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Yellowstone Tourism Leaving Massive Carbon Footprint
Striking new study quantifies Yellowstone tourism emissions. TLDR: It’s a lot of CO2.
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Over 170 jobs require a license in Nebraska. The state will soon recognize some earned elsewhere.
Nebraska was ranked the 22nd most burdensome state in the country for licensing barriers in 2023, according to the Archbridge Institute, a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. Kansas was the least burdensome state.
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Indigenous midwives and doulas provide critical support to maternal health
Both professions have been shown to improve birthing outcomes in Indigenous communities, where women are more likely to die during pregnancy or birth, or within one year of birth, than women of other groups.
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Well-trained workforce makes the difference as home builder picks Chatham Co. for manufacturing site
Innovative Construction Group pointed to community college and workforce training programs as factors in the decision to pick Siler City.
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Parents, teachers beg Russell County not to close 2 elementary schools during emotional public hearing
April 26, 2024
In addition to declining enrollment, Russell County’s teacher salaries are the lowest in the state’s Region Seven, which includes 19 counties and cities in Southwest Virginia, and next to the bottom statewide, the superintendent said.
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Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?
April 26, 2024
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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New EPA rules close a ‘huge loophole’ on coal ash, forcing wide-scale cleanup, advocates say
April 25, 2024
A pair of new regulations finalized Thursday are expected to require cleanup of coal ash pollution at all known locations where the toxic byproduct has been dumped.
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
The whole dam truth
April 25, 2024
Hydropower projects are celebrated as tools to address the climate crisis. But they are far from climate neutral and the downstream threats to biodiversity and Indigenous sovereignty are significant and growing.
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Farmers Tell FTC Chair to Block Koch Industries’ $3.6 Billion Acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Plant
April 24, 2024
“We’re looking for intervention,” say farmers as ag industry consolidation fuels calls for antitrust action.
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Feds reject plan to pump Moneta oilfield waste into potential drinking water
April 24, 2024
Federal environmental officials have rejected a request by Aethon Energy to pump Moneta Divide oilfield wastewater into the Madison aquifer, saying the deep reservoir could be used for drinking water, especially by tribal nations on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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Company deemed ‘future of education’ for rural schools to falter without cash infusion, founder says
April 24, 2024
The Global Teaching Project that helps bring free college-level science courses to poor, rural public schools, many in the Mississippi Delta, will lose federal funding after the Biden Administration did not renew its grant last year.
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Illinois rural electric co-op customers seek clarity, consistency from ‘Solar Bill of Rights’
April 24, 2024
The proposed legislation started small but now aims to address a wide range of common frustrations facing rural electric cooperative customers who install solar panels.
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Mill closures ‘shock’ industry, but officials say demand for wood remains
April 22, 2024
More than 30 mills have closed in western Montana since 1990, with two more in Missoula County calling it quits this spring.