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B.C. auditor general warns province had 87 high-risk dams in 2020

British Columbia had 87 high-risk dams with “significant deficiencies" in 2020, according to an audit released on Tuesday that warned the provincial government was not doing enough to ensure dams were safe.

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After 24 years of water advisories, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation can drink from the tap

After more than two decades without clean drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is celebrating the opening of a water treatment facility and the end of water advisories for the community.
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Climate

Lobbyists scramble to shape key energy and climate provisions

The prospect of a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending bill has sparked a lobbying frenzy in Congress, as lawmakers zero in this week on a measure that could reshape the nation's energy system.

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Climate

Senate Democrats press ahead despite Manchin warning

Senate Democrats yesterday shrugged off criticism from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) about their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation plan, instead signaling they are continuing to work on the bill's sweeping climate goals.
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Toxics

What contaminants lurk in the UK's drinking water? An expert explains

Recently, a school project made an alarming discovery: the presence of five times the recommended maximum amount of lead in water samples taken from 14 schools across the UK.

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Climate

Pittsburgh manufacturing company Wabtec unveils first battery-electric train

The federal government could soon invest more money into developing greener train technology. A Senate bill introduced by Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey would offer $600 million in grants to companies and universities like Wabtec and Carnegie Mellon University.

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Climate

Plan's goal is to tackle climate change and create jobs

President Biden will make a stop in Denver as he travels to three western states this week. While in Colorado, the president will talk about his Build Back Better agenda.

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Biden's proposed tenfold increase in solar power would remake the US electricity system

A decade ago, solar power was a tiny sliver of the US energy supply. Today it’s expanding rapidly – and the Biden administration wants to make it much, much bigger.
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Climate

Biden pushes for New Deal-style Civilian Climate Corps

Inspired by the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing for a modern counterpart: a Civilian Climate Corps that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs building trails, restoring streams and helping prevent catastrophic wildfires.
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Energy

Grid experts grapple with 'resilience' in Ida's wake

The widespread destruction left by Hurricane Ida after the storm plowed into Louisiana and headed up the East Coast made one thing clear: There’s more work to be done in building a resilient power grid.
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Justice

When the climate crisis becomes unignorable

This summer’s weather has forced a kind of continuous awareness of climate change.  
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Climate

Lawmakers: Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades

Shaken by haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and subways and other damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, lawmakers from both parties are vowing to upgrade the nation's aging infrastructure network.

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Toxics

Los Alamos lab working on hydrogen-powered truck project

The lab is part of a consortium working to develop hydrogen fuel cells that would work well on big trucks and eventually replace the diesel-burning engines.
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Climate

Climate change’s ‘fingerprint’ seen in Ida flooding

A mounting body of evidence shows that continued warming is making storms more intense. 
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Climate

Transportation design with resilience in mind goal of effort

State transportation officials say they are collaborating with climate scientists to improve design standards for bridge and roadway projects that better anticipate the effects of climate change.
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