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"Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project"

"A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have helped to clear the way for a project to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. The court said it would rehear the case, which involves a land swap that was approved by the Trump administration."

Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022

"Study: Extreme Heat Responsible For Hundreds Of Deaths In Texas Prisons"

"Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong." "In the dozens of Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning, new research shows that 13 percent of deaths during the six hottest months every year from 2001 through 2019 were likely due to extreme heat."

Source: Grist, 11/14/2022

"Biden Casts America as Climate Leader and Promises a ‘Low-Carbon Future’"

"President Biden appeared before an overflowing United Nations convention on Friday to reclaim America’s role as a leader on climate change and to stress a renewed U.S. commitment to stop the planet from catastrophic warming."

Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022

"New Wisconsin Wolf Plan Eliminates State Population Goal"

"Wisconsin wildlife officials on Thursday released their first new wolf management plan in almost a quarter-century but the document doesn’t establish a new statewide population goal, a number that has become a flashpoint in the fight over hunting quotas."

Source: AP, 11/11/2022

"Fishing Regulator Rejects Lifting Ban on Female Crab Harvest"

"A commission acknowledged concerns about the threatened shorebirds that rely on crab eggs as a critical food source around the Delaware Bay."

"A fisheries regulator on Thursday unexpectedly extended a ban on harvesting female horseshoe crabs from the Delaware Bay to help protect a vital food source for the red knot, a threatened shorebird that migrates via the bay’s beaches.

Source: NYTimes, 11/11/2022

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