| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Thursday March 14, 2024 ( 2 items ) |
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Environmental Defense Fund: New Study Quantifies Health Impacts From Oil and Gas Flaring in U.S.
NEW YORK, March 13 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release:
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths, and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually. Researchers also concl
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SELC Applauds Effort to Reconnect and Rebuild Communities Highways Ripped Apart
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 13, 2024:
Today President Biden announced $3.3 billion awarded through the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program to projects in over 40 states that will help reconnect and rebuild communities divided by transportation infrastructure. The program will fund 15 critical projects in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
The announcement is part
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