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"In A ‘Sacred’ Desert, The U.S. Turns Away From Drilling And Mining" [1]

"The Biden administration faces a backlash in Wyoming as it puts more emphasis on conservation, recreation and renewable energy on public lands."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 11/29/2023
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"They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help" [14]

"“We need protection,” one migrant at the U.S. border said. But the legal system for refugees never envisioned the millions displaced by global warming."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 11/29/2023
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Pro-Iran Group Claims To Have Hacked Water Authority In Pennsylvania [22]

"Federal officials are investigating after a pro-Iran hacking group claimed to have committed a cyberattack at a water authority in Pennsylvania, according to a state congressman and water authority officials."

Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Military [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: CNN [26], 11/29/2023
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Sea Turtle Nests Break Records On US Beaches, But Warming Threatens Survival [27]

"Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [15]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: AP [29], 11/28/2023
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"Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms" [30]

"A POLITICO investigation has found that many of the deals to save water under the three-year $1.2 billion pact struck by Arizona, California and Nevada in May are driving up the value of existing agreements to save or transfer water by nearly 50 percent."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Politico [34], 11/28/2023
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"As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change" [35]

"In a country where the value of land often depends on access to water, powerful interests in agriculture, heavy industry and real estate draw vast amounts of water out of the ground. For generations, that water has been treated as an unlimited resource in much of the United States, freely available to anyone who owns a piece of land and can drill a well. Entire local economies have been built around the assumption that the water will never run out."

Agriculture [2]
Economy & Business [32]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 11/27/2023
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Dredging for Data on Wetlands Permits [39]

In the second of two parts on how to report locally on wetlands permitting, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you muck around an Army Corps of Engineers “permit finder” database that’s accurate and particularly good for zooming in on map-based geographic data. Plus, see the part one TipSheet [40] on how reemerging wetlands controversy brings the issue to your area.

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Reporters Toolbox [41]
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Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [10]
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"All the Fish We Cannot See" [43]

"In a dark, unexplored layer of ocean, a hidden cache of fish might play an unexpected role in our climate’s future. It seems like a bad time for a new fishery."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [15]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
International [20]
Source: Hakai [44], 11/22/2023
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"Mucus-Covered Jellyfish Hint at Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining" [45]

"A treasure trove of metal is hiding at the bottom of the ocean. Potato-size nodules of iron and manganese litter the seafloor, and metal-rich crusts cover underwater mountains and chimneys along hydrothermal vents. Deep-sea mining companies have set their sights on these minerals, aiming to use them in batteries and electronics. Environmentalists warn that the mining process and the plumes of sediment it would dump back into the sea could affect marine life."

Biodiversity [3]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Studies [46]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [24]
Science [48]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [49], 11/22/2023
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Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of Clean Energy Transition in Minnesota [50]

"Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Justice [18]
Food [51]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 11/22/2023
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