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"Action To Protect Against Climate Crisis ‘Woefully Inadequate’, UN Warns" [9]

"The UN Environment Programme (Unep) report estimated that between $215bn and $387bn a year is needed for climate adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries alone this decade. However, funding fell by 15% – to just $21bn – in 2021, the report said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 11/03/2023
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Poisoned For Decades By A Peruvian Mine, Communities Feel Forgotten [17]

"The open-cast crater seems ready to swallow the city whole. Mud-brick houses with corrugated iron roofs teeter on the edge of the massive Raúl Rojas mining pit, now lined with razor wire, which stretches nearly 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across and is 300 meters, or more than a quarter of a mile, deep. This is the center of Cerro de Pasco, a city in central Peru, sitting at an elevation of more than 4,300 m (14,100 feet) above sea level."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
South America [22]
Source: Mongabay [23], 11/03/2023
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"A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short" [24]

"America’s stewardship of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places oversight is all but nonexistent, a New York Times analysis has found."

Agriculture [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/03/2023
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"How One Solar Company Is Succeeding In Coal Country" [32]

"Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works and building a coalition to support it have been key."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
People & Population [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Grist [34], 11/03/2023
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Coal Ash: "Alabama In Billion-Dollar Showdown With EPA" [35]

"It’s a billion-dollar decision. Probably many billions. And people all around Alabama are waiting anxiously for the feds to decide what happens next. Can Alabama leave its 100 million tons of coal ash where the utilities dumped it, in unlined ditches along the rivers across the state?"

Energy & Fuel [33]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [21]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Birmingham News [38], 11/03/2023
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"How An American Meat Broker Is Fueling Amazon Deforestation" [39]

"China has become the world’s biggest importer of beef, and Brazil is China’s biggest supplier, according to United Nations Comtrade data. More beef moves from Brazil to China than between any other two countries. But the Brazilian cattle industry is a major driver of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Forests [40]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [41], 11/03/2023
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"Years Into A Climate Disaster, These People Are Eating The Unthinkable" [42]

"In South Sudan, war and semi-permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long-term consequences for their health".

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [43]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
Africa [44]
Source: Washington Post [45], 11/03/2023
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Industry Faces Blowback As Orsted Scraps 2 Wind Projects Off New Jersey [46]

"Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey whose financial challenges mirror those facing the nascent industry."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: AP [48], 11/02/2023
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Pope Says He Will Attend Dubai COP28 Climate Summit, A First By A Pontiff [49]

"Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995."

Climate Change [10]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [50], 11/02/2023
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Louisiana Was Open To Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped Probe [51]

"For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found evidence of discrimination and were pressuring the state to strengthen oversight of air pollution from industrial plants."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: AP [53], 11/02/2023
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"Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas" [54]

"An exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade."

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 11/02/2023
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"Dumped, Not Recycled?" Tracking Raises Questions About Houston 'Recycling' [57]

"Revelations by a watchdog group reinforce doubts about chemical recycling, a technology promoted by the city in a collaboration with ExxonMobil and other companies."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Waste [36]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 11/02/2023
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"As Climate Shocks Grow, Lawmakers Investigate Insurers Fleeing Risky Areas" [59]

"Insurers are already pulling back from California, Florida and Louisiana. Senate Democrats are trying to find out which states could be next."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [60], 11/02/2023
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"Schumer Leads 23 Senators In Demanding FTC Probe Of Oil Industry Mergers" [61]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 22 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday demanding an investigation of two major proposed oil industry mergers and warning that the consolidations could hurt consumers."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: The Hill [62], 11/02/2023
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"King Tide Floods Offer Glimpse Of Miami’s Soggy, Salty Future" [63]

"The roar of a generator overwhelmed the quiet burbling of water at the Little River Pocket Park on Monday. It hadn’t rained in days, but the park — and several nearby streets — were under nearly two feet of water from this year’s king tides, the annual highest tides of the year."

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [47]
Planning & Growth [64]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Miami Herald [65], 11/02/2023
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