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1st Nation Reclaims Territory By Declaring Indigenous Protected Area In B.C. [1]

"The Mamalilikulla First Nation has declared part of its traditional territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast that it lost to colonialism to be an Indigenous protected and conserved area (IPCA)."

Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
Canada [7]
Source: Mongabay [8], 06/07/2022
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"Ukraine Migration Maps ‘What’s Possible’ for Climate Displaced" [9]

"Climate migration threatens to uproot millions of people worldwide, and immigration experts see the Biden administration’s treatment of Ukrainian nationals fleeing Russian violence as a model for how to better manage future global displacement following climate disasters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [3]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [14], 06/07/2022
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"‘Bees Are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say" [15]

"Law professors say much of the buzz around a California court’s finding that bees meet the definition of fish missed the mark, and that the decision isn’t as unusual as it seems."

Biodiversity [16]
Chemicals [17]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 06/07/2022
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"Ship Pollution Is Rising As The U.S. Waits For World Leaders To Act" [23]

"Biden is pushing for countries to adopt a zero-emissions goal for shipping by 2050. But environmentalists want action at home."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [18]
Transportation [27]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: Washington Post [28], 06/07/2022
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"EPA Reaches Tandem Deals Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution" [29]

"EPA has reached a tentative deal with environmental groups in a lawsuit brought over toxic pollution in the swath of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley.”"

Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [18]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 06/07/2022
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"Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan" [32]

"A federal agency has delivered a big setback to a company’s controversial plan to mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge."

Biodiversity [16]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [34], 06/07/2022
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"Biden to Pause New Solar Tariffs as WH Aims to Encourage Adoption" [35]

"The Biden administration on Monday announced a two-year pause on imposing any new tariffs on the solar industry, a decision that follows an outcry from importers who have complained the levies are threatening broader adoption of solar energy in the United States."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Technology [36]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/07/2022
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Fine Particle Pollution Will Soon Spawn a Stormcloud of News [38]

New rules on soot may soon be on the way and will likely stir up the long-standing controversy over air pollution from particulate matter. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on the pending regulations, reviews human health impacts and offers a range of story ideas and reporting resources for environmental journalists to tell the story on a local and regional basis.

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Air [40]
Chemicals [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [26]
Health [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Policy [43]
Pollution [18]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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"Fracking Moratorium off California Coast Ordered by Ninth Circuit" [44]

"In a long series of court proceedings, permits allowing the fracking and acidizing of oil wells in federal waters off the coast of California were prohibited by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today [Friday].

Chemicals [17]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Studies [45]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [6]
California [21]
Source: Santa Barbara Independent [46], 06/06/2022
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Septic Systems Often Hide Neglected Local Stories [47]

Millions of Americans rely on their own onsite wastewater treatment, commonly known as septic systems. And many of those systems are connected to private wells. But unless they are properly sited, designed, built and maintained, they can contaminate drinking water, bringing dangerous waterborne illnesses. The latest TipSheet explains how to turn this often ignored issue into a local story.

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Chemicals [17]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Justice [2]
Health [41]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Planning & Growth [50]
Pollution [18]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
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Public [6]
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