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UN Accord On Ship Recycling To Start 2 Years After More Countries Join [9]

"An international accord on recycling ships is set to begin within 24 months after Bangladesh and Liberia became the latest countries to ratify the accord, officials said on Monday."

Economy & Business [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 06/27/2023
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"New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'" [18]

"Common standards unveiled Monday for companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions could curb misleading climate claims in the corporate world, the chair of the body that wrote the norms told AFP."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [16]
Source: AFP [24], 06/27/2023
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Wolves That Nearly Died Out Recovered, Now Helping Island’s Ecosystem [25]

"Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: AP [30], 06/27/2023
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"In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North" [31]

"Canada is offering incentives to mining companies to dig in its northern regions for the critical minerals needed for EVs and solar panels. But based on past abuses, critics fear carbon-rich peatlands will be lost, wild rivers polluted, and enormous cleanup projects left behind."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [32]
Public [15]
Canada [33]
Source: YaleE360 [34], 06/27/2023
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"A Rule That Could Help Save Coal Miners’ Lives Is Mired in Red Tape" [35]

"Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of an epidemic of black lung. They’re still waiting."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [36]
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Natural Resources [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Grist [37], 06/27/2023
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"A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts" [38]

"The offshore energy project will have turbines taller than any building in Boston, but they will be barely visible from Martha’s Vineyard."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [11]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [39], 06/27/2023
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"Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms" [40]

"Live by the sun, die by the sun. So it goes in Texas, where a surge in solar power generation is helping the state’s primary grid operator navigate an ongoing and stifling heat wave."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [41]
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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 06/27/2023
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"Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore In California Due To Algae Bloom" [44]

"Rescued from the beach, a sick sea lion and her newborn pup are now on the mend with dozens of others at a marine mammal care center, part of effort by California wildlife experts responding to a sudden surge in animals falling ill to a neurotoxin."

Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [36]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [28]
Public [15]
California [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 06/27/2023
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Train Carrying Hot Asphalt, Molten Sulfur Plunges Into Yellowstone River [47]

"A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below."

Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [48]
Disasters [41]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Source: AP [51], 06/26/2023
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"Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches" [52]

"‘We just don’t have a peach crop,’ one Peach State farmer lamented".

Agriculture [53]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [41]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Washington Post [55], 06/26/2023
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Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake [56]

"Because of overuse of water and climate change, the Great Salt Lake is drying up — and the Mormon Church is taking on an unusually public role to help save it."

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [57]
Natural Resources [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [58]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Source: Washington Post [59], 06/26/2023
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"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves" [60]

"Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas—a goal that has proven elusive for years."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [61]
Source: AFP [62], 06/26/2023
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"EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing" [63]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments until June 29 on proposed revisions to emission standards for mining operations that process taconite, a low-grade iron ore."

Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: ICT [64], 06/26/2023
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Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill [65]

"Tampa-based Fortune 500 fertilizer company Mosaic last month hosted and paid nearly $25,000 for a fundraising event for the state lawmaker who sponsored the controversial “radioactive roads” bill recently approved by the Florida Legislature."

Agriculture [53]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [32]
Transportation [66]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [67], 06/26/2023
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"‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time" [68]

"A deadly disease that plagues deer was recently detected in the remains of a road-killed deer in Florida — marking the first known instance of the illness found in the state, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Thursday."

Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Studies [69]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: S Fl Sun-Sentinel [70], 06/26/2023
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