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Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories [1]

Hundreds of hydropower dams in the United States will see their licenses expiring in the next decade, generating years-long federal relicensing processes. That prospect calls for close local and regional coverage of the complicated balance between renewable energy needs with negative environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet explains the licensing process and the dam backstory, along with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
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Public [21]
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"Chicago, Northern Illinois Will See Billions Of Noise-Making Bugs Soon" [22]

"The cicadas are coming; billions of them." 'The noise is actually kind of deafening. It sounds like 100 chainsaws being used at the same time,' said Jim Louderman, a collections assistant in the Field Museum's Insect Division."

Biodiversity [23]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [24]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: WLS [25], 04/26/2024
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Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under Community After Fines and Explosion [26]

"Following the death of a grandfather, Crimson Oak Grove Resources has left a community afraid for their homes and lives. An expert warns one resident may need to evacuate her home while she still can."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [29]
Public [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 04/26/2024
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Emperor Penguins Suffer Breeding Failures In 2023 Amid Record Low Sea Ice [32]

"Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey said on Thursday."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [24]
Public [21]
International [33]
Antarctica & Arctic [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 04/26/2024
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"In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back" [36]

"By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations."

Activism [3]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [38]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [24]
Public [21]
Canada [40]
Source: Hakai [41], 04/26/2024
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Oil, Chemical Lobbyists Flood UN Talks On Cutting Plastic Pollution [42]

"Nearly 200 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists plan to join this week's United Nations negotiations on the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution — a 37% jump from the previous gathering in November, an analysis released on Thursday showed."

Chemicals [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [21]
International [33]
Source: Reuters [45], 04/26/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [46]

"The hardy wild cousins of domesticated crops can teach us how to adapt to a hotter, more unpredictable future."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [21]
International [33]
Source: Civil Eats [48], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [49]

"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste". "A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic pollution across six continents."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [29]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [21]
International [33]
Source: Washington Post [51], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [52]

"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Forests [53]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [24]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: High Country News [54], 04/25/2024
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Prehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition [55]

"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished."

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Studies [56]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [57], 04/24/2024
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