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Wyoming Will Sell Square Mile Of State Land To Join Grand Teton National Park

"Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on a deal Friday that ends the state’s longstanding threats to unload it to a developer."

Source: AP, 01/03/2025

Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Source: ProPublica, 01/02/2025

"Climate Change Added 41 Days Of Dangerous Heat Around World In 2024"

"People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.

The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few.

Source: AP, 01/02/2025

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