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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 02/26/2024
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Climate Change-Fueled Winter Extremes Put 90% Of Mongolia At 'High Risk' [18]

"So far this year upward of 2 million livestock animals have died, according to official statistics."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [22]
Public [15]
Asia [23]
Source: HuffPost [24], 02/26/2024
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"Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis" [25]

"Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Food [27]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [28]
Source: Mongabay [29], 02/26/2024
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"Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes" [30]

"Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [28]
Antarctica & Arctic [31]
Source: YaleE360 [32], 02/26/2024
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"This Texas Company Wants to Bring Species Back From the Dead" [33]

"Proponents of the de-extinction movement press on with little research and lots of fanfare"

Biodiversity [34]
Technology [35]
Public [15]
International [28]
Source: Sierra [36], 02/26/2024
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"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels" [37]

"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Middle East [41]
Source: AFP [42], 02/26/2024
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"Flaco’s Crash Might Have Been More Than Bad Luck. Here’s What We Know." [43]

"Flaco spent a year defying expectations, an owl born into captivity who quickly learned to hunt and fend for himself in the wilds of New York City. That ended on Friday when he flew into a building near Central Park. What went wrong?"

Biodiversity [34]
Infrastructure [44]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [13]
Wildlife [45]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 02/26/2024
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"Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short" [48]

"Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Source: NYTimes [50], 02/23/2024
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"A Major EPA Climate Rule Is Stuck In Limbo" [51]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi arrived at international climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates late last year with a big announcement: The Biden team had finalized a major climate rule aimed at slashing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. But nearly three months later, the rule hasn’t been officially printed by the government."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Government [53]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Source: E&E News [54], 02/23/2024
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"Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year" [55]

"An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Source: NYTimes [56], 02/23/2024
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SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules [57]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [52]
Environmental Politics [58]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Source: Reuters [60], 02/23/2024
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"China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk" [61]

"China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier, with the world's top carbon polluter now at risk of falling short on climate targets after sanctioning dozens of new plants, research showed on Thursday."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
Asia [23]
Source: Reuters [62], 02/23/2024
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EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025 [63]

"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [58]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Source: The Hill [64], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [65]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Northwest (OR WA) [66]
Source: KUOW [67], 02/23/2024
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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [68]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [69]
Disasters [20]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [49]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [70]
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [71], 02/23/2024
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