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NTSB Opens Special Probe Of Norfolk Southern Safety Practices And Culture

"Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk Southern, including the death of a train conductor Tuesday."

Source: AP, 03/08/2023
March 16, 2023

Press Briefing: How To Cover the Inflation Reduction Act's Roll-Out

Covering the IRA's roll-out is an opportunity for newsrooms to examine how well these promises are met in practice. Join Covering Climate Now and three leading experts for a one-hour discussion about the bill's roll-out. Noon ET.

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"Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids"

"The biggest impediment to the US achieving a cleaner power grid isn't climate deniers or fossil-fuel lobbies; it’s a lack of transmission lines. The country badly needs more conduits to cart wind and solar energy and hydropower to cities." "Suddenly several big power-line projects in the US are moving ahead, bringing with them a flood of potential wind and solar power."

 

Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/07/2023

Green Groups Sue Biden Administration Over Gulf Offshore Oil Lease Sale

"A coalition of environmental organizations on Monday announced a lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), arguing the bureau’s sales of leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs argued BOEM’s plans to lease more than 70 million acres of Gulf waters for fossil fuel development are based on a “deeply flawed” environmental review."

Source: The Hill, 03/07/2023

"US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds"

"U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West."

Source: AP, 03/06/2023

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