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"Supreme Court Rejects Climate, Lands, Wind, Air Battles"

"The Supreme Court is staying out of heated legal fights over the oil industry’s responsibility to pay up for climate change, ownership of public lands in Utah, environmental review of a major offshore wind project and EPA’s crackdown on smog-forming pollution."

Source: E&E News, 01/14/2025

"This Group Says Natural Gas Bans Hurt Minorities. It Has Gas Industry Ties."

"The Energy Poverty Awareness Center, which fought climate legislation in Maryland, has ties to a group that is partly funded by oil and gas companies."

Source: Washington Post, 01/14/2025

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"AP Photographers Explain How Selected Images Capture Warming World"

"Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on record, the latest in a long string of heat milestones that have been shattered in recent years as the burning of gas, coal and oil accelerate global warming.

Source: AP, 01/13/2025

"Threatened And Endangered Parks: National Parks And The Mines Next Door"

"As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/13/2025

"D.C. Area On Alert After Bird Flu Detected In Poultry In Maryland, Delaware"

"Bird flu outbreaks have been detected at three poultry operations in Maryland and Delaware, impacting more than 500,000 chickens and leading to heightened alert among officials in the Washington region."

Source: Washington Post, 01/13/2025

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