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Exxon Guyana Coast Oil Drilling Gamble ‘Poses Major Environmental Risk’ [1]

"ExxonMobil’s huge new Guyana project faces charges of a disregard for safety from experts who claim the company has failed to adequately prepare for possible disaster, the Guardian and Floodlight have found."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Central America & the Caribbean [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 08/18/2021
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S. Calif. Water Officials Declare Supply Alert Amid Worsening Drought [11]

"Southern California’s powerful water agency on Tuesday issued a supply alert, calling on the region to conserve vital resources and prepare for continued drought — a move that brings the state’s largest population center closer to the tough water restrictions imposed on communities elsewhere."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [2]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [14]
Source: LA Times [15], 08/18/2021
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Oil Companies Quietly Scoring Big Money for Carbon Capture and Storage [16]

"Over the last year, energy companies, electrical utilities and other industrial sectors have been quietly pushing through a suite of policies to support a technology that stands to yield tens of billions of dollars for corporate polluters, but may do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 08/18/2021
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National Park Service Mandates Masks In Buildings, Crowded Public Spaces [21]

"The National Park Service on Monday reinstated mask requirements, ordering visitors at national parks around the country to don face coverings when they are inside buildings or in crowded outdoor spaces."

Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [23], 08/18/2021
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"‘Defiant’ Interior Unlikely to Lease Oil Soon, Despite Injunction" [24]

"Attorneys say they aren’t expecting the Interior Department to announce an immediate oil and gas lease sale, after the agency said Monday that it’ll proceed with leasing following a federal court injunction."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 08/18/2021
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"Explainer: Western Water Projects In Infrastructure Deal" [26]

"Included in the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate is funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [27], 08/18/2021
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"Fishers Struggle as Fish Head for the Poles" [28]

"As climate change raises the ocean’s temperature, some fish species are moving poleward to cooler waters. In the United States, as elsewhere, commercial fishers are trying to adapt. But as a new study of trawler communities along the US east coast documents, fishers’ efforts to adjust are being constrained by a regulatory environment that isn’t adapting with them."

Climate Change [12]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Hakai [29], 08/17/2021
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DOI To Review Federal Coal Leasing, Appeal Injunction For Oil Leasing Pause [30]

"The Biden administration will review coal leasing on federal lands this week, officials said Monday while also announcing a plan to appeal an order that halted a moratorium on oil and gas leasing."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/17/2021
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"Chlorine Shortage Spurs Unprecedented Requests for EPA Help" [32]

"Local water systems are asking the EPA—for the first time in the Safe Drinking Water Act’s history—for help obtaining chlorine-based water treatment chemicals amid a nationwide shortage."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 08/17/2021
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Industry Paid Residents To Support Gas Trucks At Public Meetings [36]

"Residents around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were paid to show support for natural gas trucks at community hearings".

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Floodlight/LATimes [39], 08/17/2021
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