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"New Mexico Governor Signs Bill To Limit Prescribed Fires" [1]

"New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Tuesday that aims to prohibit prescribed burns — wildland fires set purposefully as a means of forest management — during periods of increased fire risk."

Forests [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: AP [6], 04/06/2023
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"Feds Reject ESA Protection For Coyotes That Resemble Wolves" [7]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it is rejecting a petition to provide coyotes with federal Endangered Species Act protections."

Biodiversity [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [10]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: E&E News [12], 04/04/2023
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"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List" [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District to the Superfund National Priorities List, according to EPA Thursday. The site, located entirely on the Navajo Nation, holds over a hundred waste piles stemming from uranium mining, the agency said."

Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 03/31/2023
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"EPA Cites 2 Oil And Gas Firms Over Permian Basin Pollution" [21]

"Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region."

Air [22]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: AP [24], 03/29/2023
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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [25]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Science [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: E&E News [27], 03/29/2023
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Thousands of Pounds of PFAS Chemicals” Have Been Injected Into Texas Wells [28]

"A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health".

Chemicals [29]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Floodlight [31], 03/28/2023
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Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions [32]

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Air [22]
Chemicals [29]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [19]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Texas Tribune [34], 03/27/2023
  • Read more about Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions [32]

Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned [35]

"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."

Environmental Politics [9]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: HuffPost [36], 03/23/2023
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"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again" [37]

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Guardian [38], 03/21/2023
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"Biden To Create 2 National Monuments, In Nevada And Texas" [39]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday will designate two landscapes — Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, an area that is sacred to a dozen Native American tribes, and Castner Range, a former military weapon testing facility in West Texas — as America’s newest national monuments."

Biodiversity [8]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: HuffPost [41], 03/21/2023
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