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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 02/26/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [10]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Food [13]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Africa [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [17]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Source: KUOW [21], 02/23/2024
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"Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year" [22]

"An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [23], 02/23/2024
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100s Coming To Tahiti For Olympic Surfing. Can It Protect Its Way Of Life? [24]

"Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago."

Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [26]
Australia & Oceania [27]
Source: AP [28], 02/22/2024
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‘Reactivating’ Floodplains Along Rivers Can Be A Water Solution For Calif. [29]

"California has lost most of its natural wetlands as rivers have been cut off from their natural floodplains. And it’s pretty remarkable what can be achieved when rivers are given space to reconnect with floodplains."

Agriculture [11]
Biodiversity [30]
Disasters [18]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [32]
Source: LA Times [33], 02/22/2024
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Another Climate Impact Hits Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City [34]

"L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 02/22/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [37]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Canada [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [43]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [32]
Source: LA Times [45], 02/22/2024
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"How US Protectionism Is Holding Back The Country’s Offshore Wind Plans" [46]

"The Biden admin has an ambitious target for new offshore wind farms — but a 100-year-old law is slowing down construction and ratcheting up installation costs."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Hakai [48], 02/21/2024
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