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"Supreme Court Allows Biden Plan to Address Toxic Coal Ash" [1]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request from an electric utility in Kentucky to block an Environmental Protection Agency effort to address the health risks presented by coal ash, a toxic substance created by burning coal to produce electricity."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 12/12/2024
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"Splash Pads Are Fun But Can Spark Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, CDC Finds" [10]

"Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [13], 12/06/2024
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"Report: LNG Operators In Louisiana Offered $21.1 Billion In Tax Breaks" [14]

"If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow"

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Justice [17]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Floodlight [20], 12/06/2024
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"Unrest in Carbon Country" [21]

"One night in 2021, a farmer Steve Kenkel has known since childhood gave him a call. The farmer had news: there was going to be a CO2 pipeline coming through his property in Shelby County, Iowa."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Source: Drilled [25], 12/06/2024
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"Lawmakers Reach Final Deal On WRDA Bill" [26]

"The Senate and House reached a final agreement Tuesday on a major bipartisan water infrastructure bill, which authorizes a range of federal projects to reduce flooding, improve ports and restore ecosystems."

Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [28], 12/05/2024
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Not Everyone Is Convinced Newly Funded Midwest Hydrogen Hub Is ‘Clean.’ [29]

"Policymakers and industry say the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will create green jobs and slash emissions, but environmentalists see a ploy to keep fossil fuels in use."

Activism [30]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [32], 12/05/2024
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To Save Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims To Restore Mississippi River Flow [33]

"Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made barriers has been slowly killing one of the nation’s largest forested wetlands."

Biodiversity [34]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Forests [36]
Infrastructure [3]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [37]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: AP [38], 12/05/2024
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"Duke Energy To Knock Down Coal Plant And Build Its Biggest Battery Yet" [39]

"Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [3]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Canary Media [40], 12/05/2024
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"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down" [41]

"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Justice [17]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [42]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [43], 12/04/2024
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Texas Reaches $12.6 Million Settlement On 2019 Port Neches Chemical Blast [44]

"Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday."

Chemicals [45]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [17]
Infrastructure [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Texas Tribune [47], 11/26/2024
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