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DOI Proposes Strengthened Protections For Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat [9]

"The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, informed by the best available science, collaborative work with states, and input from local, Tribal and federal partners."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Source: Lewistown News-Argus [20], 11/12/2024
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‘Mass Deportations Would Disrupt The Food Chain’: Calif. Warns Of Threat [21]

"Take a drive through the Salinas or Central valleys in California and you’ll pass from town to town advertising its specialty fruit or vegetable: strawberries in Watsonville, garlic in Gilroy, pistachios in Avenal and almonds in Ripon. More than 400 types of commodities are grown in the Golden state – including a third of the vegetables and three-quarters of the fruits and nuts produced in the United States. Much of that food is grown by immigrant farm workers – many of whom are undocumented."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Food [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [26], 11/12/2024
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"California Enacts New Climate Rules — Which Could Boost Gas Prices" [27]

"In one of its most controversial decisions, California’s air board voted tonight to revamp a key climate change program, which could increase gas prices in a state already facing some of the nation’s steepest costs at the pump."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
California [29]
Source: CalMatters [30], 11/12/2024
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20+ Agrochemicals, Including Common Herbicides, Linked To Prostate Cancer [31]

"New research adds to evidence that several types of agrochemicals — including the widely used herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate — may raise the risk of prostate cancer."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [34]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [36], 11/12/2024
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"Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?" [37]

"India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools."

Air [38]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [35]
Waste [39]
Public [16]
Asia [40]
Source: NYTimes [41], 11/12/2024
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European Agency Says This Will Likely Be The Hottest Year On Record — Again [42]

"For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday."

Climate Change [28]
Science [43]
Public [16]
International [44]
Source: AP [45], 11/08/2024
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"How Trump Could Shrink EPA" [46]

"Buyouts and budget cuts are some options the president-elect might consider to reduce the agency’s workforce."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [48], 11/08/2024
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Toxic PFAS In Menstrual Pads Harm Reproductive Health, Group Charges [49]

"Carefree menstrual pads are contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, which presents a threat to the reproductive health of women using the products, a new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [50], 11/08/2024
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"Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Cuts Two Ways for Oil Companies" [51]

"The president-elect has promised to make it easier to build energy infrastructure and secure drilling leases. But higher production could hurt prices and profits."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [53], 11/08/2024
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The World Isn’t Spending Nearly Enough to Adapt to Climate Shocks, UN Says [54]

"A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Justice [22]
Public [16]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [55], 11/08/2024
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"Republicans Sweep Key Utility Regulator Races In Arizona And Louisiana" [56]

"Public utility commissions hold significant sway over state energy systems. Clean energy advocates failed to break through in elections this year."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [58], 11/08/2024
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Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across US Despite National Political Climate [59]

"From California to Louisiana, ballot measures on climate and the environment gained voters’ approval. In state legislatures, results were mixed."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 11/08/2024
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"Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face 'Copious Litigation'" [61]

"The second Trump administration’s federal lands agenda is widely expected to promote fossil fuels development and reverse Biden administration conservation efforts, moves environmental groups say they’ll litigate at every opportunity."

Activism [62]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [63], 11/08/2024
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"Record Air Pollution Hospitalizes Hundreds in Pakistani City" [64]

"Impounding polluting vehicles. Tearing down kilns. Banning rickshaws. Closing some barbecue restaurants. These are some of the measures officials in Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, have put in place as record-breaking air pollution chokes the region, hospitalizing hundreds and forcing students and workers to stay home."

Air [38]
Environmental Health [34]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [35]
Public [16]
Asia [40]
Source: NYTimes [65], 11/08/2024
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Climate Change Identified As Main Driver Of Worsening Drought In U.S. West [66]

"New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening droughts in the Western U.S. Scientists say the severity of future droughts will be determined largely by how much more planet-heating gases humans release into the atmosphere."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [28]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [67]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [68]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [69], 11/08/2024
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