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Just One Mutation Can Make H5N1 Bird Flu A Threat To Humans: Researchers [9]

"California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread human infections and possibly even a pandemic, according to some experts."

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [14]
Health [15]
Science [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [20]
Source: LA Times [21], 12/06/2024
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Climate Risks Are Driving Up Insurance Premiums Around The US – Visualized [22]

"Concern over the climate crisis may evaporate in the White House from January, but its financial costs are now starkly apparent to Americans in the form of soaring home insurance premiums – with those in the riskiest areas for floods, storms and wildfires suffering the steepest rises of all."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [27], 12/06/2024
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New Technologies Could Refine Copper Without The Dirty Smelting [28]

"Copper will play a central role in the energy transition. These startups are working on a cleaner way to extract it."

Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [31]
Source: Grist [32], 12/06/2024
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"Unrest in Carbon Country" [33]

"One night in 2021, a farmer Steve Kenkel has known since childhood gave him a call. The farmer had news: there was going to be a CO2 pipeline coming through his property in Shelby County, Iowa."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: Drilled [38], 12/06/2024
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"Report: LNG Operators In Louisiana Offered $21.1 Billion In Tax Breaks" [39]

"If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow"

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [40]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Floodlight [43], 12/06/2024
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"Court Rules USDA’s GE Crop Rules Break Law, Must Be Reworked" [44]

"US regulators made “significant” errors in adopting a new rule four years ago around the release of genetically modified crops, and must now strengthen oversight, a federal court ruled this week."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [14]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Technology [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [47], 12/06/2024
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"How The Plastic Industry Undermines Democracy By Blocking Bans" [48]

"Companies that profit from plastics are pushing forward laws to keep Americans hooked on disposable plastic products"

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [49]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: EHN [50], 12/06/2024
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"This Chart Will Cheer You Up" [51]

"Renewable energy in the U.S. has grown steadily over the last 20 years. Look at this chart of wind and solar expansion — you’d be hard-pressed to pick out where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Technology [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [52], 12/06/2024
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"Splash Pads Are Fun But Can Spark Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, CDC Finds" [53]

"Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [54], 12/06/2024
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"One Woman’s Mission to Shine a Light on the Ornamental Fish Trade" [55]

"Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of species from the ocean each year."

Biodiversity [45]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [31]
Source: The Revelator [57], 12/06/2024
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"Fury As US Argues Against Climate Obligations At Top UN Court" [58]

"Climate justice campaigners have condemned the US after the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter argued against countries being legally obliged to combat the climate crisis."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [31]
Asia [59]
Source: Guardian [60], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Energy Pick Misinterprets Studies To Support Claims, Scientists Say" [61]

"Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [62]
Science [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [63], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head NASA" [64]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder’s business."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Science [16]
Technology [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [65], 12/05/2024
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"Duke Energy To Knock Down Coal Plant And Build Its Biggest Battery Yet" [66]

"Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [30]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Canary Media [67], 12/05/2024
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To Save Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims To Restore Mississippi River Flow [68]

"Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made barriers has been slowly killing one of the nation’s largest forested wetlands."

Biodiversity [45]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Forests [69]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: AP [70], 12/05/2024
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