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Federal Water Tap, January 30: Valuing Nature: White House Publishes Natural Capital Accounting Strategy

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The Rundown The White House publishes a strategy for incorporating natural assets into economic accounts. A climate scientist is appointed to a White House intelligence advisory board. The EPA will work with communities in four states to accelerate replacement of lead drinking water pipes.

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The Stream, February 1, 2023: US Government Restores Protections for Alaska’s Tongass Forest

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Millions of acres of Alaska’s Tongass forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, will once again be federally protected from road-building and timber harvests. Despite decades of forewarning, the over-abundance of paddy, a water-intensive crop, has pushed groundwater resources to the brink in India’s Punjab state.