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As Climate Disasters Claim Children, Bangladeshi Mothers Seek Bigger Families [9]

"Climate change is exacerbating child mortality in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh, prompting mothers to have larger families as a response to the fear of losing children to disasters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
Asia [14]
Source: Mongabay [15], 02/21/2024
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‘You Want Them To Have A Fighting Chance’: The World Of UK Toading [16]

"A night out with the Somerset volunteers helping amphibians cross the road to their mating grounds as populations decline".

Activism [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Transportation [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
Europe [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 02/21/2024
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"Biden Admin Advances Two-Pronged Clampdown On Toxic Air Pollution" [24]

"The Biden administration is advancing two major rules to limit toxic air pollution from refineries, coal-fired power plants and other industrial operations."

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 02/20/2024
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"California Braces For Flooding Again As Another Wet Winter Storm Hits" [34]

"The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
California [36]
Source: AP [37], 02/20/2024
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"Five Ways El Niño Is Wreaking Havoc in South America" [38]

"An El Niño weather system forecast to be among the strongest in recent history has been contributing to an array of disasters, from fires to floods, around the world."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Public [13]
South America [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 02/20/2024
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"The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens" [41]

"In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Studies [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Undark [43], 02/20/2024
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Ross Gelbspan, Author Who Probed Roots Of Climate Change Denial, Dies At 84 [44]

"Ross Gelbspan, a journalist and author who followed the money trail of climate change denial, exposing how the energy industry and lobbyists pushed narratives to counter overwhelming evidence that use of fossil fuels was driving global warming, died Jan. 27 at his home in Boston. He was 84."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [46]
Science [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Washington Post [48], 02/20/2024
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"Saving Africa’s Most Endangered Big Cat" [49]

"Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
Africa [51]
Source: The Revelator [52], 02/20/2024
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"Colorado Is Now Home To America's Newest National Park" [53]

"Amache National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado is officially America's newest national park, the National Park Service announced Thursday. Amache, located one mile outside of Granada, was one of 10 incarceration sites used to detain thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II."

Environmental Justice [29]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Source: Denver Post [55], 02/20/2024
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"Judge Revokes Florida Wetlands Permitting Authority" [56]

"The Trump administration failed to account for risks to endangered species when it allowed Florida to take over a federal permitting program for wetlands, a federal judge ruled Thursday."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: E&E News [58], 02/20/2024
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"More Wall Street Firms Are Flip-Flopping on Climate. Here’s Why." [59]

"Many of the world’s biggest financial firms spent the past several years burnishing their environmental images by pledging to use their financial muscle to fight climate change. Now, Wall Street has flip-flopped."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [60]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: NYTimes [61], 02/20/2024
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"Climate Change Is Hitting The Heart Of Cajun Country — Through Its Crawfish" [62]

"Drought and last winter’s hard freeze have caused a massive shortage, driving up prices by 500 percent or more."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [63]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Food [65]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [66]
Source: National Geographic [67], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [68]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

Chemicals [26]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [45]
Infrastructure [69]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Transportation [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [70]
Source: Washington Post [71], 02/19/2024
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Atmospheric Rivers Are Leading To A Surge In Valley Fever Cases In Calif. [72]

"Cases of Valley fever in California broke records last year after nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers slammed the state and caused widespread, record-breaking flooding."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
California [36]
Source: Grist [73], 02/19/2024
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Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine [74]

"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."

Agriculture [50]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [70]
Source: Guardian [75], 02/19/2024
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