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"Politics, Climate Conspire as Tigris and Euphrates Dwindle" [1]

"Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Middle East [5]
Source: AP [6], 11/23/2022
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"Public Utility To Pipe Water To Residents Of ‘Gasland’ Town" [7]

"A new water line will deliver something that residents of a rural Pennsylvania community have gone without for the last 14 years — a clean, reliable supply of drinking water — after a public utility on Tuesday released the first details of a plan to mitigate the damage that a gas driller is charged with causing."

Consumer [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: AP [13], 11/23/2022
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"How The Forest Dies" [14]

"The Amazon is going dry. In one parched corner, a desperate wait for water is only just beginning."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [15]
Forests [16]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
South America [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 11/22/2022
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"Growing Storms Push Shrinking La. Insurers Into Failure" [19]

"More than a year after Hurricane Ida swept across Louisiana, the Category 4 storm is triggering a property-insurance crisis in the state that has bankrupted 11 insurance companies and will force some homeowners to pay annual premiums of nearly $18,000."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [8]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [20]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 11/22/2022
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"Analysis: First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks The Rise Of The Reef Brigades" [24]

"Conservation group The Nature Conservancy's vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs."

Economy & Business [20]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 11/22/2022
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"Car Tire Chemicals Are Killing Salmon And Steelhead" [28]

"The chemical 6PPD, added to tires to prevent degradation, is causing a “complete breakdown of the blood brain barrier” in fish, a new study found."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [10]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: EHN [32], 11/22/2022
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"EPA, Watchdog Clash Over Water Cyberthreats" [33]

"EPA and the agency’s inspector general are at odds over whether federal oversight is sufficient to ensure U.S. water operators are protected against hackers and other saboteurs."

Consumer [8]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [31]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [37], 11/22/2022
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Coal Ash — An Overlooked Toxic Story That Won’t Go Away [38]

Obama-era regulation of the toxic waste product coal ash, which was watered down in the face of resistance from coal and electric utilities and further weakened by the Trump administration, has meant many coal-fired power plants simply ignore disposal requirements. That’s per a new report that the latest TipSheet writes can offer journalists useful ways to report an overlooked environmental story in their area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [34]
Government [40]
Health [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [31]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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Monterey Bay Desalination Plant OKd Despite Environmental Injustice Concerns [44]

"In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community."

Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
California [46]
Source: LA Times [47], 11/21/2022
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"'Landmark Vote' Gives Boost To Threatened Sharks" [48]

"More than 50 species of sharks are to be given protection from over-exploitation in what's being seen as a milestone for shark conservation."

Biodiversity [49]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [50]
Source: BBC News [51], 11/21/2022
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