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Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier [9]

"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [15], 01/10/2023
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"EPA, Pipeline Operator Reach Deal To Clean Up Kansas Spill" [16]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural Kansas creek."

Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [21]
Source: AP [22], 01/10/2023
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Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study [23]

"Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud."

Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 01/10/2023
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"India Expects Utilities' Annual Coal Demand To Surge About 8%" [28]

"India expects its power plants to burn about 8% more coal in the fiscal year ending March 2024, according to a senior government official and a power ministry presentation, after the country missed its 2022 renewable energy goal by more than 30%."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
Asia [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 01/10/2023
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"The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record" [31]

"The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [25]
Science [32]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [34], 01/10/2023
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"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.3% In 2022 - Rhodium" [35]

"Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to estimates published on Tuesday by research group Rhodium."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [36], 01/10/2023
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"Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year – Study" [37]

"The global loss of pollinators is already causing about 500,000 early deaths a year by reducing the supply of healthy foods, a study has estimated."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Food [41]
Public [13]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [42], 01/10/2023
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Louisiana Coastal Plan Update Promises Billions In Hurricane-Damage Savings [43]

"A draft update of the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan predicts that 61 new projects to build or protect land, a dozen new levees, and new efforts to elevate, flood-proof or relocate flood-prone homes will reduce annual hurricane storm surge damages by at least $11 billion per year by 2073."

Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Studies [44]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [46]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [47]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [49], 01/10/2023
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On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real [50]

"The raft to Bannon Island does not inspire confidence. But Dyrone Woods climbed aboard the piece of crumbling Styrofoam secured to the remains of a wood pallet anyway."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Justice [51]
People & Population [52]
Public [13]
California [53]
Source: LA Times [54], 01/10/2023
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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [55]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [56]
Public [13]
South America [57]
Source: AP [58], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [59]

"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."

Air [60]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [61], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [62]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [63]
Economy & Business [64]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [65]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [66], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Signs Water Bills Benefitting 3 Tribes in Arizona" [67]

"A Native American tribe that has one of the largest and most secure rights to Colorado River water now has approval to lease some of it in Arizona, a state that’s been hardest hit by cuts to its water supply and is on a perpetual search for more."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [68], 01/09/2023
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"Great Salt Lake On Track To Disappear In Five Years, Scientists Warn" [69]

"Without dramatic cuts to water consumption, Utah’s Great Salt Lake is on track to disappear within five years, a dire new report warns, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust from the drying lake bed."

Air [60]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [40]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: Washington Post [70], 01/09/2023
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"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023" [71]

"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [72], 01/09/2023
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