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Regulator Gives TVA Approval To Bury Coal Ash In Southeast Memphis [1]

"The Tennessee Valley Authority received the final regulatory approval it needs to remove tons of coal ash from ponds in Southwest Memphis and transport them along Shelby Drive to a landfill in Southeast Memphis."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: AP [9], 11/29/2021
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"Interior Dept. Report on Drilling Is Mostly Silent on Climate Change" [10]

"The department recommended higher fees for oil and gas leases, but there was no sign the government planned to take global warming into account when weighing new applications."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 11/29/2021
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Topic on the Beat: Environmental Justice [17]

Here's a list of top environmental justice stories from SEJournal.

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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [18]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

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Activism [20]
Air [21]
Climate Change [11]
Diversity [22]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [23]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [14]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
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January 26, 2022

New Superfund Redevelopment Mapper Tool and Training Webinar [37]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launches Superfund Redevelopment Mapper, an interactive tool that provides information related to reuse and redevelopment on and near Superfund sites. This webinar will review how the tool highlights key data stakeholders need to plan for future Superfund site use. 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET.

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Company Cancels Plans For $2.5 Billion Oil Terminal In Plaquemines Parish [40]

"A Midwest energy company on Friday canceled controversial plans for a $2.5 billion oil export terminal and pipeline in Plaquemines Parish after facing numerous obstacles to development. Instead, Tallgrass Energy Partners said it will consider other uses for the site."

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Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [25]
People & Population [27]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Source: Nola.com [41], 11/22/2021
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"A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution" [42]

"The quest for Congo’s cobalt, which is vital for electric vehicles and the worldwide push against climate change, is caught in an international cycle of exploitation, greed and gamesmanship."

Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [13]
Technology [39]
Public [7]
International [44]
Africa [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 11/22/2021
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Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People [47]

"Oil companies have replaced Indigenous people’s traditional lands with mines that cover an area bigger than New York City, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands and rerouting waterways."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Forests [50]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [7]
Canada [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 11/22/2021
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RCMP Arrest Journalists, Land Defenders Following Gidimt’en Eviction [53]

"RCMP arrested two journalists, including photojournalist Amber Bracken, on assignment for The Narwhal, during police enforcement of a Coastal GasLink injunction in northwest B.C. Friday."

Activism [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Forests [50]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [7]
Canada [51]
Source: The Narwhal [54], 11/22/2021
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"Brazil Accused Of 'Greenwashing' The Amazon's Deforestation" [55]

"Deforestation in the Amazon region has risen for the fourth straight year, despite international pressure and pledges from Brazil's government to preserve the rainforest."

Agriculture [56]
Biodiversity [57]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [50]
Journalism & Media [26]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [7]
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Source: DW [59], 11/22/2021
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