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"Wildfires Can Pollute Drinking Water." Worries Above Santa Cruz. [1]

"As the first heavy rains of the season poured across the Santa Cruz Mountains last month, emergency responders and residents braced for debris flows, road closures and power outages. Others also feared for their drinking water."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [9]
Source: LA Times [10], 02/15/2021
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"Construction Starts On Disputed $1B Electricity Corridor" [11]

"Construction on part of a $1 billion electricity transmission corridor through sparsely populated woods in western Maine is on hold because of legal action, but that doesn’t mean all building has been halted."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Canada [15]
Source: AP [16], 02/11/2021
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"Audit Raises Concerns About Wildfire Risks at US Nuclear Lab" [17]

"One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories isn’t taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfires, according to an audit by the U.S. Energy Department’s inspector general."

Disasters [3]
Forests [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [18]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [20], 02/11/2021
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"B.C. Allows Logging In Nine ‘Protected’ Old-Growth Areas" [21]

"The BC NDP has consistently stated it placed protections on 353,000 hectares of old-growth forest, yet a recently unearthed document shows logging will continue in 100,000 hectares of these ostensibly protected areas".

Forests [5]
Public [8]
Canada [15]
Source: The Narwhal [22], 02/04/2021
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"Former U.S. Climate Leaders Press Biden on Amazon Deforestation" [23]

"During his presidential campaign, Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the United States should mobilize $20 billion to stop the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and impose “significant economic consequences” if deforestation continued."

Activism [24]
Climate Change [2]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
South America [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 02/02/2021
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"President Biden’s 30% Conservation Commitment Is Good News for People, Too" [29]

"With his Jan. 27 announcement that the U.S. will commit to protecting 30% of its land and ocean by 2030, President Joe Biden joins a growing community of scientists, Indigenous peoples, and world leaders dedicated to working together on putting ecosystems—land, ocean, and freshwater—on the best paths toward sustainability."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [2]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Pew Trusts [31], 01/28/2021
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"Public Lands: Biden Debuts Bold Conservation Goal, Job Corps" [32]

"President Biden today is signing off on an aggressive conservation goal aimed at permanently protecting at least 30% of the nation's undeveloped land and waters by 2030, while calling for the creation of a jobs program focused in part on restoring public lands."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [33]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [34]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [35], 01/28/2021
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Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Hit [36]

"Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination."

Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: ProPublica [38], 01/27/2021
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Bernhardt Rescinds Wilderness Protection Order Before Leaving Office [39]

"As one of his last official acts in the Trump administration, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt rescinded an Obama-era order that directs the department to protect wilderness areas."

Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [40], 01/21/2021
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Calls To Protect Alabama's Unique 60,000-Year-Old Underwater Forest [41]

"Efforts are under way to designate site of submerged forest off the Alabama coast a marine sanctuary".

Forests [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [42], 01/20/2021
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