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"Grid Watchdog’s Extreme Weather Plan Splits Electricity Industry" [1]

"Companies that produce power and grid operators that deliver it are at odds over response to deep freezes."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 03/29/2024
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Sinking Coastal Lands Will Worsen Sea Level Rise Flooding in 24 US Cities [10]

"Flooding could affect one out of every 50 residents in 24 coastal cities in the United States by the year 2050, a study led by Virginia Tech researchers suggests."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 03/29/2024
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"From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season" [13]

"The blazes come after a record dry winter in the region. “Year to date, we've had close to 300 wildfires statewide,” a Wisconsin official said. “The normal year-to-date 10-year average is about 40 fires.”"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Mexico [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 03/29/2024
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"Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told." [20]

"The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that dominates this California city and its skyline."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [27]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [28], 03/29/2024
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"A Great Lakes Pipeline Tangles Politics in Two Battleground States" [29]

"Line 5 crosses tribal lands, runs beneath the water and needs major upgrades. Opponents fear spills. Supporters envision jobs. Everyone sees a fight."

Activism [30]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Canada [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 03/28/2024
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"Spending Package Would Extend Nuclear Insurance Backstop" [34]

"The fiscal 2024 spending package released Thursday proposes to prolong and expand a critical lifeline for the domestic nuclear energy industry."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [36]
Pollution [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [37], 03/28/2024
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Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes [38]

"Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [39]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 03/28/2024
  • Read more about Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes [38]

"New Warning System Could Save Lives During Wildfires" [43]

"The system got its biggest test yet in February 2024 as a million-acre blaze ripped through the Texas Panhandle."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [14]
Government [44]
Technology [45]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [46], 03/27/2024
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Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, New Report Finds [47]

"A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.”"

Chemicals [21]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 03/27/2024
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"Water Is Disappearing From Mexico's Vital Desert Oasis Cuatro Cienegas" [49]

"Alfalfa plants sway under a thin veil of mist as towering irrigation equipment rolls above the crops, spraying the vast fields with water. It's an important agriculture product in Mexico's northern state of Coahuila, grown there for hundreds of years."

Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [7]
Mexico [18]
Source: Reuters [51], 03/26/2024
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