"Spending Package Would Extend Nuclear Insurance Backstop"
"The fiscal 2024 spending package released Thursday proposes to prolong and expand a critical lifeline for the domestic nuclear energy industry."
Source: E&E News, 03/28/2024
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Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes
"Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people".
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024
"Water Companies In England Face Outrage Over Record Sewage Discharges"
"Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year in a 105% increase on the previous 12 months."
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024
"Millions Go Hungry As A Billion Meals Binned Every Day, Says UN Report"
"More than a billion meals are thrown away every day, in poor countries as well as rich ones, despite more than 730 million people living in hunger around the world."
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024
Puerto Rico Declares A Public Health Emergency As Dengue Cases Surge
"Puerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year."
Source: NPR, 03/28/2024
"MTA Gives Final Approval For Congestion Pricing In NYC"
"The MTA board on Wednesday gave its final approval of congestion pricing, paving the way for the agency to charge drivers a $15 daytime toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street."
Source: Gothamist, 03/28/2024
"Interior Cracks Down On Methane Releases From Federal Drilling"
"The Interior Department moved Wednesday to slash methane pollution from drilling on public lands, a key peg in President Joe Biden’s reform agenda for the federal oil program. The Bureau of Land Management’s rule will make oil companies pay royalties on “wasted” natural gas. That is the methane that operators either vent into the air or burn off rather than capture in a pipeline and sell."
Source: E&E News, 03/28/2024
"They Save Baby Seals From Fishing Line and Plastics. Millions Watch"
"Ocean Conservation Namibia is disentangling a record number of seals, while broadcasting the perils of marine debris in a largely feel good way."
Source: NYTimes, 03/27/2024
"New Warning System Could Save Lives During Wildfires"
"The system got its biggest test yet in February 2024 as a million-acre blaze ripped through the Texas Panhandle."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 03/27/2024
To Protect Coal, West Va. Governor Vetoes Bill Expanding Renewable Energy
"West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) on Tuesday vetoed a measure that would raise the allowable size for a solar plant operated by state utilities, citing concerns about its effects on the coal industry."
Source: The Hill, 03/27/2024
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