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Oil Industry Flags Concern About EPA's Methane 'Super Emitter' Plan [9]

"U.S. oil industry groups said on Monday they are concerned the Biden administration's proposed plan to crack down on methane emissions gives too much power to environmental advocacy groups, by forcing companies to react when third-parties report suspected leaks of the powerful greenhouse gas."

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 02/14/2023
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Groups Urge Feds To Track Illnesses Common After BP Spill" [19]

"Several environmental groups are petitioning federal regulators to require employers to document a wider range of illnesses, including cold- and flu-like symptoms, suffered by cleanup workers and emergency responders during oil spills."

Activism [20]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [21]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [24], 02/14/2023
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"Moscow's Decades-Old Gas Ties With Europe Lie In Ruins" [25]

"Meticulously crafted over decades as a major revenue stream for the Kremlin, Moscow's gas trade with Europe is unlikely to recover from the ravages of military conflict."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Military [27]
Public [16]
International [28]
Europe [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 02/14/2023
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"Washing Machines And Fridges Could Be Much Cheaper To Power By 2027" [31]

"Rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy are projected to reduce emissions and save consumers billions of dollars".

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [33], 02/14/2023
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"What To Know About The Deadly Marburg Virus As New Outbreak Emerges" [34]

"The deadly Marburg virus has surfaced this week for the first time in Equatorial Guinea, causing at least nine deaths in the west African nation, according to the World Health Organization."

Environmental Health [21]
Public [16]
Africa [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 02/14/2023
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"Exxon Gives Up on Much-Hyped Algae Biofuels" [37]

"It’s the end of an algal era: Exxon is backing out of a biofuel effort that the company has for years centered as part of its work in clean energy."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [39]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Earther [41], 02/14/2023
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Earth Has Lost 1/5 Of Wetlands Since 1700; Most Could Still Be Saved [42]

"Like so many of the planet's natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been drained, dug up and built on. Peatlands, a particular type of wetland, store at least twice the carbon of all the world's forests."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [12]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [45]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: The Conversation [46], 02/14/2023
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Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment [47]

"Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states."

Chemicals [11]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Justice [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: AP [52], 02/13/2023
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The Next Deadly Pandemic Is Not Inevitable, But The Elements Are In Place [53]

"If you wanted to kill as many people as possible, deniably and with no criminal consequences, what would you do? You’d do well to start with a bird flu."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [21]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [45]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [54], 02/13/2023
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"Neglected Tropical Diseases Threaten Global Health" [55]

"Illnesses like trachoma and elephantiasis affect billions of people worldwide with severe health consequences, yet are not well-known. What are these neglected diseases and why is climate change making them worse? "

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [21]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: DW [56], 02/13/2023
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"NPS Completes Largest Move Of Yellowstone Bison To Tribal Land" [57]

"The National Park Service earlier this year completed its largest transfer of bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Justice [49]
Natural Resources [40]
Wildlife [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [58], 02/13/2023
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"Shell, BP Boost Profit, Sink Investment In Renewable Energy" [59]

"While the big five oil companies registered record profits on the back of the energy crisis, relatively little will be reinvested in renewables as climate goals are slashed."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DW [60], 02/13/2023
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"Report: Companies’ Climate Targets Not What They Claim To Be" [61]

"Climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem. A new report concludes major brands are exaggerating how ambitious their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are — in effect misleading consumers, investors and governments."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [39]
Journalism & Media [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: AP [63], 02/13/2023
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"U.S. EPA Announces $1 Billion For New Hazardous Waste Cleanups" [64]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [66], 02/13/2023
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"Biden and Lula Project Unity On Democratic Values And Climate Change" [67]

"U.S. President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot of relations between the hemisphere's two largest democracies after the end of Donald Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro's stormy rule."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [39]
Forests [68]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
South America [69]
Source: Reuters [70], 02/13/2023
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