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"Fueling The Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Winds" [9]

"Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point."

Air [10]
Disasters [11]
Public [12]
California [13]
Source: AFP [14], 01/14/2025
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"Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024" [15]

"Nearly all major global climate datasets agree that, in 2024, human-caused global warming for the first time pushed Earth’s average surface temperature to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average for a full calendar year, a level that countries around the world had agreed to do all they could to avoid."

Climate Change [16]
Science [17]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 01/13/2025
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"Trump Revives Threats To Withhold Disaster Aid For Political Foes" [20]

"The deadly Los Angeles area wildfires were turned into a political conflagration on Wednesday as President-elect Donald Trump rekindled past threats to withhold disaster aid to Democratic opponents in California."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [24]
People & Population [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [13]
Source: E&E News [27], 01/13/2025
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How Leading Redeveloper Makes Millions by Not Redeveloping Brownfields [28]

"Although Commercial Development Co. and its affiliates have pledged to revive the former industrial sites they purchase, residents are often stuck looking at undeveloped acreage for years."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Canada [33]
Mexico [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 01/13/2025
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water" [36]

"Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes of multiple fires across Los Angeles. Months from now when the fires are extinguished and the rain comes, however, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [11]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [38], 01/13/2025
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"Trump Announces Environmental Advisory Group Led By His Former Consultant" [39]

"President-elect Trump said he will create an environmental advisory group lead by his former environmental consultant."

Activism [40]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [43], 01/13/2025
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"D.C. Area On Alert After Bird Flu Detected In Poultry In Maryland, Delaware" [44]

"Bird flu outbreaks have been detected at three poultry operations in Maryland and Delaware, impacting more than 500,000 chickens and leading to heightened alert among officials in the Washington region."

Agriculture [45]
Consumer [46]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [47]
Wildlife [48]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 01/13/2025
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"Tycoon’s Wild Plan For US Data Centers Ignores Grid Reality" [51]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s breezy rollout this week of a Dubai real estate developer’s $20 billion pledge shows the chasm between tech’s bold aspirations and electricity supplies."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [52]
Technology [53]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [54], 01/13/2025
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"Microplastics Are Widespread in Seafood We Eat, Study Finds" [55]

"Microplastics and other human-made particles are widespread in the seafood that we eat and could be damaging our health."

Chemicals [41]
Environmental Health [21]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Newsweek [57], 01/13/2025
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"Threatened And Endangered Parks: National Parks And The Mines Next Door" [58]

"As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [59]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [60]
Source: National Parks Traveler [61], 01/13/2025
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"AP Photographers Explain How Selected Images Capture Warming World" [62]

"Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on record, the latest in a long string of heat milestones that have been shattered in recent years as the burning of gas, coal and oil accelerate global warming.
Climate Change [16]
Journalism & Media [63]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: AP [64], 01/13/2025
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"Scientists Say Musk Wrongly Downplays Climate Role in L.A. Fires" [65]

"Posting on the social media site he owns, Mr. Musk blamed the fires on government. Scientists said a warming planet set the conditions."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [66]
Forests [67]
Journalism & Media [63]
Science [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [13]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/10/2025
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"NOAA Says La Nina Ocean Cooling Has Finally Arrived, But It’s Weak" [69]

"A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as usual, meteorologists said Thursday."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [11]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: AP [70], 01/10/2025
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"Trump Is ‘Sympathetic’ To Executive Order On Alaskan Drilling, Senator Says" [71]

"President-elect Donald Trump appears “very sympathetic” to requests to issue an executive order reversing many of President Joe Biden’s energy policies in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said in an interview Thursday, a move with sweeping implications for oil and gas drilling on millions of acres of federal lands in the state."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [59]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [60]
Source: Washington Post [72], 01/10/2025
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Infrastructure Neglect, Poverty Lead To Parasites In The Mississippi Delta [73]

"New research suggests parasitic infections in US south are far more widespread than previously acknowledged"

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [74]
Source: Guardian [75], 01/10/2025
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