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"It’s Deadline Day for Deep-Sea Mining" [1]

"The International Seabed Authority had until this weekend to finish drafting exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining. They’re not done. So now what happens?"

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [10]
Source: Hakai [11], 07/10/2023
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"It’s Toxic Slime Time on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee" [12]

"Huge green blooms are threatening wildlife, pets, people and cities. And algae season is only getting started."

Agriculture [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [17]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 07/10/2023
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"Protect This Place: The Montana River Threatened By a Shuttered Pulp Mill" [20]

"Industrial waste from a mill is leaching into the groundwater and polluting the Clark Fork River. A major flood could cause an even bigger catastrophe."

Environmental Health [14]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Source: The Revelator [23], 07/10/2023
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#SEJSpotlight: John Earl, Freelance Journalist [24]

Meet SEJ member John Earl! John is an investigative journalist who has reported on Southern California water-management issues for over 16 years, including climate change, drought, government/corporate transparency and environmental justice.

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [25]
Water & Oceans [8]
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Public [9]
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U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean [26]

"The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, despite vehement international opposition."

Environmental Health [14]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [27]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Asia [28]
Source: NPR [29], 07/07/2023
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"83,000 Hawaii Homes Dispose Of Sewage In Cesspools" [30]

"The town of Hauula packs hundreds of homes into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between verdant, towering cliffs of the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific. But the stunning views obscure an environmental problem beneath the ground."

Environmental Health [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Source: AP [32], 07/07/2023
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Little Publicized, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives of W.Va. Families [33]

"In lawsuits targeting the coal operator Arch, residents contend that mining activity has disrupted their lives and emitted a gas that threatens their safety and the planet."

Air [34]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [35]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 07/06/2023
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"The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. " [38]

"The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the river, much of it used by Southern California cities. The tribe isn’t paid for it."

Agriculture [13]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [39]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: ProPublica/HCN [41], 07/06/2023
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"Commercial-Scale Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Approved" [42]

"The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday approved the construction of up to 98 wind turbine generators off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J., as part of a Biden administration plan to install offshore wind sites along the country’s coasts."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 07/06/2023
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"Almost Half Of U.S. Tap Water Contains ‘Forever Chemicals’" [45]

"The most high-profile chemicals under fire from the Biden administration likely permeate almost half of U.S. tap water systems, according to a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey that raises yet more concerns about the sprawling family of compounds."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: E&E News [47], 07/06/2023
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