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"Democrats Say Biden Hasn’t ‘Made the Case’ on Climate Despite Achievements" [1]

"President Biden has done more than any president to tackle climate change, but strategists are grappling with an uncomfortable fact: Voters don’t seem to know it."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 01/31/2024
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Great Basin Tribes Want Massacre Site In Nevada Named National Monument [9]

"White attackers turned a lush, high desert oasis in eastern Nevada, with its bubbling springs and a rare stand of Rocky Mountain junipers, into killing fields. They massacred hundreds of Native people there in the 1800s — a horrific history once retold in hushed tones behind closed doors."

Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: AP [13], 01/30/2024
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Rice Hidden By Women Fleeing Slavery In The 1700s Could Help Descendants [14]

"Suriname’s Saamaka Maroons still grow rice from seeds an ancestor escaping from a plantation carried in her hair. Now a gene bank seeks to widen use of the rare species to help fight the climate crisis".

Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [17]
Food [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
South America [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 01/30/2024
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Viral Pork TikToks? It’s a Government-Backed Group Pushing Meat On Gen Z. [21]

"Ad campaigns from controversial quasi-government programs for pork, dairy, and beef are raising new questions around the checkoff program’s foray into social media."

Agriculture [15]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [3]
Food [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [23], 01/30/2024
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Colorado Enviro Group Sues Corps Of Engineers Over $2B River Diversion Plan [24]

"A Colorado environmental group is asking a federal judge to strike down a $2 billion plan that would reroute river water to the state’s expanding northern communities."

Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: The Hill [27], 01/30/2024
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"OSHA Issues Major Chemical Safety Enforcement Guide Changes" [28]

"A federal worker safety enforcement directive for refineries, chemical plants, and other facilities with large amounts of chemicals has received an overhaul for the first time in 30 years."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [30]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 01/30/2024
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9 Species In 33 States May Soon Be On Endangered List: USFWS [32]

"Nine species could soon find themselves on federal threatened or endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says."

Biodiversity [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [33]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NEXSTAR [34], 01/30/2024
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"Energy Department Sets Efficiency Standards For Gas Stoves" [35]

"The Department of Energy unveiled a heavily anticipated, scaled-back regulation Monday to cut greenhouse gas emissions from stovetop cooking in the U.S., going with a compromise that pleased gas stove producers and environmentalists alike."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [37]
Technology [38]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/30/2024
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Take This Clean Electricity ‘Dashboard’ for a Trip Into the Energy Transition Future [40]

To better understand progress in the U.S. energy transition, some of the best nonpartisan data comes from the Energy Information Administration. And, as the latest Reporter’s Toolbox explains, EIA has an effective dashboard tool for exploring state-by-state variations in clean energy performance, among other things. Here’s how to use it smartly. Plus, a few caveats.

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Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [43]
Policy [44]
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"Since Ohio Train Derailment, Accidents Have Gone Up, Not Down" [45]

"The total number of accidents for the top five freight railroads increased, and Congress still hasn’t passed legislation to prevent similar disasters."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [22]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [37]
Transportation [47]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/29/2024
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