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Biden DOI Suspends Alaska Mining Road Advanced By Trump Officials [1]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday said it found “significant deficiencies” in a Trump-era environmental analysis of a mining road that would cut through wilderness and Indigenous territory in northwest Alaska."

Environmental Politics [2]
Forests [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [7]
Source: Washington Post [8], 02/23/2022
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Making A Hard Rain Less Hard To Cover [9]

As extreme precipitation, intensified by climate change, becomes a more frequent story for environmental journalists, recent coverage points to important holes in the rain data bucket. But the latest Reporter’s Toolbox identifies some useful government and commercial data resources that track and predict rainfall and offers suggestions on using the data they provide.

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Reporters Toolbox [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Infrastructure [4]
Journalism & Media [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"New Gas Pipelines Draw Fresh Scrutiny by Energy Regulators" [16]

"Gas pipeline reviews will take into account a proposed project’s effect on climate change, look at a wider set of impacts on landowners and environmental justice communities, and scrutinize the economic need for a project beyond its contracts with shippers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [19], 02/18/2022
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Calif. Will Put Solar Panels Over Canals to Fight Two Disasters at Once [20]

"A water and electric utility in central California will install a first-of-its-kind network of solar panels on water canals. Turlock Irrigation District (TID) has secured a $20 million grant from the state to pursue the first-in-the-nation project, which could serve a beneficial double whammy: create renewable energy and save some water in the process."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
California [21]
Source: Earther [22], 02/17/2022
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"Harris in NJ Points To Newark As Model For Lead Replacement" [23]

"The success of New Jersey’s biggest city at replacing nearly 24,000 lead drinking water pipes can serve as a national model and shows why infrastructure spending is vital, Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday in Newark."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: AP [30], 02/14/2022
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Ukraine a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Link to European Union [31]

"Putin's threats galvanize sentiment in Europe to end dependence on Russian natural gas, with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline the first potential sacrifice."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [4]
Military [32]
Public [6]
Europe [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 02/14/2022
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"EPA Pushes School Ventilation Upgrades As Mask Mandates Fall" [35]

"EPA and indoor air quality experts are pushing ventilation and filtration as a key means to keep kids healthy during the pandemic as other measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 have become increasingly polarized."

Air [36]
Environmental Health [26]
Infrastructure [4]
Pollution [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [37], 02/14/2022
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Our Roads Are Killing Wildlife. New Infrastructure Law Aims To Help. [38]

"Just outside of Los Angeles, in one of the most human-modified parts of the planet, a rare coastal ecosystem is being pinched against the Pacific Coast. The mountain range is home to one of the highest concentrations of threatened and endangered species in the country."

Biodiversity [39]
Infrastructure [4]
Transportation [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [42], 02/11/2022
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Obsolete Rainfall Records Are Blocking Cities' Climate Change Prep [43]

"American cities are poised to spend billions of dollars to improve their water systems under the federal infrastructure bill, the largest water investment in the nation's history."

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [4]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [44], 02/11/2022
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Biden Admin Calls For $5 Billion Network of EV Chargers Along Interstates [45]

"The Biden administration laid out plans Thursday for a $5 billion network of electric vehicle chargers along interstate highways, aiming to boost confidence in battery-powered cars by ensuring drivers can always find somewhere to plug in."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [4]
Transportation [40]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/10/2022
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