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Maine: "Yarmouth Approves Plan To Remove Two Royal River Dams" [1]

"The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: Maine Monitor [8], 01/15/2025
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"This Group Says Natural Gas Bans Hurt Minorities. It Has Gas Industry Ties." [9]

"The Energy Poverty Awareness Center, which fought climate legislation in Maryland, has ties to a group that is partly funded by oil and gas companies."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [3]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 01/14/2025
  • Read more about "This Group Says Natural Gas Bans Hurt Minorities. It Has Gas Industry Ties." [9]

"Tycoon’s Wild Plan For US Data Centers Ignores Grid Reality" [19]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s breezy rollout this week of a Dubai real estate developer’s $20 billion pledge shows the chasm between tech’s bold aspirations and electricity supplies."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [3]
Technology [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [21], 01/13/2025
  • Read more about "Tycoon’s Wild Plan For US Data Centers Ignores Grid Reality" [19]

What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act? [22]

As the Biden White House rushes to enact environment and energy policy before Inauguration Day, an obscure law leaves room for the incoming administration to claw them back. At risk: strengthened emissions standards for vehicles and power, tougher energy efficiency standards and plans to replace lead pipes. The latest EJ TransitionWatch explains how the reversal works — and why it might not.

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EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [24]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Technology [20]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [5]
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National (U.S.) [16]
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Public [6]
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"Coal Was On Its Way Out. But Surging Electricity Demand Is Keeping It Alive" [30]

"U.S. coal plant use is dropping, but utilities are delaying their retirement and running them — even when they cost more than renewable sources."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Floodlight [31], 01/10/2025
  • Read more about "Coal Was On Its Way Out. But Surging Electricity Demand Is Keeping It Alive" [30]

"Opinion: Who Will Rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants." [32]

One thing, however, is certain: the rebuilding of Los Angeles will rely heavily on immigrants."

Environmental Justice [12]
Infrastructure [3]
People & Population [33]
Public [6]
California [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 01/10/2025
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Elon Musk’s Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight [36]

"Elon Musk’s Boring Company is constructing a planned 68-mile tunnel system beneath Las Vegas where drivers will ferry passengers around the urban core in Teslas. Despite its size, the project, because it’s privately funded, has not gone through the vetting typical of public transit systems, including lengthy governmental studies."

Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
Source: ProPublica [38], 01/09/2025
  • Read more about Elon Musk’s Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight [36]

"Trump Promises to End New Wind Farms" [39]

"President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that “no new windmills” would be built in the United States when he takes office, a direct rebuke of the Biden administration, which has approved 11 commercial-scale offshore wind projects."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [40], 01/08/2025
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"What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On." [41]

"The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [28]
Technology [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [43], 01/07/2025
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23M Americans Exposed To Toxic PFAS Chemicals Via Treated Wastewater: Study [44]

"Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found."

Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [47]
Environmental Studies [48]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Science [49]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [51], 01/07/2025
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