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    Feb 28

    Time & again, I've covered development vs. conservation fights. For my latest w/ , I took a tiny step back to think about common threads. Won't you take a few minutes to read & wax poetic w/ me about the meaning of environmentalism & building?

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    Feb 28

    “The Interior Department awarded the nation’s largest farm water district a permanent entitlement to annual irrigation deliveries that amount to roughly twice as much water as the nearly 4 million residents of Los Angeles.” ⁦⁩ on Westlands:

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    Feb 28

    Time & again, I've covered development vs. conservation fights. For my latest w/ , I took a tiny step back to think about common threads. Won't you take a few minutes to read & wax poetic w/ me about the meaning of environmentalism & building?

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  4. 15 hours ago

    Sounds like a great endorsement for subscribing to .

    Replying to @MarkOlalde @jaymcalderon @MyDesert
    Nice article. Appreciate the neutral POV. I may have to renew my subscription, lol. Wouldn't it be great if both sides could sit down together and compromise? Both sides have valid points.
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    Feb 28

    "That means the virus appears to be spreading among at least two separate populations, according to people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not been released publicly."

    BREAKING: A second case of coronavirus found through spread in California. a 65-year-old resident of Santa Clara County with no known history of travel to countries hit hard by outbreak, sources tell us. Me w
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    Feb 28

    It's official! has a new executive director. Really grateful to have take the helm and lead this awesome magazine into the future.

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    Feb 28

    A landmark court ruling that found the British government had not fully considered the impacts of adding a third runway to Heathrow Airport could open the door to more litigation tied to global climate goals under the Paris Agreement.

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  8. Feb 28

    In recent years, Canadian courts have gotten a lot more aggressive in allowing international claims to be heard within their jurisdiction. This means a ton in countries that export their companies around the world with little oversight.

    A huge ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada: a group of Eritreans are permitted to pursue their legal action against Canadian mining company Nevsun for alleged human rights abuses of workers at its gold mine in Eritrea. Company loses bid to send case to dubious Eritrean courts.
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    Feb 28

    Joe Biden walks back earlier statement about being “arrested” in South Africa & now says he was “stopped” at an airport. “Stopped” is the term he settled on after a campaign spox called it “a separation.”

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    Feb 27

    Hard to even begin thinking through how the logistics of this would work. An Arizona lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require utilities to let customers opt out of paying for wind and solar power:

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  11. Feb 27

    I already love it. Tell me more.

    “Phytomining, or extracting minerals from hyper-accumulating plants, cannot fully replace traditional mining techniques, Dr. Baker says. But the technology has the additional value of enabling areas with toxic soils to be made productive.”
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    Feb 27

    About 75% of chemicals registrations submitted under the EU's REACH law had missing or incorrect information, new data shows.

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  13. Feb 27

    From the enviro nonprofit: "U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush vacated five oil and gas leases in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming because the Bureau of Land Management failed to allow public participation required by law."

    BREAKING: A Federal judge just voided Trump oil & gas lease on nearly one million acres of endangered sage grouse habitat. The case was brought by .
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    Feb 27

    New: The is fining PG&E more than $2 billion for its role in causing the 2017 North Bay fires and 2018 Camp Fire (the largest penalty its ever imposed):

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    Feb 27

    Dozens of high-risk dams in the Bay Area lack required emergency plans. “A lot of people and a lot of property live below these dams, and we’re either unsure of their safety or unprepared if they fail,” ⁦⁩ says. ⁩

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  16. Feb 27

    We're not handling this well, to say the least.

    Breaking News: U.S. health workers may have been exposed to the coronavirus without proper precautions and were able to travel freely, a whistle-blower said
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    Feb 27

    "Now all the marsh is gone." As the Gulf swallows Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana has a plan to move people to higher ground. But members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe are grappling with losing the land where their ancestors built a community.

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    Feb 27

    As VP Mike Pence takes the lead on the coronavirus outbreak, critics recall his response to HIV. "As cases spiked in Indiana, Gov. Pence reportedly turned to prayer."

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    Feb 27

    Hydro has relinquished its decades old title as biggest renewable energy source in the U.S. To wind.

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  20. Feb 27

    You can't just slander an entire sovereign tribe because you want the wall...

    Look at Arizona's labeling the Tohono O'odham Nation as drug smugglers in order to defend the blasting of sacred sites in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for Trump's border wall. The propaganda machine is in full white settler mode.
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