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"What a Search for the Signs of Spring Reveals" [9]

"If you looked into the sky before dawn on Monday, you might have seen the worm moon. That’s the name some Native Americans give the March full moon because that’s when the soil warms and earthworms emerge. Others call it the crust moon, when snow melts and refreezes, or the sap moon, when maple trees are tapped."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 03/26/2024
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"Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk" [17]

"Because of lax rules, national inventories reported to the United Nations grossly underestimate many countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. The result, analysts say, is that the world can not verify compliance with agreed emissions targets, jeopardizing global climate agreements."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: YaleE360 [23], 03/25/2024
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India Has Millions Of Dairy Farmers, Creating A Tricky Methane Problem [24]

"Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a local college, but prefers being home milking cows and tending to her family’s land."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [11]
Public [14]
Asia [26]
Source: AP [27], 03/25/2024
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Warm, Dry Spring Has US Forecasters Worried About Upcoming Wildfire Season [28]

"Most of the United States is expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, federal forecasters say, with dry conditions likely in the West. That's raising concerns about wildfires, especially in parts of the Southwest, Great Plains, and the Upper Mississippi River Valley, said Jon Gottschalck, operations branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [30], 03/25/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [31]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [33]
Source: NPR [34], 03/25/2024
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Taps Have Run Dry Across South Africa’s Largest City In Water Crisis [35]

"For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people."

Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
Africa [37]
Source: AP [38], 03/25/2024
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"In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates" [39]

"Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: Capital & Main [42], 03/25/2024
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"Exclusive: Mexico's Pemex Put Off Repairs Despite Vast Methane Leak" [43]

"Mexican state energy company Pemex put off urgent repairs and maintenance at an important offshore platform for months, resulting in methane spewing into the atmosphere, according to internal documents and three sources familiar with the infrastructure."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
International [22]
Mexico [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 03/25/2024
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"Europe's Pro-Nuclear Leaders Seek Atomic Energy Revival" [46]

"Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival on Thursday at a summit in Brussels, seeking to rebuild the European industry after years of gradual decline."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Public [14]
Europe [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 03/25/2024
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"America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?" [50]

"In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [29]
People & Population [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [52], 03/25/2024
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"Scientists Are Shedding Light on ‘Dark Vessels’ at Sea" [53]

"A recent study revealed just how much fishing activity is slipping under the radar, finding that roughly three-quarters of the world’s industrial fishing ships are not publicly tracked."

Fish & Fisheries [54]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [55]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 03/25/2024
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"Gas Industry Blocks Building Codes Meant To Make Going Electric Cheaper" [57]

"The natural gas industry pulled off an 11th-hour victory in its campaign to strip climate-friendly rules out of the latest update to the homebuilding guidelines used in most of the United States."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [55]
Planning & Growth [58]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [59], 03/22/2024
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"Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles" [60]

"President Biden’s new rule cutting emissions from vehicle tailpipes has deepened a partisan battle over automotive technology."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [61]
Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [55]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [64], 03/22/2024
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‘Dangerous And Abusive’ Conditions In Indian Shrimp Industry: Report [65]

"Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wrinkled her nose."

Agriculture [25]
Consumer [61]
Economy & Business [62]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [66]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Food [67]
Laws & Regulations [55]
People & Population [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Asia [26]
Source: AP [68], 03/22/2024
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"Watchdog to EPA: Step Up Gowanus Canal Cleanup Enforcement" [69]

"A major construction project designed to help clean up one of the most contaminated water bodies in the U.S. is years behind schedule and massively over budget, EPA’s independent watchdog said Thursday."

Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [55]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
Source: E&E News [71], 03/22/2024
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