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Seasonal Fog, Swamp Fires Combine To Create Deadly Louisiana Pileup [9]

"Acrid smoke from stubborn swamp fires burning south and east of New Orleans combined Monday with dense fog to create the “superfog” that contributed to one of the deadliest highway pileups in memory."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [15], 10/24/2023
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"The Slow Death Of A Desert Giant" [16]

"Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert to the brink, with saguaro cacti as a bellwether of the impending disaster."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [19], 10/24/2023
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"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health" [20]

"A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Health [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
Middle East [25]
Source: AP [26], 10/23/2023
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FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns [27]

"The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NPR [32], 10/23/2023
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"Climate 'Loss And Damage' Talks End In Failure" [33]

"A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: AFP [36], 10/23/2023
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"EPA Tightens Reporting Requirements For PFAS Releases, Closing Loophole [37]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that will tighten the reporting requirements for facilities that use or release certain types of toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Journalism & Media [38]
Pollution [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [40], 10/23/2023
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Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process [41]

"A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [44], 10/23/2023
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"Forecast Predict An El Nino Winter. What Does That Mean?" [45]

"The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: AP [47], 10/23/2023
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"Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence [48]

"The crash of salmon stocks in Western Alaska’s Kuskokwim River has sparked a bitter court fight between the federal and state governments, and now Alaska Native leaders are calling for congressional action to ensure that Indigenous Alaskans have priority for harvests when stocks are scarce."

Environmental Justice [29]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: Alaska Beacon [51], 10/23/2023
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Louisianans Near Gulf Struggle As Drinking Water Crisis Persists [52]

"New Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater ‘wedge’ traveling up the Mississippi River – but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened".

Consumer [53]
Environmental Health [21]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Guardian [54], 10/23/2023
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"How Plants Communicate With Each Other When In Danger" [55]

"It sounds like fiction from “The Lord of the Rings.” An enemy begins attacking a tree. The tree fends it off and sends out a warning message. Nearby trees set up their own defenses. The forest is saved."

Biodiversity [17]
Forests [56]
Natural Resources [57]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: Washington Post [58], 10/23/2023
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‘I Got To Know The Wolf’: Spain’s Shepherds Learn To Live With Old Enemy [59]

"In the pre-dawn darkness of Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, Spain, a sudden howl pierces the cold. More join in, until the baying chorus echoes all around. As the sky begins to lighten, their shapes emerge: first the alpha male, and then the rest of the wolf pack, appearing in the twilight where light and darkness merge.
Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [17]
Natural Resources [57]
Wildlife [60]
Public [13]
Europe [61]
Source: Guardian [62], 10/23/2023
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Feds OK Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion In Pacific Northwest Over Protests [63]

"Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk."

Activism [64]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [65]
Source: AP [66], 10/20/2023
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"Norma And Tammy Gain Strength En Route To Mexico, Leeward Islands" [67]

"Two potentially impactful tropical cyclones, both of which could reach land areas as hurricanes over the next several days, were roiling the waters on Thursday west of Mexico and east of the Leeward Islands: Hurricane Norma in the eastern Pacific and Tropical Storm Tammy in the Atlantic."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [68]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Mexico [69]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [70], 10/20/2023
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Ships Speeding Through US 'Go Slow' Zones Meant To Protect Endangered Whale [71]

"More than 80% of ships are speeding through "go slow" zones set by environmental regulators along the U.S. East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Oceana."

Biodiversity [17]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Transportation [12]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Reuters [72], 10/20/2023
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