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"Mariners Urged To Beware As Endangered Whales Gather Off US" [1]

"The federal government is asking Atlantic Ocean vessels to slow down in an area off Massachusetts because about one-eighth of the worldwide population of an endangered whale has been spotted nearby."

Transportation [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: AP [7], 02/07/2020
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"Gowanus Canal Cleanup To Officially Start In September" [8]

"The federal agency tasked with cleaning up the Gowanus Canal issued an order on Tuesday legally requiring six companies deemed responsible for the waterway’s pollution to start remediation efforts in September."

Chemicals [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle [13], 01/30/2020
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September 22, 2020 to September 23, 2020

Responsible Business Summit New York 2020 [14]

Ethical Corporation, by Reuters Events, is hosting the Responsible Business Summit New York on Sep 22-23, 2020, and are looking for your attendance as press. 750+ CEOs, Chief Sustainability Officers, ESG investors and leading NGOs will be sharing their latest strategies on how to lead the decade of action. Key topics include climate adaption, ESG going mainstream, ROI of sustainability, ESG disclosures and building a 21st century supply chain.

Professional Meetings [15]
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Economy & Business [16]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]

"Thousands of Lead Pipes Tainting N.J. Water Will Be Replaced" [17]

"Trenton Water Works — a 200-year-old utility that is owned and operated by the city and serves 217,000 customers in Trenton, Hamilton, Lawrence, Ewing and Hopewell Township — plans to spend $150 million over the next five years to replace more than 36,000 lead service lines in the water system."

Chemicals [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Newark Star-Ledger [18], 01/20/2020
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"The $119 Billion Sea Wall That Could Defend New York … or Not" [19]

"A six-mile-long barrier would help protect the city from floodwaters during fierce storms like Sandy, but critics say rising seas make the option inadequate."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: NY Times [23], 01/20/2020
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Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs [24]

Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern. 

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Activism [26]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
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National (U.S.) [30]
California [31]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
International [35]
Canada [36]
Asia [37]
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"Golf Club for the 1 Percent Wants to Seize a Migratory Bird Habitat" [38]

"The snowy owl was first spotted just beyond the 18th hole of one of the most expensive golf courses ever built."

Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [39]
Wildlife [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: NY Times [40], 01/09/2020
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Coal Train Protesters Target Big New England Coal Power Plant [41]

"Climate activists halted a coal train bound for one of New England's last large coal-fired power plants by building a barricade on the tracks and sitting on it for about eight hours this week. The delay was temporary, but it was the fifth time activists had stopped a coal train in the region in less than a month."

Activism [26]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [42], 01/07/2020
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As Catch Drops, Lobstermen Take Hard Line vs. Right Whale Protections [43]

"Their catch this year has plummeted, while their exports to China have been gutted by the trade war. The government has imposed strict quotas on their primary bait. And they’re facing serious lawsuits that could affect how they fish."

Biodiversity [44]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Boston Globe [46], 01/03/2020
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"Court Upholds Creation Of National Monument In Atlantic" [47]

"A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama’s designation of a federally protected conservation area in the Atlantic Ocean, a move that commercial fishermen oppose."

Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [39]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: AP [48], 12/30/2019
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