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U.S. Offshore Wind May Not Stay Becalmed for Long [1]

While the first offshore wind turbine started sending power into the U.S. grid just last month, and the renewable power source has enthusiastic support from the Biden administration, the industry has been slowed by politics, high interest rates and supply chain problems. But the latest Issue Backgrounder explores why offshore wind can be expected to succeed.

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Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
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Public [17]
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California Exports Hazardous Waste. Mexico Neighborhood Shows Consequences [18]

"An ongoing CalMatters investigation has shown how California companies and governments avoid the Golden State’s strict environmental regulations by shipping toxic waste across state borders. New reporting shows how California exports the risk to Mexico."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [19]
Pollution [20]
Waste [21]
Public [17]
California [22]
Mexico [23]
Source: CalMatters [24], 12/21/2023
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Worried About Safety, Texas Town Challenges Planned Cross-Border Pipeline [25]

"Critics are calling on federal regulators to increase their scrutiny and oversight of the proposed pipeline, which would send gas from Texas to the Mexican coast for export to other countries."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [19]
Infrastructure [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mexico [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 12/21/2023
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"Supreme Court Takes Up Fight Over EPA Smog Crackdown" [27]

"The Supreme Court will soon consider a case that has the potential to deal a massive blow to the Biden administration’s goals of cleaning the air and weaning power plants off of coal."

Air [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [20]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [29], 12/21/2023
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Former Official Says EPA Fails To Protect Public From Toxic Pesticides [30]

"Federal regulators are discouraged from speaking up about potentially dangerous pesticides, according to a former agency official."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [33], 12/20/2023
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"On The Hunt For Climate Disease" [34]

"Aedes, a grayish four-propeller drone, whirred off the scruffy dirt soccer field in this Amazon village to help do what doctors cannot as climate change threatens this nation with a new era of disease."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Public [17]
International [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 12/19/2023
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"EPA’s Enforcement Results Bounce Back" [37]

"EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws was on the rise again this year, although not yet reaching the highs the agency attained in cracking down on polluters over the past decade."

Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [38], 12/19/2023
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"Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’" [39]

"The small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens has a colorful history but an uncertain future because of climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [10]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: NYTimes [43], 12/18/2023
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"Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest." [44]

"The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America."

Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [45]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [6]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [46]
Public [17]
International [35]
Source: NYTimes [47], 12/18/2023
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"Advocates Demand US Suspend Weed-Killing Chemical That May Cause Cancer" [48]

"Citing new scientific research, a coalition of farm worker, public health and environmental advocates on Wednesday filed a legal petition with US regulators demanding they immediately suspend authorization for the controversial weed-killing chemical called glyphosate."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [49], 12/15/2023
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