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USDA Shifts Gardening Zones: Map Shows Changes In Vivid Detail [9]

"Recently, the USDA updated its plant hardiness map for the first time in 11 years."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [16], 05/16/2024
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"Trump Pledges To Scrap Offshore Wind Projects On ‘Day One’ Of Presidency" [17]

"Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects “on day one” of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a series of promises to undo key aspects of the transition to cleaner energy."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [22], 05/15/2024
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"Biden Ratchets Up Tariffs On Chinese EVs, Solar, Batteries" [23]

"The Biden administration moved Tuesday to block China’s access to the American market for clean energy technology by doubling duties on solar cells and effectively quadrupling the price of electric vehicles from China."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [26], 05/15/2024
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"Democrats Probe Trump’s Request For Campaign Cash From Big Oil" [27]

"House Democrats are probing President Trump’s request for $1 billion in campaign cash from major oil companies."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [30], 05/15/2024
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"Persistent Brazil Floods Raise Specter Of Climate Migration" [31]

"Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [32]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
South America [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 05/15/2024
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"Republican States Sue EPA, California Over EV Truck Mandate" [37]

"A coalition of Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday announced two lawsuits against the Biden administration and the state of California challenging emissions rules for trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [39]
Source: The Hill [40], 05/15/2024
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"Zombie Coal Plants Could Threaten The US Energy Transition" [41]

"Maryland’s Brandon Shores can’t close down — even though its owners want it to. The coal plant is a poster child for how poor grid planning stalls climate progress."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [43], 05/15/2024
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Whistleblower Raps Mistakes In EPA Use Of Sensor Plane At Ohio Derailment [44]

"The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year."

Air [45]
Chemicals [46]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [42]
Pollution [29]
Science [47]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: AP [49], 05/15/2024
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Radioactive Waste Around The Bay Area Triggers New Testing At Parks [50]

"Beyond a chain-link fence topped with spiraled barbed wire, swaying coastal grasses conceal a cache of buried radioactive waste and toxic pesticides from a bygone chemical plant."

Chemicals [46]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Pollution [29]
Waste [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [39]
Source: LA Times [53], 05/15/2024
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"Tree Rings Show That Last Northern Summer Was The Warmest Since Year 1" [54]

"The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found."

Climate Change [11]
Science [47]
Public [14]
International [55]
Source: AP [56], 05/15/2024
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"As Insurers Around the US Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose" [57]

"The owner of this home in Iowa, a state once considered low-risk, was dropped by his insurance company last year. ... As climate change produces more extreme weather, insurers are losing money, even in states with low hurricane and wildfire danger."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [58], 05/15/2024
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"FERC Shakes Up Power Industry With Landmark Grid Rule" [59]

"Federal energy regulators on Monday directed U.S. electricity grid operators to plan new transmission infrastructure that can deliver more renewable energy and defend against extreme weather."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [60], 05/14/2024
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"Biden Signs Bipartisan Bill Banning Imports Of Russian Uranium" [61]

"Joe Biden has signed into law a bipartisan bill that bans the import of enriched uranium from Russia, in the latest effort by Washington to apply further pressure on Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine."

Environmental Politics [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [55]
Source: Guardian [62], 05/14/2024
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"Cloud Brightening Study in California Is Halted by Local Officials" [63]

"Officials in Alameda, Calif., have told scientists to stop testing a device that might one day be used to artificially cool the planet by making clouds brighter, reflecting planet-warming sunlight back into space."

Air [45]
Chemicals [46]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [64], 05/14/2024
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"Edelman and Shell Renew Their Global PR Deal" [65]

"The global PR giant Edelman has won the bidding war for Shell’s worldwide public relations account — the latest extension of the two companies’ decades-long relationship."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [55]
Source: DeSmog [66], 05/14/2024
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