The PACT Act: An essential first step in protecting those who protect us

President Biden was finally able to get it done — for Beau.  We don’t know definitively that Beau Biden’s cancer was caused by exposure to burn pits during his time in Iraq, but we do know that millions of veterans can now count on getting the treatments they need for chronic illness from exposure to burn pits.  Burn pits are large areas where military waste is incinerated in the open air. Chemicals, weapons and ammunition, metals, medical and human waste, plastics and rubber are all burned, often with jet fuel as an accelerant, resulting in toxic pollution. A

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Energy & Environment — Major climate bill becomes law

President Biden signed a major climate, tax and health care package into law. Meanwhile, states in the West failed to reach a water-sharing agreement.   This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. Someone forward you this newsletter? 

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Equilibrium/Sustainability — NYC real estate races to curb carbon emissions

New York developers are scrambling to curb big-building carbon emissions, as a deadline to clean up the city’s towering real estate gradually approaches. Amid escalating temperatures, extreme weather conditions and rising seas, the city council passed a law in 2019 

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Cheney ahead of Wyoming primary: 'The beginning of a battle’ for democracy

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday warned that the future of American democracy is at stake as voters headed to the polls in her state's primary, in which she's facing off against a challenger backed by former President Trump and House Republican leadership. Cheney, standing alongside her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, told CBS News in an interview that regardless of the outcome of the primary, she expects the battle for the democracy to "go on."  “W

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Singer Kehlani ends show early over fan safety concerns

Singer Kehlani ended her Monday night concert in Philadelphia early after several fans appeared to pass out in the crowd. Videos from the performance showed the singer stopping the event at the Mann Center’s Skyline Stage to try to get medical attention for those who needed it. "They need an EMT, ASAP," she said into the microphone, instructing the crowd to shine their phone flashlights in the area where help was needed. She then ended the concert early, citing her concern for everyone's safety. "I can’t have this. This is not okay. I don’t feel

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