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Survivors In Shock As Cyclone Freddy Toll Passes 400 In Malawi, Mozambique [9]

"The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through southern Malawi. The next thing she knew, she woke up in hospital, her head wrapped in bandages and her neck in a brace."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Africa [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 03/17/2023
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"How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic" [16]

"The forests around the epicenter of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak are getting patchier. The next pandemic could emerge from the edges around these patches, where wildlife and humans mix."

Biodiversity [17]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Forests [19]
Science [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: ProPublica [22], 03/17/2023
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"Shell Rules Out More Ambitious Goal For End-User Emissions" [23]

"Shell has ruled out setting targets to cut emissions in absolute terms from customers' use of its products, its chair said in a report published on Thursday as the energy company faces increased activist and investor pressure over climate."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [25], 03/17/2023
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"Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines" [26]

"The Texas Public Policy Foundation used AI to push a misleading story about renewable energy—a practice that could soon become widespread."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [20]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Earther [31], 03/17/2023
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"US Toxic Chemical Releases Climbed 8% in 2021, EPA Report Says" [32]

"The US saw an 8% increase in toxic chemicals industries released into the environment or sent for hazardous waste disposal in 2021 over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Thursday."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 03/17/2023
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"Public Health vs. Economic Growth: Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden" [36]

"The Biden administration is preparing to impose some of the first new rules in a generation to restrict or ban an array of toxic chemicals that are widely used in manufacturing, presenting the White House with tough choices between its economic agenda and public health."

Chemicals [33]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/17/2023
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"A 24-Armed Hunter, Threatened With Extinction, Is Set to Get Protection" [40]

"Sunflower sea stars, huge starfish that until recently thrived in waters up and down the west coast of North America, are threatened with extinction and should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, federal officials said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [43], 03/17/2023
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"Farmers Wary Of Proposal To Save Colorado River Water" [44]

"Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California's Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. That's why he's installed water sensors and monitors to prevent waste on nearly two-thirds of his 3,000 acres."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: AP [48], 03/17/2023
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"Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida" [49]

"A study from the U.S. Geological Survey called the state’s python problem “one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe.”"

Biodiversity [17]
Wildlife [50]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 03/17/2023
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"E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks" [53]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants in 23 Western and Midwestern states to sharply cut smog-causing pollution that is released from their smokestacks and fouls the air in Eastern states."

Air [54]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [55], 03/16/2023
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"Is A Common Industrial Chemical Fueling The Spread Of Parkinson’s Disease?" [56]

"A cancer-causing chemical that is widely used to degrease aviation components and heavy machinery could also be linked to Parkinson’s disease, according to a new research paper that recommends increased scrutiny of areas long contaminated by the compound."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [18]
Science [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: LA Times [57], 03/16/2023
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Water Restrictions Lifted For Millions in SoCal, But Conservation Urged [58]

"Mandatory water restrictions are being lifted for nearly 7 million people across Southern California following winter storms that have boosted reservoirs and eased the severe shortage that emerged during the state’s driest three-year period on record."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [59]
Source: LA Times [60], 03/16/2023
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"California Salmon Season Is Canceled For The First Time Since 2009" [61]

"Federal regulators overseeing West Coast fisheries have effectively called off California’s entire 2023 ocean salmon fishing season, in an effort to protect fish populations that have dwindled during the ongoing drought."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [59]
Source: Sacramento Bee [62], 03/16/2023
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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [63]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [37]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [64]
Source: E&E News [65], 03/16/2023
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"Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says" [66]

"Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if ever — perhaps proof of the sort of climate tipping point that scientists have warned the planet could pass as it warms."

Climate Change [10]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [21]
Antarctica & Arctic [67]
Source: Washington Post [68], 03/16/2023
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