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"Canada Court Orders New Hearing In Youth-Led Climate Suit" [1]

"The court of appeal in Canada's most populous province ordered a new hearing on Thursday in a youth-led lawsuit claiming Ontario's climate plan violates young people's rights."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [8]
Canada [9]
Source: Reuters [10], 10/18/2024
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Phillips 66 Refinery Closure A Welcome Surprise To Activists [11]

"For more than a century, the sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery complex has dominated a vast tract of southern Los Angeles County."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 10/18/2024
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"DOE Makes $3B Commitment To Two Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects" [19]

"On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a nearly $3 billion effort that it said could significantly boost America’s output of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, over the next few years, Canary Media has exclusively learned."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Canary Media [22], 10/18/2024
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"U.S. Approves Mega Geothermal Energy Project In Utah" [23]

"The Biden administration just approved a massive geothermal energy project in Utah, marking a significant advance for a climate-friendly technology that is gaining momentum in the United States, the White House confirmed to The Washington Post on Thursday."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 10/18/2024
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Editorial: "A Reporter’s Shield Law Is Vital to Prevent Abuses of Power" [26]

"Governments often chafe at the presence of a free press. The reason is simple: A robust and independent news media keeps a sharp eye on government and, when necessary, exposes abuse of power, corruption, incompetence and waste. Exposing such things depends, of course, not just on journalists but also on brave officials willing to sound the alarm about government misconduct."

Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [28], 10/18/2024
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"Trump Has Vowed To Gut Climate Rules. Oil Lobbyists Have A Plan Ready." [29]

"An influential oil and gas industry group whose members were aggressively pursued for campaign cash by Donald Trump has drafted detailed plans for dismantling landmark Biden administration climate rules after the presidential election, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [30], 10/18/2024
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Sewage Sludge Can Spread the Harm of Many Toxic Chemicals [31]

What was once benignly dubbed biosolids is more accurately tagged toxic sludge. And some of it may be finding its way into our food. The latest TipSheet reports how that came to be despite (or perhaps because of) Clean Water Act regulation, and how hard it is to calculate the potential harms. Plus, more than a dozen reporting ideas and resources for this highly localizable story.

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Agriculture [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [34]
Government [35]
Health [36]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Waste [37]
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National (U.S.) [21]
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Public [8]
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Report Condemns Increasing Violence Against Environmental Activists [38]

"Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo was watching television in his living room in May when a group of motorcyclists pulled up outside the gates of his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the riders fired nine bullets into the house."

Activism [2]
Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [40]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [8]
International [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 10/17/2024
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"Nuclear Power Could Solve US Electricity Needs. But At What Cost?" [45]

"As Three Mile Island and a Michigan reactor aim to restart, critics question whether the cost of nuclear power makes sense."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Technology [47]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Floodlight [48], 10/17/2024
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San Diego County Residents Sue Over Alleged Sewage Treatment Plant Failures [49]

"Residents of Imperial Beach in southern San Diego County filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the operators of an international wastewater treatment plant — alleging that the site has failed to contain a cross-border crisis that has long contaminated their community."

Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [51]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [16]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [17]
Mexico [53]
Source: The Hill [54], 10/17/2024
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