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Catastrophic Calif. Flood Plunged Marginalized Farmworkers Into Crisis [9]

"It was half past midnight on March 11 when a cacophony of sirens and shouting jolted Emilio Vasquez and his family from a sound sleep. “Get out of your houses immediately!” a voice barked in Spanish through a bullhorn. “The water is coming!”"

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
California [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 07/24/2023
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Biden DOE Proposes Tighter Efficiency Rule For New Home Water Heaters [20]

"The Biden administration on Friday proposed tightening an efficiency standard for new residential water heaters — a move that it said would both save consumers money and combat climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [25], 07/24/2023
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15 Billion Gallons/Yr Of Sewage-Polluted Water Flows Into Philly Rivers [26]

"Each year, Philadelphia's waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment."

Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [31], 07/24/2023
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"EPA’s Top Cop Finally Cleared for Job as Senate Confirms Uhlmann" [32]

"David Uhlmann, the White House’s pick to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, will finally ascend to the job after the Senate voted 53-46 Thursday to confirm him following an odyssey lasting more than two years."

Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 07/24/2023
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"Would You Drink Wastewater? What if It Was Beer?" [35]

"In an era of drought, turning treated wastewater into drinking water may be the future. Utility companies are working with breweries to get people past the “ick factor.”"

Consumer [21]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [36], 07/24/2023
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Explorers Track Down Ancient Fruit Trees Before They Are Gone Forever [37]

"Fruit and nut explorers traverse the US on an ecological mission to preserve the last cultivars of old and important plants".
Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [38]
Forests [39]
Natural Resources [40]
Science [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [42], 07/24/2023
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"Sandhill Cranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles" [43]

"Once elusive inhabitants of remote wetlands, sandhill cranes can now be found thriving in yards, athletic fields, and college campuses".

Biodiversity [38]
Wildlife [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Sierra [45], 07/24/2023
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New Biden Rule Would Make Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands [46]

The Interior Department proposed a rule that would significantly increase how much energy companies must pay to lease and drill on federal lands. It would also give the Bureau of Land Management greater authority to keep fossil fuel development away from sensitive ecosystems and cultural sites.

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: HuffPost [48], 07/21/2023
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Researchers Find Evidence Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Blood Of Pregnant Women [49]

"California researchers have found new evidence that several chemicals used in plastic production and a wide array of other industrial applications are commonly present in the blood of pregnant women, creating increased health risks for mothers and their babies."

Chemicals [50]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [18]
Source: Guardian [51], 07/21/2023
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Utilities’ Fossil Fuel Investments Driving Up Rates For The Most Vulnerable [52]

"A proposed rate hike on gas in Chicago highlights a troubling nationwide trend."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: Daily Climate [54], 07/21/2023
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"World Will Miss 1.5C Warming Limit - Top UK Expert" [55]

"A leading British climate scientist has told the BBC he believes the target to limit global warming to 1.5C will be missed."

Climate Change [11]
Science [41]
Public [17]
International [56]
Source: BBC News [57], 07/21/2023
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Revealed: Media Blitz Against UK Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group [58]

"An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [33]
Journalism & Media [59]
Public [17]
Europe [60]
Source: DeSmog [61], 07/21/2023
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"GOP Pushes Disastrous Environmental Plan As The Planet Bakes" [62]

"House Republicans on Wednesday advanced an appropriations bill for federal environmental agencies that would boost development of the same fossil fuels driving the myriad disasters that have ravaged the Northern Hemisphere this year."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [33]
Infrastructure [28]
Military [63]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: HuffPost [64], 07/21/2023
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"The Biden Administration Bets Big on ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture" [65]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $3 billion to help farmers transition to practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions. But some researchers claim the program can’t measure emissions accurately and is unlikely to achieve its climate goals."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Forests [39]
Government [66]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: YaleE360 [67], 07/21/2023
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Race-Blind Biden Effort On Air Pollution Disparities Will Fail: Report [68]

"The Biden administration has pledged to address deadly air pollution disparities in communities of color that resulted from historically racist policy decisions. But its efforts are destined to fail if officials follow through on a decision to dismiss race as a factor to determine where federal aid should be focused, a new report says."

Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [69], 07/21/2023
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