings."

Biodiversity [47]
Science [48]
Wildlife [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [50]
Source: NPR [51], 06/22/2023
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"EPA Is Struggling to Keep Track of Water Grants, Watchdog Says" [52]

"The EPA doesn’t seem to have a firm grip on a $162 million pot of money meant for water infrastructure grants, the agency’s inspector general said in a Tuesday memo to department officials.

The findings are the latest in a string of reports from the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general raising red flags about how the agency is doling out its grant money.

The EPA’s drinking water division admitted it “encountered challenges” in trying to provide a list of grants issued under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, according to the memo."
Economy & Business [32]
Government [53]
Infrastructure [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 06/21/2023
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UN Adds New Disclosure Requirements for COP28 Corporate Fossil Lobbying [56]

"Watchdog groups call the change a "baby step" toward reform, while UN chief Antonio Guterres says climate action must start with the fossil fuel industry, “the polluted heart of the climate crisis.”"

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [57]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 06/21/2023
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"Biden Announces Physician Mandy Cohen Will Lead CDC" [59]

"The Biden administration announced Friday that Mandy Cohen, a physician and a former North Carolina health secretary, will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assuming leadership of an agency left battered by the coronavirus pandemic."

Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [53]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [60], 06/21/2023
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"Grid Needs Boost to Hit Climate Goal, Biden Science Adviser Says" [61]

"The White House’s chief science office, known for mapping out futuristic energy technologies such as nuclear fusion and hydrogen, is now grappling with how to upgrade the century-old power grid to meet climate goals."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 06/21/2023
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Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda [63]

"Just 45 miles from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation where Daranda Hinkey and her family corral horses and cows, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan is taking shape: construction of one of the largest lithium mines in the world."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Studies [64]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
Source: AP [66], 06/21/2023
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Judge Orders Stretch Of Pipeline That Crosses Tribal Land To Shut Down [67]

"A federal judge has ordered a Canadian oil firm to shut down a section of its pipeline in Wisconsin that crosses tribal land, a partial victory for indigenous groups that have long opposed the project."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [68]
Canada [69]
Source: The Hill [70], 06/21/2023
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Amid Delays, Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bills to Speed Grid Connections [71]

"The state has ambitious goals to switch to electric vehicles and add clean energy to its grid, but some say it's contending with an “interconnection crisis.’’"

Climate Change [31]
Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [54]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
California [72]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 06/21/2023
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"Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments" [74]

"Portugal plans to swap the entire 140 million euro ($152.91 million) debt it is owed by Cape Verde for investments in the archipelago's environmental and climate fund, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [13]
Europe [75]
Source: Reuters [76], 06/21/2023
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