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"Major Hurdle Cleared In Plan To Demolish 4 California Dams" [1]

"Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history."

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Fish & Fisheries [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
California [10]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: AP [12], 03/01/2022
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"Supreme Court Questions Scope of EPA’s Climate Change Powers" [13]

"U.S. Supreme Court justices debated putting new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions, as they considered a case that threatens to undercut President Joe Biden’s climate agenda."

Climate Change [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg [16], 03/01/2022
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Will Farmed Totoaba Stop Extinction of World’s Most Endangered Porpoise? [17]

"International officials will soon decide the fate of Mexican totoaba fish farming—and with it, possibly the last glimmer of hope for the vaquita."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
Mexico [19]
Source: Hakai [20], 02/28/2022
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"Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion" [21]

"The United States government netted a record $4.37 billion on Friday from the sale of six offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, a major step in the Biden administration’s goal of ushering in a future powered by renewable energy."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [23], 02/28/2022
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US Oil Industry Leaps On Invasion Of Ukraine To Argue For More Drilling [24]

"The US oil and gas industry is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to pressure the Biden administration to throw open more land and ocean for domestic drilling and to loosen regulations for large companies attempting to ramp up their fossil fuel extraction."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [26]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [27], 02/28/2022
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"UN To Agree On Plan For 'Historic' Plastics Treaty" [28]

"More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet."

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Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [31]
Source: AFP [32], 02/28/2022
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"Supreme Court Will Hear Biggest Climate Change Case in a Decade" [33]

"In the most important environmental case in more than a decade, the Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a dispute that could restrict or even eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to control the pollution that is heating the planet."

Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [35], 02/28/2022
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [36]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

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Air [39]
Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [41]
Diversity [42]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Food [45]
Forests [46]
Government [47]
Health [48]
Infrastructure [5]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [49]
Planning & Growth [50]
Policy [51]
Pollution [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [52]
Science [53]
Technology [54]
Transportation [55]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [8]
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International [31]
Mexico [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [58]
Europe [59]
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"U.S. Environmental Enforcement Activity Has Dropped, Study Shows" [61]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activities have dropped sharply since 2018, as criminal fines and civil penalties paid by polluters dropped to new lows, a Washington D.C. watchdog group said Friday in a report."

Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [62], 02/25/2022
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"Supreme Court Rejects Dakota Access NEPA Battle" [63]

"The Supreme Court today dealt a blow to a pipeline developer, deciding against hearing a dispute over environmental reviews for infrastructure projects."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [64]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [65], 02/23/2022
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