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Canada Gives Mineral-Rich Arctic Region Of Nunavut Control Of Resources [9]

"Canada on Thursday formally gave the giant Arctic territory of Nunavut control over its reserves of gold, diamonds, iron, cobalt and rare earth metals, a move that could boost exploration and development."

Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
Canada [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 01/22/2024
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"Chart: The World Is Building Renewable Energy Faster Than Ever Before" [17]

"Renewable energy didn’t just grow last year — it expanded at a pace not seen in years. An estimated 507 gigawatts of renewable electricity were added to grids around the world in 2023 — a new record, and an almost 50 percent year-over-year increase from 2022."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Technology [20]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: Canary Media [22], 01/22/2024
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New EPA Soot Rule Could Save Lives. Industry Says It Could Cost Jobs. [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to significantly strengthen limits on fine particle matter, one of the nation’s most widespread deadly air pollutants, even as industry groups warn that the standard could erase manufacturing jobs across the country."

Air [24]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 01/22/2024
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Guidance Makes EV Charger Tax Credits Available Where Most Americans Live [30]

"The Biden administration has offered a broad interpretation for where electric vehicle (EV) charger projects can qualify for new tax credits — making those credits available in places where about two-thirds of Americans live."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [11]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [34], 01/22/2024
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Latest EPA Data Shows Stubborn River And Stream Nitrogen Pollution [35]

"The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency assessment."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [25]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [40], 01/22/2024
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"A Cash Crop That Never Runs Out" [41]

"Supplemental income from 50 wind turbines helps a fourth-generation family ranch stay viable."

Agriculture [36]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [42], 01/22/2024
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Billions Of Cicadas Will Buzz This Spring As Two Broods Emerge At Once [43]

"Much of the eastern United States can prepare for what one entomologist described as a "spectacular, macabre Mardi Gras" this spring. The event Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist at the University of Kentucky, is referring to is the simultaneous emergence of two cicada broods that will erupt in states from Virginia to Illinois come late April through June."

Biodiversity [44]
Wildlife [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NPR [46], 01/22/2024
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"House Passes PRESS Act To Shield Journalists From Revealing Sources" [47]

"The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to strengthen journalists’ protection of confidential sources from federal investigation. The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act would protect reporters from being compelled by the government to give up confidential sources and information.. It passed on a voice vote."

Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: McClatchy [49], 01/19/2024
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"As Big 2024 Elections Loom, What's At Stake For Climate Action?" [50]

"With millions voting this year from the US to India and the EU, more extreme weather could bump climate change up the agenda".

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [21]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [51], 01/19/2024
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"Interior Department Adds Six States To Western Solar-Development Plan" [52]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Wednesday announced an update to its 2012 plan for solar power development in the western U.S., adding five states to the original six."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [53], 01/19/2024
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Forest Service Pulls Permit For Construction Of Utah Oil Railroad [54]

"The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday withdrew its approval of a right-of-way permit that would have allowed the construction of a railroad project through about 12 miles (19 kilometers) of roadless, protected forest in northeastern Utah."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: AP [56], 01/19/2024
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Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef To Date Mapped By Scientists Off Atlantic Coast [57]

"Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor."

Biodiversity [44]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [58], 01/19/2024
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"Climate Crisis Fuels Bangladesh’s Worst Dengue Epidemic" [59]

"Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as higher rainfall and heat lead to fivefold rise in cases in a year, with children the hardest hit".

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [60]
Environmental Health [25]
Public [14]
International [21]
Asia [61]
Source: Guardian [62], 01/19/2024
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"There’s New Data On Alberta’s Massive Oil And Gas Cleanup Problem" [63]

"Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells dot the Albertan landscape. The province’s energy regulator just released new information about the time and money being spent to clean it all up".

Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [32]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
Canada [15]
Source: The Narwhal [64], 01/19/2024
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St. Croix Tap Water Remains Unsafe To Drink As US Virgin Islands Seek Fix [65]

"With no date in sight for when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St. Croix, officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday night that they would distribute water filters and provide free lead and copper testing as they work on long-term solutions."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [11]
Infrastructure [32]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Central America & the Caribbean [67]
Source: AP [68], 01/19/2024
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