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Supreme Court Allows Rule Limiting Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants [1]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [9], 10/17/2024
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"High Court to Take First Post-Chevron Look at Clean Water Act" [10]

"The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case with high stakes for the Clean Water Act as environmentalists warn the justices may be poised to weaken the law."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 10/16/2024
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Obscure Election Could Dictate the Future of Renewables in Arizona [16]

"State residents are voting for three seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, which has come under scrutiny for its continued support of fossil fuels and resistance to supporting more solar in the state."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 10/16/2024
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"The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back" [20]

"A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [22], 10/16/2024
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EPA OKs Use Of Radioactive Material In Florida Road Pilot Project [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for the use of a material that contains radioactive radium in a Florida road project that’s being described as a “pilot.”"

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Pollution [6]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: The Hill [27], 10/15/2024
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Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities [28]

"In 2023, Alabama settled a civil rights complaint alleging that the state was discriminating against Black residents by not providing adequate sewage treatment in a poor, rural county. A year later, slow progress is being made to close the gap."

Consumer [29]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 10/15/2024
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"The U.S. Gets A New National Marine Sanctuary, The First Led By A Tribe" [32]

"More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the Central California coast. The Biden administration is creating a new national marine sanctuary, which will be the third largest in the U.S. The sanctuary is also the first to be led by Indigenous people."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [37]
Source: NPR [38], 10/15/2024
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Washington State’s Landmark Climate Law Hangs In The Balance This Election [39]

"A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
Source: AP [41], 10/15/2024
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"The Disappearance of the Monarch King — Part 1" [42]

"Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace."

Activism [43]
Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [30]
Wildlife [36]
Public [7]
Mexico [44]
Source: Outside [45], 10/11/2024
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"An Oil Giant Railroads Its SCOTUS Connection To Gut Environmental Law" [46]

"A fossil fuel giant with deep ties to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, along with other powerful pro-business groups, are explicitly pressuring Gorsuch and his fellow justices to rule in favor of oil and gas interests in an upcoming Supreme Court case."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [47]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [48]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Source: Lever News [50], 10/11/2024
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