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"A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water" [1]

"Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline."

Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 09/07/2023
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"States Withhold Cooling Aid For The Poor As Heat Gets Deadlier" [9]

"More than 30 million low-income households that are eligible for federal funding to defray the cost of air conditioning have not received any money from a government program that was created to protect vulnerable people from dangerous temperatures, an E&E News analysis shows."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 09/07/2023
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"African Leaders Call For New Global Taxes To Fund Climate Change Action" [16]

"African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November's COP28 summit."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [13]
Public [6]
International [18]
Africa [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 09/07/2023
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"Biden To Cancel ANWR Leases, Expand Arctic Drilling Protections" [21]

"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 09/07/2023
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West Texas Residents Forge Their Own Solution To Undrinkable Water [26]

"The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems."

Activism [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Texas Tribune [30], 09/06/2023
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"Negotiators Finally Have A Draft Of The Global Plastics Treaty" [31]

"In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they finally have a rough draft."

Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [33]
Public [6]
International [18]
Source: Grist [34], 09/06/2023
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"Marathon Refinery Fire Illustrates How Industry Goes Quiet During a Crisis" [35]

"Recent industrial disaster at Louisiana’s Marathon refinery shows how difficult it is to get information during dangerous events."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: DeSmog [38], 09/06/2023
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"Congress Returns To Overflowing Fall Agenda" [39]

"The Senate returns from summer recess Tuesday facing an impasse on federal spending that could result in a government shutdown, with billions of dollars needed for disaster relief on the line."

Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [40], 09/06/2023
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Alaska District Aligns School Year With Traditional Subsistence Harvests [41]

"Seventy miles inland from the Bering Sea, on roadless lands beside the Kuskokwim River, three Yup'ik villages are perfect examples of the educational challenges faced in Alaska."

Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [13]
Public [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: NPR [42], 09/05/2023
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"Carbon Credit Market Confidence Ebbs As Big Names Retreat" [43]

"Voluntary carbon markets have shrunk for the first time in at least seven years, as companies including food giant Nestle and fashion house Gucci reduced buying and studies found several forest protection projects did not deliver promised emissions savings."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
International [18]
Source: Reuters [44], 09/05/2023
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