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Baltimore Recycles Only a Tiny Fraction of its Residential Plastic [9]

"A new report ranked Baltimore last among five cities studied for recycling rates. But the problem lies with plastic itself: Most of it never gets recycled."

Waste [10]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 09/07/2021
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"Prized Trout Streams Shrink As Heat, Drought Grip US West" [14]

"The North Platte River in southern Wyoming has been so low in places lately that a toddler could easily wade across and thick mats of olive-green algae grow in the lazy current."

Climate Change [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: AP [19], 09/07/2021
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"Industry Group Backs Global Carbon Price For Large Ships" [20]

"A major maritime industry association on Monday backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector’s shift toward climate-friendly fuels."

Air [21]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
International [26]
Source: AP [27], 09/07/2021
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7,000 California Preterm Births Linked To Wildfire Smoke Risks: Study [28]

"Fire season has become a hard-to-breathe reality in much of the western United States. But the blazes may affect more than air quality or even human lungs. A recent study attributes as many as 7,000 preterm births in California to wildfire smoke exposure."

Air [21]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Forests [31]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
California [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 09/07/2021
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More Global Aid Goes To Fossil Fuel Projects Than Tackling Dirty Air: Study [35]

"Governments around the world gave 20% more in overseas aid funding to fossil fuel projects in 2019 and 2020 than to programmes to cut the air pollution they cause."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [37], 09/07/2021
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Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible? [38]

"Cryptocurrencies have emerged as one of the most captivating, yet head-scratching, investments in the world. They soar in value. They crash. ... And in the process of simply existing, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Technology [40]
Public [11]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [41], 09/07/2021
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Will A Summer of Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good [42]

"A $3.5 trillion budget bill is faltering in the Senate, and in America at large, well, as one expert put it: “It’s really hard to get people to change their way of life.”"

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [36]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 09/06/2021
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"Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida" [45]

"The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Infrastructure [43]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: AP [47], 09/06/2021
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"Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida" [48]

"Behind a playground littered with downed tree branches, Shell’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana spewed black smoke from its stacks. The smell of rotten eggs, the signature scent of sulphur emissions, lingered in the air. In an effort to burn off toxic chemicals before and after Hurricane Ida, many industrial facilities sent the gases through smoke stacks topped with flares."

Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [50]
Infrastructure [43]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Guardian [51], 09/06/2021
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Kerry Urges China To Cut Emissions; China Seeks Easing Of Solar Sanctions [52]

"U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry said Friday he hopes Beijing will agree to cut carbon emissions faster to address the climate crisis, as he wrapped up talks in which Chinese officials pressed for American concessions in other areas that have strained relations."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [53], 09/06/2021
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"Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live" [54]

"Some Hurricane Ida survivors may have no choice but to leave. Sooner or later, people across the country will be in the same bind."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
People & Population [55]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Atlantic [56], 09/06/2021
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"Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer" [57]

"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations. On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [29]
People & Population [55]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Washington Post [58], 09/06/2021
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"Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire" [59]

"The West Virginia Senator Reaps Big Financial Rewards From a Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death"

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [36]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: The Intercept [60], 09/06/2021
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Dutch Watchdog Tells Shell to Stop ‘Carbon Neutral' Greenwashing Ads [61]

"In the Netherlands, officials ruled that Shell has to halt ads that claim customers can render their fuel purchases “carbon neutral” by paying for carbon offsets. The reasoning is pretty straightforward: Shell has, uh, no proof that their claims were true."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [11]
Europe [64]
Source: Earther [65], 09/06/2021
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"Living In A Sea Of Trash: Roma Fight Environmental Racism In Romania" [66]

"Roma communities driven from Romania's booming city of Cluj-Napoca say the authorities treat them like human garbage. Pollution from a nearby landfill is damaging their health."

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [50]
Pollution [24]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
Europe [64]
Source: DW [67], 09/06/2021
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