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"New York Aims To Fight Climate Change By Creating Green Union Jobs" [1]

"Effort to build offshore wind turbines to power up to 6m homes will create more than 10,000 jobs under Climate Jobs New York plan"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 05/17/2019
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New York Rejects Pipeline in Fierce Battle Over State’s Energy Future [8]

"In a major victory for environmental activists, New York regulators on Wednesday rejected the construction of a heavily disputed, nearly $1 billion natural gas pipeline, even as business leaders and energy companies warned that the decision could devastate the state’s economy and bring a gas moratorium to New York City and Long Island."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: NY Times [10], 05/16/2019
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Is Your Local Landfill Leaking Methane? [11]

It’s a good case for the global-local nexus: The potent greenhouse gas methane may be leaking from your local landfill. And this week’s TipSheet explains the latest news developments in this long-standing controversy, as well as policy disputes over capturing the gas. Plus, get story ideas and questions to ask for your local reporting.

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Activism [13]
Air [14]
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Waste [19]
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National (U.S.) [20]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
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"3M, DuPont Refuse to Pay for New Jersey Chemical Cleanup" [26]

"Chemours Co., 3M Co. and DuPont are taking a stand against what one company called an “unprecedented” New Jersey order, saying they won’t pay for a statewide investigation of fluorinated chemical contamination."

Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 05/13/2019
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"New York Is Killing Off Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plants" [30]

"New York has adopted a rule to eventually kill off its last two coal-fired power plants."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [31], 05/13/2019
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"Wild Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres Proposed For Wilderness" [32]

"A sweeping plan, carefully vetted on the Olympic Peninsula, would designate 126,000 acres of mountains and forests on the peninsula as wilderness and protect 19 streams under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act."

Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer [35], 05/10/2019
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June 19, 2019 to June 21, 2019

At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone [36]

Organized by the Climate Adaptation Initiative at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, this conference in NYC will address a range of issues facing coastal communities in the US and around the world as sea levels rise and coastal flooding becomes more frequent and intense.

Other Events [37]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [39]
People & Population [40]
Planning & Growth [41]
Policy [42]
Water & Oceans [34]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]

"New Jersey Governor Signs Public Beach Access Law" [43]

"The governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, signed legislation Friday designed to address decades-long disputes in his state over who gets access to the state's beaches and waterfronts."

Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: NPR [44], 05/07/2019
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"Maine Becomes 1st State To Ban Single-Use Foam Containers" [45]

"Maine has banned single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, becoming the first state to do so."

Consumer [16]
Pollution [28]
Waste [19]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: AP [46], 05/02/2019
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"N.Y. Bans Offshore Drilling in Effort to Prevent Trump Expansion" [47]

"New York State has banned offshore oil and natural gas drilling along its Atlantic coastal waters in an effort to block a Trump administration proposal."

Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 04/30/2019
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