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Court Upholds Ban On Helicopter Tours Above Mt. Rushmore, Badlands Parks [9]

"A federal circuit court has upheld a recent prohibition on helicopter tours over Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Badlands National Park in South Dakota, rejecting motions from aircraft companies to repeal the ban."

Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 06/11/2024
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Louisville Moves To Clean Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After 45 Years [17]

"City officials are taking their first public step toward cleaning up hazardous waste in a popular park after a local graduate student last year called out a 45-year comedy of errors by federal, state and local agencies that allowed the dumped drums and chemicals to escape remediation."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [20]
Waste [21]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 06/11/2024
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As Summer Nears, 80 NYC Neighborhoods Ranked Highly Vulnerable to Heat [24]

"Outside the steps of her South Bronx apartment, Jill Hanson is thinking about the lack of green spaces as another hot summer descends upon New York City. Her neighborhood, Mott Haven, is among 80 communities considered highly threatened by humidity and high temperatures under a new Heat Vulnerability Index developed by Columbia University and the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [27]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 06/11/2024
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"Environmental Group to Study Effects of Artificially Cooling Earth" [30]

"The Environmental Defense Fund, entering controversial territory, will spend millions of dollars examining the impact of reflecting sunlight into space as global warming worsens."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [31]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [20]
Science [32]
Technology [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [34], 06/11/2024
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"Thousands Across Alabama Live Without Access to Public Water" [35]

"In unincorporated Marion County, around 800 to 900 households—approximately 40 percent of all homes—do not have access to public drinking water, according to government estimates, a figure one water expert called “staggering.”"

Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [19]
Infrastructure [37]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 06/11/2024
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"African Elephants Call Each Other By Unique Names, New Study Shows" [40]

"African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday."

Biodiversity [41]
Science [32]
Wildlife [42]
Public [13]
International [43]
Africa [44]
Source: AP [45], 06/11/2024
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Nearly Half Of Climate Journalists Globally Received Threats For Their Work [46]

"Almost four out of every 10 journalists covering the climate crisis and environment issues have been threatened as a result of their work, with 11% subjected to physical violence, according to groundbreaking new research."

Climate Change [25]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
International [43]
Source: Guardian [48], 06/10/2024
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"US Raises Truck, SUV Fuel Economy Rules, Much Less Than First Proposed" [49]

"President Joe Biden's administration Friday finalized tighter vehicle fuel economy rules through 2031 that are significantly less stringent than first proposed, a win for the Detroit Three automakers who lobbied heavily for revised rules."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/10/2024
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"Europe’s Swing to the Right Threatens Global Climate Policy" [53]

"Many populist, nationalist and far-right parties have attacked environmental, climate and clean energy policies during the campaigns for this week’s EU parliamentary election."

Agriculture [54]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
Europe [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 06/10/2024
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The UN Says More Aquatic Animals Were Farmed Than Fished In 2022 [57]

"The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported Friday."

Agriculture [54]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [13]
International [43]
Source: AP [59], 06/10/2024
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Oregon Closes More Coastal Shellfish Harvesting Due To High Toxins [60]

"Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise."

Environmental Health [19]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [61]
Source: AP [62], 06/10/2024
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Far-Right Allies Pressure Supreme Court To Shield Fossil Fuel Firms [63]

"Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the supreme court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [64], 06/10/2024
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Napa Valley Wine Country Wrestles With Chemical Contamination Controversy [65]

"Famous for its lush vineyards and cherished local wineries, Napa Valley is where people go to escape their problems."

Agriculture [54]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [13]
California [66]
Source: The New Lede [67], 06/10/2024
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"U.N. Chief Calls For Global Fossil Fuel Ad Ban" [68]

"In a major speech that didn’t mince words, the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday called fossil fuel companies the “godfathers of climate chaos,” and urged all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [43]
Source: HEATED [69], 06/10/2024
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"Brazil Police Raid Amazon Carbon Credit Projects Exposed By Mongabay" [70]

"The Brazilian Federal Police arrested people and seized assets linked to some of the country’s largest carbon credit projects."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Justice [27]
Forests [71]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [13]
South America [72]
Source: Mongabay [73], 06/10/2024
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