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California Wants Farms To Capture Methane From Cow Manure; Neighbors Don't [9]

"At a massive dairy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, nearly 14,000 Holstein cows crane their necks through feeding stalls and gnaw leisurely on alfalfa. Meanwhile, close to their hooves, a sprinkler system activates and flushes the herd's manure into nearby sewer grates. From there, the waste courses through a network of pipes and into an enormous lagoon covered by a thick vinyl tarp."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [15]
Source: LA Times [16], 12/13/2023
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"Americans Like Home Electrification — But Also Still Love Their Gas Stoves" [17]

"Most Americans would prefer to live in a home where almost all major appliances run on electricity — but only if they can keep their gas stoves. Just 31 percent want to go fully electric."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [24], 12/13/2023
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Wildfires Could Be Transforming Natural Metals Into Cancer-Causing Compounds [25]

"Wildfires in parts of the U.S. West may be transforming a benign form of chromium into its cancer-causing counterpart — potentially endangering first responders and surrounding communities, a new study has found."

Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Forests [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [28], 12/13/2023
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"Colorado Cattle Industry Sues Over Reintroduction Of Gray Wolves" [29]

"The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and the Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association (GCSA) are taking legal action against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) “regarding the pending release of gray wolves in Colorado,” according to a blog post on the lawsuit from the CCA and GCSA, filed a couple of weeks before the wolves’ reintroduction as a result of a voter-approved initiative."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: The Hill [34], 12/13/2023
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"The Biden Administration Has A Chance To Do Clean Hydrogen Right" [35]

"Forthcoming rules for clean hydrogen tax credits need to be built on “three pillars” to ensure that hydrogen actually fights climate change instead of making it worse."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [36], 12/13/2023
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"What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think." [37]

"Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study."

Biodiversity [30]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 12/13/2023
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Environmental Change Threatens What's Left Of Japan's Cormorant Fishing [40]

"Cormorants have been a constant presence in Youichiro Adachi’s life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family’s birds died. Now 48, Adachi still cares deeply for his birds, drawing them out of their baskets each morning and stroking their long necks to confirm their health and maintain a bond."

Fish & Fisheries [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [13]
Asia [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 12/13/2023
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"Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’" [45]

"Environmental groups and negotiators from countries that are most vulnerable to climate disasters assailed a draft of a final agreement, made public at the United Nations climate talks on Monday, that fell short of calling for a phaseout of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [47], 12/12/2023
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Endangered Species List Grows By 2,000. Climate Change Part Of The Problem [48]

"Climate change is worsening the planet’s biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an international organization that tracks species health."

Public [13]
International [38]
Source: AP [49], 12/12/2023
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"Specter Of Second Trump Term Looms Over Global Climate Talks" [50]

"Donald Trump casts a long shadow over the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. If elected, he will likely again pull the United States from the Paris climate accord."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [38]
Source: Washington Post [51], 12/12/2023
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"Sewers Are Overflowing Everywhere. One Solution Is Right In Your Backyard." [52]

"When a heavy rainstorm hits D.C., it’s bad news for the city’s rivers. The city’s sewer system, which combines storm runoff and raw sewage in some areas, has a history of overflowing. Instead of flowing into a treatment plant, that toxic mix, along with the sediment, trash and other pollutants storm water washes off streets, ends up in rivers."

Environmental Health [53]
Infrastructure [21]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [54]
Source: Washington Post [55], 12/12/2023
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"Alberta Sets a Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Record" [56]

"Alberta owns a new record. The province is home to an abandoned and unplugged gas well that leaks methane, an explosive greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
Canada [57]
Source: The Tyee [58], 12/12/2023
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Two Men Indicted For Killing, Trafficking Montana Bald And Golden Eagles [59]

"Two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montana on Friday on allegations they illegally killed 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Indian Reservation, then illegally sold the eagles on the black market."

Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: States Newsroom [60], 12/12/2023
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Newsom Advances Delta Tunnel Project Despite Environmental Opposition [61]

"In the face of heavy opposition from environmental groups, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration are pushing forward with a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta—a project the governor says is vital to modernizing the state's aging water system."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [13]
California [15]
Source: LA Times [62], 12/12/2023
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Lithium ‘Gold Mine’ Buried Under Portuguese Heritage Farming System [63]

"The hilly Barroso region of northern Portugal has been recognized for its centuries-old and “globally important” farming system that combines agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and a valuable cultural heritage. But the region is also home to what’s believed to be one of Europe’s largest deposits of lithium ... ."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [13]
Europe [64]
Source: Mongabay [65], 12/12/2023
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