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"Crowd Boos As Va. Lawmaker Says 'Rich People' Like Clean Air" [1]

"BLACKSTONE, Va. — A conservative Virginia Republican said he supports some U.S. EPA efforts and believes the climate is changing during a boisterous town hall last night in a rural part of the state."

Climate Change [2]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [7], 02/23/2017

"Dakota Pipeline Protest Camp Nearly Empty As Holdouts Face Removal" [8]

"CANNON BALL, N.D. -- All but a few dozen of the last holdouts from a months-long mass protest against a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota peacefully vacated their riverside camp as an eviction deadline passed on Wednesday."

Activism [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [3]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [13], 02/23/2017

"Unsafe To Drink" [14]

"A Globe review shows water treatment plants are failing on reserves across Canada. For every system the government fixes, plenty remain in a shambolic state."

Environmental Health [15]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
Canada [16]
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [17], 02/22/2017

"Deadline Looms For Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp" [18]

"As dawn breaks over an encampment that was once home to thousands of people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a few hundred holdouts rise for another day of resistance."

Activism [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [21], 02/22/2017

"Border Wall Would Cleave Tribe, and Its Connection to Ancestral Land" [22]

"The phone calls started almost as soon as President Trump signed his executive order, making official his pledge to build a wall to separate the United States from Mexico."

Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: NY Times [25], 02/20/2017

Daughter Of Coal Country Battles Climate Change And Her Father's Doubt [26]

"The economy in southwestern Pennsylvania has been hit twice, once by the collapse of big mining and steel employers, and again by the environmental destruction that accompanied those industries."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: NPR [28], 02/17/2017

"Navajo Nation Abandoned Uranium Mines Cleanup Gets $600 Million" [29]

"After 50 years, mining companies will pay for cleanup at 94 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation. A historic, $600 million settlement agreement reached by the Navajo Nation, the United States and two subsidiaries of the mining company Freeport-McMoRan aims to address a legacy of uranium mining that stretches back to 1944."

Economy & Business [30]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: Indian Country Today [32], 02/16/2017

"Governor Orders Evacuation Of Dakota Pipeline Protest Camp" [33]

"The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project."

Activism [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
People & Population [3]
Waste [34]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [35], 02/16/2017

Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [36]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

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Features [37]
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Activism [9]
Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Forests [40]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [3]
Policy [41]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
California [44]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [47]
Mexico [48]
Africa [49]
Australia & Oceania [50]
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"Tribe Files Legal Challenge to Stall Dakota Access Pipeline" [51]

"Construction crews have resumed work on the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline, and the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday that the full system could be operational within three months. Meanwhile, an American Indian tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [52], 02/10/2017

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