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Enviros Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Okefenokee Swamp Protections [9]

"The Southern Environmental Law Center is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its summer decision to remove Clean Water Act protections from almost 600 acres of wetlands next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge."

Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Savannah Morning News [15], 11/16/2022
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"A Proposed Lithium Mine Presents A Climate Versus Environment Conflict" [16]

"As world leaders meet for another climate summit in Egypt, the U.S. is pushing to mine more lithium for electric vehicle batteries at home. EVs will help cut pollution from transportation, the nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But there's a tradeoff, as residents have learned near Charlotte, where a big open-pit mine is proposed."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: NPR [20], 11/16/2022
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"Toxic Wildfire Smoke Raises Health Risks Across The Country" [21]

"State public health officials and experts are increasingly concerned about residents’ chronic exposure to toxin-filled smoke."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Forests [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 11/16/2022
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"Wealthy Nations Ink $20B Deal To Move Indonesia Off Coal" [28]

"A group of wealthy countries secured a deal Tuesday with Indonesia that would shift the major emitter’s power generation from coal to clean energy. The $20 billion deal financed by governments and financial institutions would be one of the largest public investments ever made to shutter fossil fuel plants."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 11/16/2022
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"US Offshore Wind Energy Industry Faces Blowback From Locals" [32]

"It’s just one cable meant to bring electricity from an offshore wind farm to a former coal-burning power plant in southern New Jersey, but it symbolizes a big challenge facing the renewable energy industry."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Source: AP [37], 11/16/2022
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"Hippos, Sharks Up For Protection At UN Wildlife Conference" [38]

"Hippos poached for their skin and teeth, sharks targeted by the fin trade and a tiny frog with translucent skin are among the hundreds of species that could get greater protection at a United Nations wildlife conference opening Monday."

Biodiversity [39]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Wildlife [40]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: AP [41], 11/16/2022
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"U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks" [42]

"President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on Monday to restart talks between their countries as part of international climate negotiations, a breakthrough in the effort to avert catastrophic global warming."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [43], 11/15/2022
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"COP27 Considers 'Loss And Damage' Fund, But Has Yet To Commit - Draft Text" [44]

"The United Nations on Monday published a draft text setting out what the COP27 climate summit could agree on "loss and damage" financing for countries ravaged by climate impacts. The negotiating text will be debated and reworked by diplomats and ministers from nearly 200 countries before its hoped-for adoption at the end of the summit, negotiatiors said."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [45], 11/15/2022
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Weak GOP Showing in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda [46]

"Even if Republicans eke out a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, the fossil fuel industry will need to win Democrats to advance their top agenda item—speeding permitting of pipelines, ports."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 11/15/2022
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"Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact" [48]

"The three countries that are home to more than half of the world’s tropical rainforests — Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo — are pledging to work together to establish a “funding mechanism” that could help preserve the forests, which help regulate the Earth’s climate and sustain a variety of animals, plants, birds and insects."

Climate Change [17]
Forests [24]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [49], 11/15/2022
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"‘Global Shield’: A Climate Fix Or A Distraction?" [50]

"The Global Shield might be one answer to helping peril-prone nations defend themselves against the rising dangers of climate change."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [22]
People & Population [51]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: E&E News [52], 11/15/2022
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"Manchin FERC Shake-Up May Stymie Biden’s Clean Energy Plans" [53]

"The prospect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Richard Glick losing his job by year’s end could derail policies critical for President Joe Biden’s clean energy and climate agenda."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [54], 11/15/2022
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US Talks Forest Protection at COP27 -- But Mulls Old-Growth Logging at Home [55]

"The U.S. Center at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh hosted a panel Monday focused on ending global deforestation by 2030, but the reality on the ground in the nation’s forests looks quite different."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [34]
Forests [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 11/15/2022
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"UN To Seek Out Methane Emitters With Data From Space" [57]

"Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: AP [58], 11/15/2022
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"World Population Hits 8 Billion, Creating Many Challenges" [59]

"The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa."

People & Population [51]
Public [13]
International [30]
Source: AP [60], 11/15/2022
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