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Drought Frontlines: Mexican Communities Strive To Save Every Drop Of Water [1]

"Sixteen Indigenous Zapotec communities in Mexico have created over 579 water infrastructure projects, including absorption wells, small dams and water pans, to conserve water in the Oaxaca Valley – a region impacted by recurrent droughts."

Climate Change [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Mexico [8]
Source: Mongabay [9], 09/08/2022
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"Nuclear’s $6 Billion Bailout Likely to Help Only Diablo Canyon" [10]

"A $6 billion credit program was a centerpiece win for the nuclear industry in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill—a move aimed to prevent the imminent closure of zero-emissions power plants that struggled to compete with low natural gas prices in the 2010s."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Source: Bloomberg [15], 09/08/2022
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"DNC Weighs Manchin's Permitting Reform Deal" [16]

"The Democratic National Committee will vote this week on a resolution opposing a push by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) to overhaul the nation's permitting process for energy infrastructure."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [19], 09/07/2022
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"Clean Energy Projects Surge After Climate Bill Passage" [20]

"In the weeks since President Biden signed a comprehensive climate bill devised to spur investment in electric cars and clean energy, corporations have announced a series of big-ticket projects to produce the kind of technology the legislation aims to promote."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [22], 09/07/2022
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"U.N. Inspectors Call for Security Zone Around Nuclear Plant" [23]

"Shelling at a nuclear plant in Ukraine has “gravely concerned” international monitors who believe a security protection zone should be established immediately, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency said in a report on Tuesday after inspectors visited the embattled Zaporizhzhia facility."

Disasters [24]
Infrastructure [3]
Military [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Public [7]
Europe [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 09/07/2022
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"Your Local Park Has A Hidden Talent: Helping Fight Climate Change" [28]

"Consider the unremarkable city park. A postage stamp of green amid the concrete. Trees, swings, grass, a basketball hoop.

Maybe your park has a public pool. Maybe it has a walking path or a barbecue grill or a leafy spot that's good for watching birds. Yosemite it is not. Your park is not a vacation destination. Instead, it's something much more valuable: a little piece of nature, right where you live.

Climate Change [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [29], 09/02/2022
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"Maine Supreme Court Revives Contentious Transmission Project" [30]

"Maine’s highest court ruled today that a 2021 ballot initiative seeking to block construction of a 145-mile transmission line was unconstitutional, potentially reviving efforts to build a high-profile project that would carry Canadian hydropower to New England."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Canada [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 08/31/2022
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"Federal Cyber Mandate Looms For Local Water Systems" [34]

"EPA is set to unveil a new federal mandate requiring states to expand inspections of about 1,600 water systems to include cybersecurity threats, according to a senior administration official."

Environmental Health [35]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [36], 08/31/2022
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"Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster" [37]

"Pitched as a way to develop the country’s poorest region, the Maya Train is threatened by a ballooning budget and rushed construction over fragile terrain. But Mexico’s president has refused to slow it down."

Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [39]
Infrastructure [3]
Transportation [40]
Public [7]
Mexico [8]
Source: NYTimes [41], 08/30/2022
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"Some Cities Could Be Left Behind On Lead Pipe Replacements" [42]

"In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That’s important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water. After the lead crisis in Flint, officials in Michigan accelerated efforts to locate their pipes, a first step toward removal."

Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [35]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [44]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [45], 08/30/2022
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