"A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River"
"Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it."
Source: ProPublica, 12/23/2022
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"A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating"
"Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat."
Source: AP, 12/22/2022
"New Regulation Head Revesz Seen as Most Progressive Rules Czar"
"Richard Revesz will take over as the long-awaited head of the Biden administration’s rulemaking review office, a confirmation that gives hope for rule-watchers looking ahead to more stringent environmental standards."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/22/2022
"Japan Adopts Plan To Maximize Nuclear Energy, In Major Shift"
"Japan adopted a plan on Thursday to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster that once planned to phase out atomic power."
Source: AP, 12/22/2022
"New Mexico Seeks Tougher Provisions For US Nuclear Dump"
"[New Mexico] officials on Tuesday released a draft permit that includes tougher provisions for the U.S. government to meet if it wants to continue dumping radioactive waste from decades of nuclear research and bomb-making in the New Mexico desert."
Source: AP, 12/22/2022
"High Number Of Mosquitoes Found With Mutation That Resists Insecticides"
"The insecticides that target disease-spreading mosquitoes are running into nature’s ultimate defense mechanism: evolution. Scientists reported Wednesday that mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam increasingly carry a mutation that makes them resistant to a commonly deployed insecticide."
Source: Washington Post, 12/22/2022
Record High Number Of Dead Trees Found As Oregon Copes With Extreme Drought
"Flying over Oregon's woodlands, tree health specialist Danny DePinte was stunned by what he saw: a stretch of dead fir that seemed to go on and on."
Source: NPR, 12/22/2022
"Suit Challenges Review Underlying Alaska Oil Lease Sale"
"Environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over next week’s planned lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, saying the sale, mandated by Congress, is based on a faulty environmental review."
Source: AP, 12/22/2022
"Court Faults EPA For Approving Bee-Killing Pesticide"
"EPA failed to properly consider the environmental impacts of a controversial pesticide, according to an appeals court decision that faulted the agency over a Trump-era decision that drew outrage from environmental groups."
Source: E&E News, 12/22/2022
"What Congress’s Spending Bill Includes For Energy, Sustainability"
"Congress has released a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government for fiscal 2023. ... The mammoth funding package includes boosts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and billions in natural disaster aid, among other provisions."
Source: The Hill, 12/22/2022
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