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Suddenly Gray Whales Are Visiting San Francisco Bay; Nobody Quite Knows Why [9]

"When Bill Keener started working at the Marine Mammal Center as a field biologist in the 1970s, there were no whales or dolphins in San Francisco Bay. ... Starting in the late 2000s, things began to change."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Mexico [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 07/15/2024
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Will 1st US Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers? [19]

"The long overdue federal heat standard proposal gets many things right but will take years to enact, and enforcement will be key, says climate health expert Juanita Constible."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 07/12/2024
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"Trump Return Could See Climate Progress ‘Unraveled,’ Sally Jewell Says" [24]

"Sally Jewell, who served as US Interior secretary from 2013 to 2017, said the climate stakes of the election in November “could not be higher” and that she’s “really afraid for the future of our planet” should former President Donald Trump return to the White House."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [27]
Source: Bloomberg [28], 07/12/2024
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Marathon Oil Reaches $241 Million Settlement With EPA For N.D. Violations [29]

"The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota."

Air [30]
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Pollution [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Source: AP [33], 07/12/2024
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Greens Sue Interior, Claim It Ignores Harms Of Idle Offshore Rigs [34]

"An environmental group is suing the federal government to force the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess the long-term environmental effects of delays in shutting down inactive oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico."

Activism [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [38], 07/12/2024
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Feds Launch New Attempt to Gather Data on Energy Usage of Bitcoin Mining [39]

"The Energy Information Agency is starting the process to require cryptocurrency miners to submit energy consumption data after a previous attempt faced legal challenges."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Infrastructure [37]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 07/12/2024
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Nike Pledged To Shrink Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed The Staff To Do That [43]

"Since December, Nike has lost about 30% of employees who worked primarily on sustainability initiatives, due to layoffs, voluntary departures or transfers to other duties. Already, the company was missing its targets for reducing emissions."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [40]
Journalism & Media [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [27]
Source: ProPublica/Oregonian [44], 07/12/2024
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BP-Owned Firm Selling Carbon Credits On Trees That Aren’t In Danger: Study [45]

"Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the United States offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Forests [46]
Journalism & Media [41]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [27]
Source: Floodlight/SourceMaterial [47], 07/12/2024
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"Research Shows Heat Exposure Disproportionately Affects Black Richmonders" [48]

"Michael, a resident of Richmond’s Southside who declined to share his last name, sat on Forest Hill Avenue waiting for a bus Tuesday just before 2 p.m., when a car thermometer recorded the temperature at 94 degrees."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [49]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: Virginia Mercury [51], 07/12/2024
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"The GOP Has Found A New Reason To Pawn Off America’s Public Lands" [52]

"The new Republican Party platform, adopted this week in advance of the next week’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, mentions federal lands only once — and rather than a vague call to protect them, it proposes pawning some of them off to address housing affordability."

Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [54], 07/12/2024
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Tests Show O.C. Mosquitos Are West Nile-Positive; That’s Not The Only Danger [55]

"Another county in Southern California has confirmed finding mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [22]
Public [14]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [56], 07/12/2024
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"These Biden Rules Could Be Trashed By Trump" [57]

"Some priority regs — including climate standards for existing gas-fired power plants, curbs on lead and copper in drinking water, and heat protections for workers — could be doomed."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [58]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [59], 07/11/2024
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"Is The EPA About To Get Serious About Methane Pollution From Landfills?" [60]

"Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions both in the U.S. and globally." "Current EPA rules are inadequate, experts say, but the agency has committed to updating them. States like California, Maryland, and Washington can show the way."

Chemicals [58]
Climate Change [20]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [26]
Waste [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [62], 07/11/2024
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Azerbaijan Plans Climate Fund After Pushback On Fossil-Fuel Levy: Source [63]

"Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. COP29 climate summit, has scrapped plans to propose a levy on fossil-fuel producers to raise climate-change funding, and instead aims to launch a new fund at the summit for green investments in poorer countries, a senior COP29 source said."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [64], 07/11/2024
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"Supreme Court Rulings Boost Odds to Win Chemical Rule Challenges" [65]

"Three recent Supreme Court decisions increase industries’ chances of winning regulatory challenges, but only after a period of divergent lower court rulings on what the nation’s primary commercial chemical law requires."

Chemicals [58]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [66], 07/11/2024
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