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Norfolk Southern To Pay For Temporary Relocation During Soil Cleanup [9]

"Norfolk Southern Railway will pay for temporary relocation for people who live within a mile of the site of a train derailment that spilled hazardous chemicals, amid ongoing cleanup efforts."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 03/07/2023
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"Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests" [20]

"A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by researchers at Stanford University."

Climate Change [21]
Forests [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 03/07/2023
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"Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas" [26]

"For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, representing a turning point in a yearslong effort to bestow order on vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
International [31]
Source: AP [32], 03/06/2023
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Canada Environment Minister Concerned About Imperial Oil Tailings Leak [33]

"Canada's environment minister on Friday said he was "deeply concerned" about a leak of toxic tailings water from Imperial Oil's Kearl oil sands mine in northern Alberta that has been going on for months."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
Canada [36]
Source: , 03/06/2023
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Plan To Incinerate Soil From Ohio Derailment Is ‘Horrifying’ - Expert [37]

"Contaminated soil from the site around the East Palestine train wreck in Ohio is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears that the chemicals being removed from the ground will be redistributed across the region."

Air [38]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [39]
Waste [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 03/06/2023
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"Storms Bolster California Snowpack, Ease Drought" [43]

"Record rain and snowfall in recent weeks has eased half of California out of a persistent drought and bolstered the store of mountain snow that the state relies on to provide water during the warm, dry spring and summer."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [24]
Source: Reuters [45], 03/06/2023
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"EPA Mandates States Report On Cyber Threats To Water Systems" [46]

"The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Technology [48]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [49], 03/06/2023
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Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees [50]

"Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government’s plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains of 2022, when the earth slid off a mountain beneath a slope he had once logged."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [28]
Forests [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 03/06/2023
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"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo" [53]

"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is putting the future of one of President Biden’s nominees to the Interior Department in question."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [28]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [54], 03/06/2023
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"‘Silicon Valley of Lithium’: Nevada Mine Breaks Ground" [55]

"What could become the nation’s largest lithium mine broke ground in Nevada this [last] week, positioning the political swing state as a likely leader in pumping out battery minerals critical for making electric vehicles and meeting President Joe Biden’s climate goals."

Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Source: E&E News [57], 03/06/2023
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‘15-Minute City’ Planning Is On The Rise, Experts Say. Here's What To Know [58]

"For many, living in a city means facing tedious traffic, packed subways and imposing buildings amid the sprawl. But the increasingly popular urban planning concept known as the “15-minute city” has revived the abiding idea that they should operate at human scale, envisioning a city where every resident can reach essential resources by foot, bicycle or public transport within a quarter of an hour."

Climate Change [21]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [39]
Planning & Growth [59]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [31]
Source: Washington Post [60], 03/06/2023
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"US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds" [61]

"U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [35]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [62]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [63], 03/06/2023
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Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment [64]

"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [65], 03/03/2023
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"Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ About To Get Their First US Limits" [66]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [67], 03/03/2023
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"Did Dioxins Spread After The Ohio Train Derailment?" [68]

"On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Source: AP [69], 03/03/2023
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