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Tribes Meet With Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms of Uranium Mining [9]

"As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 03/11/2024
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"New York City Ready to Expand Greenways Along Rivers, Railways and Parks" [18]

"Community organizers say the multi-use paths protected from vehicle traffic can connect the city’s boroughs and help increase climate resilience as rainfall, flooding and storms all become more intense."

Infrastructure [19]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [20]
Transportation [21]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 03/11/2024
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"Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution" [24]

"Manufacturers and 24 states sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over the Biden administration’s decision to tighten limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution."

Air [25]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [28], 03/08/2024
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"Where Electric Vehicles Are (and Aren’t) Taking Off Across the U.S." [29]

"Last year, Americans bought more than one million fully electric cars, trucks and SUVs, a record and a milestone for the country’s transition away from gas-powered vehicles."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [32], 03/08/2024
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Secrecy Around Gas Export Terminals Leaves Public In The Dark On Dangers [33]

"During a summer’s afternoon in 2022, a 450-foot fireball exploded at a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Houston, rocking sunbathers on Quintana Beach, adjacent to the Freeport LNG terminal, and rattling homes for miles around. Eighteen months later, residents around the plant have yet to receive any information directly from Freeport LNG about what caused the explosion, or what to do if it were to happen again ... ."

Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Floodlight [36], 03/08/2024
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"How Climate Change Primed Texas To Burn" [37]

"The state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [34]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Grist [40], 03/08/2024
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"Mass Die-Offs Among Farmed Salmon On The Rise Around The World" [41]

"Hundreds of millions of farmed salmon have perished in mass die-offs over the past decade, say researchers."

Climate Change [30]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Natural Resources [12]
Technology [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [45]
Europe [46]
Source: BBC News [47], 03/08/2024
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Rare Gray Whale Seen Off Nantucket Is Good And Bad News, Says Cape Expert [48]

"An unusual visitor to local waters has caused a stir among the region's marine scientists: a gray whale. Researchers with the New England Aquarium's aerial survey team on Tuesday reported spotting the whale 30 miles south of Nantucket during a flight on Friday — a sighting they said is "incredibly rare," considering the species has been extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for more than two centuries."

Biodiversity [49]
Climate Change [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [44]
Wildlife [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [51]
Source: Cape Cod Times [52], 03/08/2024
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Senate Passes Bill To Extend, Expand Compensation For Radiation Victims [53]

"The Senate passed a stand-alone bill to extend and expand a 30-year-old law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government in a 69-30 vote."

Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [54], 03/08/2024
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"In Climate-Related Flooding, A Ugandan River Turns Poisonous" [55]

"Uganda’s Nyamwamba river, in the Rwenzori Mountains, has begun to flood catastrophically in recent years, partly due to climate change. Along the river are copper tailings pools from an old Canadian mining operation, which are becoming increasingly eroded by the flooding."

Chemicals [56]
Climate Change [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [15]
Africa [57]
Source: Mongabay [58], 03/08/2024
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"As Flooding Increases on the Mississippi, Forests Are Drowning" [59]

"Ever-worsening floods are killing trees at an increasing rate along the upper Mississippi River, and invasive grasses are taking over. The Army Corps of Engineers has launched a project to restore forest and boost tree diversity, and to improve habitat for fish and birds, too."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [34]
Forests [60]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [44]
Wildlife [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: YaleE360 [61], 03/08/2024
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"Amid Louisiana’s Crawfish Shortage, Governor Issues Disaster Declaration" [62]

"Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [30]
Consumer [63]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [64]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: AP [66], 03/08/2024
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SEC OKs Rule That Requires Companies To Disclose Emissions, Climate Risks [67]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after last-minute revisions that weakened the rule in the face of strong pushback from companies."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [68]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [69], 03/07/2024
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Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: High Stakes For Climate In 2024 Elections [70]

"From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests." "In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel production increasing and sea levels rising, the stakes for the climate couldn’t be higher in this year’s elections."

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [71], 03/07/2024
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Prisoners In Texas, Florida Face Biggest Risk Of Increasingly Deadly Heat [72]

"Deadly heat is threatening the lives of America’s ageing incarcerated population, who are trapped in increasingly hot and humid conditions as the climate emergency escalates, new research has found."

Climate Change [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
People & Population [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [73], 03/07/2024
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