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July 31, 2024

SELC Webinar: Power Plants to Public Lands — Key Decisions Shaping Our Future [1]

Join the Southern Environmental Law Center for a webinar about key decisions being made in the South now that will chart our future, and how we can ensure the right choices are made. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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Activism [4]
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Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]

"Millions of US Low-Income Households Face Power Shutoffs Amid Deadly Heat" [12]

"Millions of low-income households are at risk of having their power disconnected this summer, exacerbating the risk of deadly heat as the climate crisis drives up temperatures."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [15]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about "Millions of US Low-Income Households Face Power Shutoffs Amid Deadly Heat" [12]

"The Siting Of An Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts In Maine" [19]

"Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: Energy News Network [23], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about "The Siting Of An Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts In Maine" [19]

"Apache Tribe Challenges EPA Copper Smelter Rule" [24]

"Though the regs are expected to halve air releases of toxic metals, the tribe has voiced concern about increased pollution to meet demand for electric vehicles."

Air [25]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [15]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about "Apache Tribe Challenges EPA Copper Smelter Rule" [24]

Clean Energy Projects Stuck in a Years-Long Queue. States Push for a Fix [29]

"A Baltimore coal-fired power plant will be operating past its planned retirement date next year, pumping out pollution, while the cheaper clean energy projects that could help replace it are stuck in a queue to connect to the region’s electric grid."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about Clean Energy Projects Stuck in a Years-Long Queue. States Push for a Fix [29]

"How J.D. Vance Stacks Up On Energy, Environment Issues" [31]

"Former President Donald Trump has picked Sen. J.D. Vance — an author and former venture capitalist who has been dismissive of climate change concerns but outspoken on rail safety — to be his vice presidential running mate."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [32], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about "How J.D. Vance Stacks Up On Energy, Environment Issues" [31]

"What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment" [33]

"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 07/17/2024
  • Read more about "What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment" [33]

"West Virginia School Will Remain Open For Now Amid Toxic Groundwater Fears" [37]

"A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: AP [42], 07/16/2024
  • Read more about "West Virginia School Will Remain Open For Now Amid Toxic Groundwater Fears" [37]

Federal Oil and Gas Leases in Question as Lawmakers Eye Collusion Allegations [43]

"A dozen Democratic lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee want to know if shale drillers could see their oil and gas leases and operations on federal lands suspended amid allegations that the companies may have colluded to drive oil prices up."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog [44], 07/16/2024
  • Read more about Federal Oil and Gas Leases in Question as Lawmakers Eye Collusion Allegations [43]

US, Canada Agree On Modernizing 60-Year-Old Pact On Columbia River [45]

"The United States and Canada have reached an agreement in principle on modernizing a 60-year-old pact on Columbia River flood control and power generation, and work on draft amendments will begin in the coming weeks, they said on Thursday."

Environmental Justice [15]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 07/16/2024
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