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Ruling Could Bring Trials Against Oil Majors Over Louisiana Wetlands Damage [9]

"A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday ordered a nine-year-old lawsuit filed against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana's wetlands to be returned to state court for trial, potentially clearing the way for at least 41 similar suits -- alleging billions of dollars in damages -- to also move forward."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Nola.com [16], 10/18/2022
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"5 State-Level Races That Could Alter The Energy Transition" [17]

"While much of the nation’s attention is focused on how November midterm elections will change Congress, several state-level races could have wide-ranging effects on the energy sector for years."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 10/18/2022
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Ports Reveal Big Surge In Harmful Emissions; Officials Blame Covid-19 Logjam [21]

"When Janet Schaaf-Gunter peered through the window at San Pedro Bay last year, she saw so many cargo ships it looked as if Southern California was on the brink of an invasion."

Air [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [14]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [26], 10/18/2022
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"Official: China Mining More Coal But Increasing Wind, Solar" [27]

"China plans to boost coal production through 2025 to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages, an official said Monday, adding to setbacks in efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [14]
Asia [29]
Source: AP [30], 10/18/2022
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"The Precarious Position of Treaty-less Tribes" [31]

"What a five-year fight over a few dozen clams shows about the inconsistent rights of Indigenous tribes."

Environmental Justice [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: Hakai [35], 10/18/2022
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‘Badasses Of The Mountains’: Goats Clash With Sheep As Key Glaciers Melt [36]

"In one corner, there is the agile climber with steak knife-like horns. In the other is America’s largest wild sheep. They are locked in significantly one-sided combat in the mountains of the US west, scientists have found, in a battle over resources uncovered by the region’s vanishing glaciers."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [28]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [39], 10/18/2022
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"Xi Vows To Prioritise Environment, Protect Nature" [40]

"President Xi Jinping on Sunday said China will give priority to environmental protection and promoting green lifestyles, and that the conservation of nature was an essential part of building a modern socialist country."

Climate Change [28]
Public [14]
Asia [29]
Source: Reuters [41], 10/17/2022
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"20 Nations at High Risk From Global Warming Might Halt Debt Payments" [42]

"Twenty countries most vulnerable to climate change are considering halting their repayment of $685 billion in collective debt, loans that they say are an “injustice,” Mohamad Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, said on Friday."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [14]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 10/17/2022
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Study Reveals ‘Staggering’ Scale Of Lost Fishing Gear Drifting In Oceans [46]

"Lost nets, lines and hooks trap wildlife for years as they float in the ocean, sink to the bottom or are washed ashore".

Fish & Fisheries [33]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [47], 10/17/2022
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"See Where Toxic PFAS Have Been Used In Pennsylvania Fracking Wells" [48]

"Toxic “forever chemicals”, also known as PFAS, have been used in at least eight oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, but the exact location of those wells has never been publicly disclosed — until now."

Chemicals [49]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [50]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: EHN [52], 10/17/2022
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"The Cost To Capture Carbon? More Water And Electricity" [53]

"A Louisiana power company’s plan to capture climate emissions is raising concerns about the state’s water supplies".

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
California [25]
Source: Floodlight [54], 10/17/2022
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"EPA Loophole Lets 600 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Evade Review, Petition Says" [55]

"A loophole in the federal government’s procedures for reviewing new chemicals has allowed at least 600 so-called forever chemicals into American markets despite evidence they pose serious health risks, according to a petition filed Thursday."

Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [56], 10/17/2022
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"Ozone Hole Grows This Year, But Still Shrinking In General" [57]

"The Antarctic ozone hole last week peaked at a moderately large size for the third straight year — bigger than the size of North America — but experts say it’s still generally shrinking despite recent blips because of high altitude cold weather."

Air [22]
Chemicals [49]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
International [44]
Source: AP [58], 10/17/2022
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DC Sues Velsicol For Allegedly Contaminating Local Rivers With Pesticide [59]

"Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D) on Thursday announced a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol, alleging the company contaminated waterways in the city and harmed the health of residents in predominantly minority neighborhoods."

Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Justice [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: The Hill [60], 10/17/2022
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"How Big Companies Shed Their Obligations To Clean Up Old Mines" [61]

"Miles Hatfield was walking into his dining room when he felt the wooden floor give way. His legs dropped hip-deep into water that had pooled under his brick house in the green hills of eastern Kentucky where he had lived for the past 40 years, trapping him in his own floor."

Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg [62], 10/17/2022
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