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US Energy Infrastructure Will Need Major Changes, Says Obama Report [1]

"The U.S. electric grid will require major changes to reposition itself for the future challenges of climate change, new technologies, and national security in coming decades, according to a first-ever “Quadrennial Energy Review” released by the Obama administration.

Energy & Fuel [2]
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Source: Wash Post [5], 04/22/2015
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"EPA's Clean Power Plan Will Create Quarter-Million Jobs" [6]

"New study shows that job gains, not the losses the industry predicted, would follow if new carbon rules are implemented."

Climate Change [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: InsideClimate News [9], 04/22/2015
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"Obama to Use Everglades Trip to Press Climate Agenda" [10]

"President Obama on Wednesday will make his first visit while in office to the Florida Everglades, choosing the backyard of a former Republican governor of the state, Jeb Bush, and its Republican senator, Marco Rubio, to demand action on climate change in a critical battleground in the 2016 presidential election."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NY Times [12], 04/22/2015
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Workers No Safer 2 Years After West, Texas, Blast: Report [13]

"Do your first responders have the information they need in an emergency?"
 

Chemicals [14]
Disasters [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
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Source: In These Times [18], 04/22/2015
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"A Primer on Earth Day Coverage That Doesn’t Suck" [19]

"When The New York Times took note of the first Earth Day in 1970, it made the Times’ front page in an above-the-fold feature photo and a six-column headline pronouncing that 'Millions Join Earth Day Observances Across the Nation.'"

Activism [20]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: CJR [21], 04/22/2015
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"GOP Chairwoman To Sponsor Bill To Lift Oil Export Ban" [22]

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she will introduce a bill this year to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [23], 04/21/2015
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Why Florida Everglades Could Be a Powerful Symbol in Climate Debate [24]

"It may not be as obvious a climate symbol as the rapidly warming Arctic. But with President Obama’s climate-focused visit on Earth Day, Everglades National Park could take on new significance as a politically potent case study of how global warming directly impacts people living in the United States."

Climate Change [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [25], 04/21/2015
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Major Changes Needed for U.S. Power Infrastructure, Says Obama Report [26]

"The U.S. electric grid will require major changes to reposition itself for the future challenges of climate change, new technologies, and national security in coming decades, according to a first-ever “Quadrennial Energy Review” released by the Obama administration."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [5], 04/21/2015
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"U.S. Proposes Lifting Protections for Most Humpback Whales" [27]

"U.S. fisheries managers on Monday proposed lifting protections for most humpback whales around the globe, including in American waters, based on evidence the mammals have made a strong comeback since commercial whaling drove them near extinction."

Biodiversity [28]
Public [3]
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Source: Reuters [29], 04/21/2015
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Bird Flu Hits Iowa Poultry Again [30]

"As many as 5.3 million hens will be euthanized at a commercial laying facility in northwest Iowa as a result of the presence of H5N2. The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence this highly pathogenic strain avian flu Monday."

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Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Iowa Public Radio [32], 04/21/2015
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