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Here Are Costly Options To Fix New Orleans Saltwater Intrusion For Good [9]

"Thanks to a changing climate and a deeper navigation channel in the Mississippi River, the saltwater intrusion that has threatened New Orleans area drinking water supplies this year is expected to become more frequent. The scale of the crisis has sparked calls for a permanent solution. While there is no shortage of ideas, they all come with a huge price and no certainty about who will pay for them."

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [15], 10/31/2023
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"Nepal's Mountains Have Lost One-Third Of Their Ice, UN Chief Says" [16]

"Nepal's snow-capped mountains have lost close to one-third of their ice in over 30 years due to global warming, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday after a visit to the area near Mount Everest, the world's highest peak."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Asia [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 10/31/2023
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Navajo Sheep Herding At Risk From Climate Change. Youth Maintain Tradition [19]

"WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was given what she considered easy tasks — holding the legs and catching the blood with a bowl. She was never given the knife. That changed recently."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [10]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: AP [26], 10/31/2023
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In Benin, Voodoo’s Birthplace, Believers Bemoan Shrinkage Of Sacred Forests [27]

"For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get pregnant. Others were brought as newborns by parents seeking to ward off evil spirits."

Forests [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [23]
Public [13]
Africa [29]
Source: AP [30], 10/31/2023
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"Court Indefinitely Blocks Gulf Oil Leasing Deadline Set For Nov. 8" [31]

"A federal appeals court on Thursday indefinitely stayed an earlier order requiring the Biden administration to hold a November oil lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, though it’s unclear whether the administration will immediately proceed with the sale."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [35], 10/30/2023
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"Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?" [36]

"EPA’s annual greenhouse gas report for large emitters show some facilities slashed their emissions while others polluted more than ever."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Pollution [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 10/30/2023
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Virgin Islands Warns St. Croix Tap Water Contaminated With Lead And Copper [39]

"The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday warned that people on the island of St. Croix should not drink their tap water because officials found high levels of lead and copper."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [41]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: AP [42], 10/30/2023
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Four Tracts In Gulf Of Mexico Are Designated For Wind Power Development [43]

"The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [44], 10/30/2023
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"The Propane Industry’s Weird Obsession With School Buses, Explained" [45]

"Electric school buses are better for kids’ health. The propane industry has other ideas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [41]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [37]
Transportation [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Vox [47], 10/30/2023
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"California Baby Food Testing Law Expected to Fill In FDA Gap" [48]

"A California law requiring baby food makers to test their products for toxic heavy metals is expected to surpass FDA guidelines in the race to pressure manufacturers to limit exposure, food safety groups say."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [41]
Food [49]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [50]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [51], 10/30/2023
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Industry Figures Behind ‘Declaration Of Scientists’ Backing Meat Eating [52]

"A public statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists in support of meat production and consumption has numerous links to the livestock industry, the Guardian can reveal. The statement has been used to target top EU officials against environmental and health policies and has been endorsed by the EU agriculture commissioner."

Agriculture [20]
Environmental Politics [33]
Food [49]
Public [13]
International [53]
Europe [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 10/30/2023
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"‘Get The Right Cases To The Supreme Court’: Inside Charles Koch’s Network" [56]

"The Koch network, a web of rightwing groups cultivated by billionaire businessman Charles Koch and his late brother David Koch, is spearheading the attack on federal agencies and government regulations that dominates the US supreme court agenda this term."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [57]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [58], 10/30/2023
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"For New Zealand’s Maori Communities, Climate Change Is Already Hurting" [59]

"TANGOIO, New Zealand — The wharenui, or meeting house, stood forlorn. Usually the hub of this remote Maori community, it had been stripped of its wooden carvings. The bare cinder block shell gave the building an unclothed appearance. Wind whistled through holes bashed out by floodwaters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [60]
People & Population [22]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [61]
Source: Washington Post [62], 10/30/2023
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Buffalo National River Redesignation Draws Huge Crowd To Small Arkansas Town [63]

"JASPER — A sign on the way into this Newton County town states its population is 547. On Thursday evening, more than twice that number, upwards of 1,185 people, squeezed into the cafeteria at the local high school."

Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: States Newsroom [64], 10/30/2023
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At Least 27 Killed By 'Disastrous' Hurricane Otis, Damage Seen In Billions [65]

"Hurricane Otis claimed the lives of at least 27 people, Mexico's government said on Thursday after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the country hammered the beach resort of Acapulco, causing damage seen running into billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [60]
Infrastructure [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Mexico [66]
Source: Reuters [67], 10/27/2023
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