Environment
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At least 2 dead, flight canceled, nearly 700k power outages in historic blizzard across Northeast
There have been more than 10,700 flight cancellations
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Climate and energy experts praise Trump’s Endangerment Finding repeal
Endangerment finding was signed in 2009 under Obama’s EPA and declared certain greenhouse gases threatened public health.
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EPA's Lee Zeldin signals end to controversial start-stop feature in cars will be announced this week
The feature is designed to be climate-friendly by automatically turning off a car when it has stopped in order to save fuel and reduce emissions, and then starting it back up again when the driver releases the brake or hits the accelerator.
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Three dead in New Mexico flash flooding
The flood was the result of monsoon rains Tuesday in the southern region of the state
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You Vote: With the death toll surpassing 100 from the flooding in Texas, who or what is to blame?
On Wednesday and Thursday, a series of emergency weather alerts were issued by the National Weather Service and Texas Division of Emergency Management.
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Texas Land Commissioner says the camps did everything they could to avoid the flood's tragic rage
The latest death count exceeded 100 people in an area where flooding happens frequently. Of that death toll, more than two dozen were children. Truth was another casualty.
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Camp Mystic says 'grieving the loss' of 27 campers, counselors after catastrophic Texas floods
At least 81 people have died as a result of the flooding.
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Trump leans into conservation, signs ‘Make America Beautiful Again’ executive order
The new commission established by the order will focus on conserving American “national treasures,” improving access to drinking water, and expanding access to public land for recreational activities.
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You Vote: With talk of climate change skepticism, and of the green new scam, what do you think?
In order to ensure people have the right information and form the right opinions about energy and climate, Morgera argues that oil companies need to be banned from advertising or lobbying for their industry, and “misinformation” by the fossil fuel industry would need to be criminalized.
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California fireworks warehouse catches fire, explodes
Law enforcement officials have yet to comment on injuries or fatalities and the fire's cause is under investigation.
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Environmental groups sue SeaWorld San Diego over fireworks
Nonprofits San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld on March 6 for not following its Clean Water Act fireworks permit and waste discharge permit. By not adhering to its permits, the groups claim the theme park is discharging large amounts of pollutants into Mission Bay.
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Sen. Mike Lee’s plan to sell-off federal lands runs into heavy turbulence
The choice of lands sold would fall to the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, who would have to identify between roughly 2 and 3 million acres for sale. His plan is being opposed from the far-left as well as mainline conservatives.
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Six people killed in West Virginia flash flooding, two others missing: Gov. Patrick Morrisey
"There were roughly 3 to 4 inches of water that fell in the area in less than an hour," Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.