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Race Is On To Save The Everglades And Protect A Key Drinking Water Source [9]

"The Everglades ecosystem was degraded and transformed when a highway connecting Tampa and Miami was built in 1928, cutting through a mosaic of prairies, sawgrass marshes, freshwater ponds and forested uplands. Sections of the road are now being elevated to restore water flows into the Shark River Slough – a vital restoration area deep in the Everglades National Park."

Environmental Health [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
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Source: AP [17], 12/20/2024
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"Who Are Climate Migrants And What Can The World Do For Them?" [18]

"With 2024 set to become the hottest year on record, growing climate extremes mean some places around the world will become uninhabitable and that could lead to mass migration."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [21]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [24], 12/20/2024
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"US Grid Monitor Gives Grim Warning Of Power Supply Risks" [25]

"Additions of clean electricity generation and power lines are falling farther behind the pace of retiring coal and gas plants and surging data center and industrial demand, said the grid’s reliability monitor in an unusually grim outlook for the nation."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [28], 12/20/2024
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"Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen" [29]

"Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [31], 12/20/2024
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"Rising Tides Are Coming For Lee Zeldin’s Hometown" [32]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA lives in an area at high risk for flooding that gets federal support for climate mitigation."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [33]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: E&E News [36], 12/20/2024
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Montana Supreme Court Upholds Right To ‘Stable Climate’ For Youngsters [37]

"The Montana supreme court upheld a landmark trial court decision last August in favor of 16 young people who said their health and futures were being jeopardized by climate change, which the state aggravates through its permitting of energy projects."

Activism [38]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 12/19/2024
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Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Found In Wash. Have Been Eradicated: Officials [41]

"The hunt for invasive “murder hornets” is over in Washington and the rest of the U.S. after three years without confirmed detections, state and federal officials said Wednesday."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: States Newsroom [46], 12/19/2024
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"More L.A. Cats Appear To Be Infected With H5N1 Bird Flu" [47]

"Experts believe three more cats in Los Angeles County have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. Two others succumbed to the disease earlier this month after drinking recalled raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC dairies."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [48]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [49]
Source: LA Times [50], 12/19/2024
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"The Climate Cost Of Trump’s Tariffs" [51]

"The tariffs will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [52], 12/19/2024
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"Pakistan And Bahamas Join Push For Global Pact To Phase Out Fossil Fuels" [53]

"Pakistan and the Bahamas have joined a growing bloc of climate-vulnerable countries seeking to broker a global pact to phase out fossil fuels in an equitable way, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [54], 12/19/2024
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"Solar for All Likely Protected From Trump’s Roll Back Of Biden’s IRA" [55]

"It may be too late for Donald Trump to follow through on threats to repeal outgoing President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — at least that appears to be the case for the $7 billion Solar For All Program." "The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years"

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [56]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [21]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Floodlight [57], 12/19/2024
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"Russian Oil Spill Contaminates 50km of Black Sea Beaches" [58]

"Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometers of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Europe [59]
Source: AFP [60], 12/19/2024
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Groups Sue TCEQ For Allowing SpaceX To Discharge Water Without A Permit [61]

"Rio Grande Valley groups are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, accusing the agency of bypassing state regulations by allowing SpaceX to temporarily discharge industrial water at its South Texas launch site without a proper permit."

Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
Source: Texas Tribune [63], 12/19/2024
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"Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?" [64]

"In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [65]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Civil Eats [66], 12/19/2024
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"Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation" [67]

"Jubilee Justice grows rice regeneratively while reclaiming the past."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Justice [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Civil Eats [68], 12/19/2024
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