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The Fate Of Thousands Of U.S. Rural Dams Hangs In The Balance [9]

"Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [17], 10/15/2024
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Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities [18]

"In 2023, Alabama settled a civil rights complaint alleging that the state was discriminating against Black residents by not providing adequate sewage treatment in a poor, rural county. A year later, slow progress is being made to close the gap."

Consumer [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 10/15/2024
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EPA OKs Use Of Radioactive Material In Florida Road Pilot Project [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for the use of a material that contains radioactive radium in a Florida road project that’s being described as a “pilot.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [23]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: The Hill [30], 10/15/2024
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"Weeks After Hurricane Helene, Many Remain Missing In The Mountains" [31]

"Weeks after being swept away in floodwaters, a North Carolina grandmother is among an untold number of victims who remain unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [27]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Washington Post [32], 10/15/2024
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"Deadly Milton Leaves Florida With Flooding And Damage In Its Wake" [33]

"Floridians are picking up the pieces after Milton made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane and cut through the state as a Category 1 storm before moving offshore. In some areas, such as St. Petersburg, the storm represented a more than a 1-in-1000 year rainfall event."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [27]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: CNN [35], 10/11/2024
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"Johnson Slams Door On Congress Returning For Disaster Aid" [36]

"Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House Republican leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: E&E News [39], 10/11/2024
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"An Oil Giant Railroads Its SCOTUS Connection To Gut Environmental Law" [40]

"A fossil fuel giant with deep ties to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, along with other powerful pro-business groups, are explicitly pressuring Gorsuch and his fellow justices to rule in favor of oil and gas interests in an upcoming Supreme Court case."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [38]
Environmental Studies [41]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [42]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: Lever News [44], 10/11/2024
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"Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals Into the Arctic" [45]

"New research shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic."

Biodiversity [46]
Chemicals [47]
Natural Resources [48]
Pollution [23]
Wildlife [49]
Public [14]
International [50]
Antarctica & Arctic [51]
Source: Hakai [52], 10/11/2024
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Polluted Waste From Florida’s Fertilizer Industry Vulnerable To Milton [53]

"As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways."

Agriculture [54]
Chemicals [47]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Natural Resources [48]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: AP [55], 10/11/2024
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"The Disappearance of the Monarch King — Part 1" [56]

"Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace."

Activism [57]
Biodiversity [46]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [22]
Wildlife [49]
Public [14]
Mexico [58]
Source: Outside [59], 10/11/2024
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In Florida Senate Race, Two Candidates' Contrasting Views on the Climate [60]

"Incumbent Rick Scott, a Republican, reportedly banned the words “climate change” from state agencies as governor. Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell favors climate-resilient infrastructure."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 10/11/2024
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‘Emperor Is Wearing No Clothes’: Study Finds ‘Green’ Hydrogen Too Pricey [62]

"Green hydrogen will likely remain “prohibitively expensive” for most industries, despite global efforts to boost the fuel as a climate solution, according to a new study."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [63], 10/11/2024
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Wisconsin Estimates Around 40 Percent Of Private Wells Contain Pesticides [64]

"The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected aren’t regulated in groundwater by the state or federal governments."

Agriculture [54]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio [65], 10/11/2024
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"How Farms Are Fighting A Pesky Almond Moth Without Pesticides" [66]

"Every year, navel orangeworms eat through roughly 2% of California’s almonds before they can make it to grocery store shelves. With climate change threatening to make the situation worse, researchers are hoping to sterilize millions of moths a day with radiation and drop them from airplanes."

Agriculture [54]
Biodiversity [46]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [23]
Technology [67]
Wildlife [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [68]
Source: LA Times [69], 10/11/2024
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Millions Without Power As Milton Slams Florida, Causes Deaths And Flooding [70]

"Hurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) after producing a barrage of tornadoes, but sparing Tampa a direct hit."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [12]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: AP [71], 10/10/2024
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