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"Enbridge Appeals To Vacate An Order That Would Shut Down Its Pipeline" [1]

"An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation."

Energy & Fuel [2]

Environmental Justice [3]

Laws & Regulations [4]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]

Source: AP [8], 02/12/2024

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"Biden To Travel To East Palestine To Mark One Year Of Train Derailment" [9]

"President Biden will travel to East Palestine on Feb. 16, a little more than a year a since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals near the town."

Chemicals [10]

Disasters [11]

Environmental Health [12]

Pollution [13]

Transportation [14]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Source: The Hill [15], 02/12/2024

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‘Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas [16]

"On the 30th anniversary of the first presidential executive order on environmental justice, a report from the fencelines in the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor."

Chemicals [10]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Environmental Health [12]

Environmental Justice [3]

Pollution [13]

Public [5]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]

Source: Inside Climate News [18], 02/12/2024

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Tijuana River Spewing Sewage Into San Diego, Threatening Public Health [19]

"Doctors have reported surges of gastrointestinal illness when intense storms like this week’s atmospheric rivers overwhelm wastewater treatment plants and flood communities with raw sewage."

Climate Change [20]

Environmental Health [12]

Infrastructure [21]

Pollution [13]

Water & Oceans [22]

Public [5]

California [23]

Mexico [24]

Source: Inside Climate News [25], 02/12/2024

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"In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits" [26]

"Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the state. Poland Spring, the bottled-water giant, had lobbied aggressively against the measure."

Laws & Regulations [4]

Water & Oceans [22]

Public [5]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]

Source: NYTimes [28], 02/12/2024

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Extreme Climate Impacts Feared From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current [29]

"Disruption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current could freeze Europe, scorch the tropics and increase sea level rise in the North Atlantic. The tipping point may be closer than predicted in the IPCC’s latest assessment."

Climate Change [20]

Disasters [11]

Water & Oceans [22]

Public [5]

International [30]

Source: Inside Climate News [31], 02/12/2024

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Chemical Plants, Terrorism and Regulations May Be Back on the Agenda [32]

For years, high-risk U.S. industrial facilities fell under a federal anti-terrorism program to ensure their potentially lethal chemicals would not become terrorist targets. But when the program expired last year, something unexpected happened. Veteran chemical industry reporter Jeff Johnson has a behind-the-scenes look at the maneuvering over how best to secure the country’s dangerous chemical stores.

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Features [33]

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Chemicals [10]

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Environmental Politics [34]

Government [35]

Laws & Regulations [4]

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National (U.S.) [6]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]

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Will New EPA Policy Make It Easier To Interview Its Experts? [36]

Environmental journalists commonly grouse about obstacles the press office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency throws up when reporters want to talk to its scientists. Might a newly proposed scientific integrity policy help change that? The WatchDog Opinion column, which regularly joins in the censuring, says there’s a chance it could. But will it? Why the outlook is cloudy.

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WatchDog [37]

Topics on the Beat:

Environmental Politics [34]

Government [35]

Journalism & Media [38]

Policy [39]

Science [40]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [5]

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Energy Transition Insights From a Mega-Trove of Power Plant Data [41]

To get a bead on where electric power plants fit in the energy transition, Reporter’s Toolbox suggests a useful dataset collected directly from electricity generators. In this second of two parts, explore the vast array of data available from the Energy Information Administration. Plus, a pro tip on finding data around the climate consequences of power generation.

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Reporters Toolbox [42]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [20]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Journalism & Media [38]

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National (U.S.) [6]

International [30]

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Public [5]

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"The Promise Of Passive House Design" [43]

"Imagine a home so efficient that it could be heated with a hair dryer. That’s the promise of a passive house, a design standard that’s becoming increasingly popular in the architecture community for its benefits to occupants and the climate."

Climate Change [20]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Infrastructure [21]

Technology [44]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Source: Yale Climate Connections [45], 02/09/2024

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