"Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County north of San Francisco."
"The total number of accidents for the top five freight railroads increased, and Congress still hasn’t passed legislation to prevent similar disasters."
"Frigid weather this month caused industrial facilities across Texas to release unplanned air pollution as machinery froze, power went out and icy conditions blocked service crews."
"As rooftop solar projects have plummeted, about 17,000 workers could lose their jobs. Will this derail the state’s climate and clean energy goals?"
"A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a man who said he developed cancer from using the company’s weed killer, Roundup."
"Members of a propane industry lobbying group strategized to downplay the full climate impacts of propane and market it as “renewable” or “clean energy”, recordings reviewed by the climate newsletter Heated and the Guardian reveal."
"President Biden on Friday paused the permitting process for new liquefied natural gas export facilities in order to analyze their impact on climate change, the economy and national security."
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"On a warm day last spring, dozens of protesters gathered outside a shopping center on the west side of Hawaii’s Big Island. They weren’t there to boycott a store or a pipeline or to deride a politician. They came to revolt against a new ban on feeding cats in the parking lot. “Stop starving the cats,” the protesters chanted, according to a local newspaper."
"A rule published by the Trump administration removed protections for 21 percent of streams and 25 percent of wetlands that otherwise could have received federal protection, new research has found."
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[2] https://apnews.com/article/avian-flu-chicken-outbreak-california-poultry-eggs-976f0f82843bf716dbad64f459b4b8be
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-train-derailment-accidents-have-gone-not-down
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/ohio-train-derailment-safety-east-palestine.html
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-companies-released-1-million-pounds-excess-pollution-during-cold
[6] https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/26/texas-pollution-emissions-cold-weather-upsets/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/demand-has-plunged-80-california-cut-home-solar-payments
[8] https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/01/california-solar-demand-plummets/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bayer-ordered-pay-225b-jury-links-herbicide-roundup-cancer-0
[10] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/27/roundup-monsanto-bayer-cancer-claim/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/propane-industry-trying-dupe-you
[12] https://heated.world/p/the-propane-industry-is-trying-to
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-pauses-approvals-new-gas-export-terminals
[14] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/climate/biden-lng-pause-climate.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/topic-beat/energy
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hawaii-s-out-control-totally-bizarre-fight-over-stray-cats
[17] https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/24041534/hawaii-cats-invasive-species-extinction
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-deregulated-nearly-21-percent-streams-25-percent-wetlands
[19] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4430098-trump-deregulated-streams-wetlands-research/
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