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GAO Concerned by Flood Risk Management at Hazardous Chemical Facilities [9]

"The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reviewed climate change risks at facilities that make, use, handle, or store hazardous substances."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Homeland Security Today [15], 03/02/2022
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"'Biggest Green Deal Since Paris': UN To Approve Plastic Treaty Roadmap" [16]

"The United Nations is set to approve a plan to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant green deal since the 2015 Paris climate agreement."

Chemicals [10]
Government [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 03/02/2022
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"Oil Industry Stirs Blowback After Weaving War Into U.S. Lobbying" [22]

Industry executives and their allies on Capitol Hill are citing the war in a push for long-sought policy goals such as pipeline approvals, expanded exports of natural gas and more drilling rights -- even as the White House says companies aren’t making full use of the permits they already have."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [26], 03/02/2022
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Biden Admin Won’t Appeal Judge’s Ruling Revoking Gulf Of Mexico Leases [27]

"The Biden administration will not challenge a federal court ruling that it did not sufficiently consider climate change when it auctioned off 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico last year, accepting a decision that invalidated the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in the nation’s history."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [28], 03/02/2022
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"Biden Push of Trump Nuke Waste Plan Irks Tribe, Washington State" [29]

"The Biden administration’s backing of a Trump-era move to expedite cleanup of the country’s biggest nuclear waste site has run into staunch opposition from Washington state and tribal officials."

Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Waste [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 03/02/2022
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Florida’s Beloved Key Deer May Be Close To Climate Extinction [33]

"When Hurricane Irma ravaged south Florida in September 2017 it inundated homes, knocked out electricity for millions and killed more than 30 people. The devastation was not confined to humans, however."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [11]
Wildlife [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Type Investigations [37], 03/02/2022
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"Supreme Court Questions Scope of EPA’s Climate Change Powers" [38]

"U.S. Supreme Court justices debated putting new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions, as they considered a case that threatens to undercut President Joe Biden’s climate agenda."

Climate Change [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [39], 03/01/2022
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World's Insect Population Is In Decline, and That's Bad News For Humans [40]

"Habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. In 2019, Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining globally and that a third of them are endangered."

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [42]
Wildlife [35]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: NPR [43], 03/01/2022
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"Oil and Gas Majors Race Out of Russia" [44]

"It’s a race to the door for oil and gas companies with operations in Russia. Over the past 24 hours, three major international oil companies—BP, Equinor, and Shell—have publicly announced they will get out of the Russian oil business in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Military [25]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Earther [45], 03/01/2022
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"Major Hurdle Cleared In Plan To Demolish 4 California Dams" [46]

"Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history."

Agriculture [41]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [49]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: AP [51], 03/01/2022
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Fight To The Finish For A Rare Daisy And A Gold Mine Near Death Valley [52]

"Botanist Maria Jesus has made a career out of trying to protect wild places where rare plants are making their last stand, and field work can mean bivouacking alone in a pup tent. Take the Inyo rock daisy, which only grows in the crevices of cliff walls in two largely roadless areas of the southern Inyo Mountains near Death Valley National Park."

Biodiversity [34]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [13]
California [49]
Source: LA Times [53], 03/01/2022
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"Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics" [54]

"The administration is supporting the crafting of a global treaty that would address pollution across the plastics life-cycle, from manufacture to disposal."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [56]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 03/01/2022
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Sierra Snowpack Vanishing. 3rd Year Of Calif. Drought Looks Inevitable [58]

"California’s severe drought, which seemed to be retreating after soaking storms in October and December, is now all but certain to continue into a third year after the driest January and February in recorded history."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [59]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [49]
Source: San Jose Mercury News [60], 03/01/2022
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Dems Introduce $500 Million Air Quality Bill, Citing ProPublica Probe [61]

"Three Democratic U.S. representatives introduced a bill last week that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to create a pilot program for air monitoring in communities overburdened with pollution."

Air [62]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [63]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [64], 03/01/2022
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"Rash-Causing Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find" [65]

"A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures, a group of scientists has found."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [11]
Forests [66]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [67], 03/01/2022
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