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Tornado Touches Down In New Orleans, Killing One And Damaging Houses [9]

"A tornado pummeled Arabi and parts of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward on Tuesday night, killing one person, knocking out power to thousands of residents and destroying houses as severe thunderstorms swept northeast across the region."

Disasters [10]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Source: Nola.com [13], 03/23/2022
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Lethal Disease Has Nearly Wiped Out Northern Long-Eared Bats [14]

"Fifteen years after its was first discovered in a New York cave, white-nose syndrome has decimated the nation’s population of northern long-eared bats, reducing their numbers to almost nothing."

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 03/23/2022
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"Chair of U.N. Biodiversity Talks Expects Agreement On Key Target" [20]

"A chair of the U.N. biodiversity negotiations underway in Switzerland told Reuters on Tuesday he expects agreement on a key target on raising protected areas, adding he saw support from the talks' presidency, China, for the first time."

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Wildlife [17]
Public [11]
International [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 03/23/2022
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"Multiyear Ice Thinner Than Thought As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Winter Max" [25]

"A study employing new satellite data found that Arctic multiyear sea ice — ice that survives the summer melt — is thinning even faster than previously thought and has lost a third of its volume in just two decades."

Climate Change [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
International [23]
Antarctica & Arctic [28]
Source: Mongabay [29], 03/23/2022
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"EPA Warns Of Permitting Hurdle For Troubled Refinery" [30]

"EPA told the new owners of a shuttered U.S. Virgin Islands oil refinery that they may need a new Clean Air Act permit, a hurdle that could significantly slow any plan to reopen the plant."

Chemicals [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 03/23/2022
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"Egypt Erects Sand Barriers As Rising Sea Swallows The Nile Delta" [36]

"COP27 host hopes low-cost sand dikes can help hold back the Mediterranean Sea and protect the homes and incomes of people in the country's breadbasket".

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [10]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
Africa [38]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [39], 03/23/2022
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"‘Watershed Moment.’ SEC Proposed Landmark Climate Rules" [40]

"Large companies that do business in the United States would be required within three years to lay bare their contributions and vulnerabilities to climate change — including, in some cases, the planet-warming emissions associated with their customers and suppliers."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [43], 03/22/2022
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"How War in the World’s Breadbasket “Changes Everything”" [44]

"Russia’s latest assault on its western neighbor has plunged global food markets into a state of chaos, with prices gyrating upward."

Agriculture [37]
Food [45]
Military [46]
Public [11]
International [23]
Source: Mother Jones [47], 03/22/2022
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4th Round of UN Talks Fail To Finalize A Treaty To Manage The High Seas [48]

"U.N. member states met this month in New York to hash out a treaty governing the sustainable management of the high seas, resource-rich international waters that span about two-thirds of the ocean."

Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
International [23]
Source: Mongabay [50], 03/22/2022
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"‘Evolving Intelligence’ Puts U.S. Energy Industry On High Alert" [51]

"President Biden yesterday urged U.S. companies operating critical infrastructure, including in the energy sector, to harden their digital defenses as new intelligence shows Russia is “exploring options for potential cyberattacks.”

Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [52]
Military [46]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [54], 03/22/2022
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"A Chumash Tribe And Conservationists Fight Offshore Wind Turbines" [55]

"Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther out to sea, great white sharks cruise beneath churning whitecaps."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
California [56]
Source: LA Times [57], 03/22/2022
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"Top Democrats Probe USPS Fleet Contractor" [58]

"Top Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have launched an investigation into Oshkosh Defense LLC, the company awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to replace the U.S. Postal Service’s aging fleet of vehicles."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [59]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [60], 03/22/2022
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Black, Low-Income Areas in Fla. Still Haven’t Recovered From Michael [61]

"The first Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. mainland since 1992 caused $18.4 billion in damages in Florida, but advocates say FEMA red tape has slowed recovery for some Panama City residents."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Justice [62]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 03/22/2022
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Calif. Plan Would Give $100M To Indigenous Leaders To Buy Ancestral Lands [64]

"Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving California’s Indigenous nations $100m so they can purchase and preserve their ancestral lands."

Environmental Justice [62]
Natural Resources [65]
Public [11]
California [56]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/22/2022
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Dr. Oz Supports Fracking As Candidate, But Raised Concern As Celeb [67]

"In a recent appearance on Sean Hannity’s show, Oz cited Pennsylvania natural gas “under my feet” as a way to wean the world off Russian gas, and told Biden to “back off.”"

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [68]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 03/22/2022
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