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World Leaders Descend On France For Ocean Summit [9]

"Up to 40 world leaders are due to make “ambitious and concrete commitments” towards combating illegal fishing, decarbonising shipping and reducing plastic pollution at what is billed as the first high-level summit dedicated to the ocean."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 02/09/2022
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Mountain Glaciers May Have Less Ice Than Estimated, Straining Supply [18]

"Glaciers could be tapped dry sooner than expected as climate change melts ice fields faster".

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [19], 02/09/2022
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Is Calif. Fight Against Rooftop Solar Utility-Funded Fake Grassroots? [20]

"Over 70 member organizations in the coalition received charitable contributions in 2020 worth $1.67 million from big California utilities that see solar as the competition."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [15]
California [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 02/09/2022
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Activists Urge the IEA to Remove Paywalls Around its Data [27]

"A growing number of activists and academics are calling on the International Energy Agency to make its data free and available to everyone, ahead of the agency’s biennial board meeting in Paris next month."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/09/2022
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"Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars" [29]

"Sales of cars powered solely by batteries surged in the United States, Europe and China last year, while deliveries of fossil fuel vehicles were stagnant. Demand for electric cars is so strong that manufacturers are requiring buyers to put down deposits months in advance. And some models are effectively sold out for the next two years."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Transportation [13]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/09/2022
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FEMA Rolls Out Text App To Help Americans Find Shelters During Disasters [31]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has updated its texting feature to help Americans find open shelters during disasters."

Disasters [32]
Technology [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: The Hill [35], 02/09/2022
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EPA Science Advisers Recommend Tighter Soot Standards In Draft Document [36]

"In a new draft document, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) science advisers recommended that the agency tighten its air quality standards for soot pollution after the Trump administration declined to make such a move.

The new draft that was released Friday by the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) says “all CASAC members agree that the current level of the annual standard is not sufficiently protective of public health and should be lowered.”
Air [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [40]
Science [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: The Hill [42], 02/08/2022
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Biden’s Top Science Adviser, Eric Lander, Resigns Amid Reports Of Bullying [43]

"President Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates."

Government [44]
People & Population [45]
Science [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Politico [46], 02/08/2022
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"Is the Coronavirus in Your Backyard" [47]

"White-tailed deer could become a reservoir for the virus, putting people and animals at risk, health experts say."

Biodiversity [48]
Environmental Health [38]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NYTimes [50], 02/08/2022
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2 Storms In 2 Weeks Carve Trail Of Death And Destruction In Madagascar [51]

"Cyclone Batsirai rammed into Madagascar’s coast on Feb. 5, bringing further devastation to a country already reeling from the effects of another tropical storm, Ana, that struck on Jan. 22."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [32]
People & Population [45]
Public [15]
Africa [52]
Source: Mongabay [53], 02/08/2022
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"Documents Show Major Gaps In Texas Gas Inspections" [54]

"Oil and gas regulators are assuring Texans the natural gas system will keep functioning this winter, saying they’ve done more than 3,000 inspections to check on it. What they’re not saying is many of those inspections found that gas production and transmission facilities can’t guarantee they’re prepared for another hard freeze."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [32]
Infrastructure [55]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Technology [33]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: E&E News [57], 02/08/2022
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"Pipeline’s Safeguards Not Working In Louisiana Diesel Spill" [58]

"A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records, which also show the spill was larger than previously reported."

Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [55]
Transportation [13]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: AP [60], 02/08/2022
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"Biden Plan To Spend $725M To Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines" [61]

"Nearly $725 million in federal funding is available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine drainage, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Monday."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Infrastructure [55]
Natural Resources [62]
Pollution [40]
Waste [63]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: AP [64], 02/08/2022
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Biden Vows To Stop Nord Stream 2 Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine [65]

"President Biden vowed Monday that a major European energy pipeline would be abandoned if Russia sends forces into Ukraine, intensifying pressure on the Kremlin as Western leaders attempt to stave off a renewed assault on the continent’s eastern edge."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [55]
Military [66]
Transportation [13]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [67], 02/08/2022
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"What’s Needed to Save Wolverines? A New Study Has Answers" [68]

"Policymakers can’t hide behind a lack of research anymore when it comes to enacting meaningful conservation measures to protect dwindling wolverine populations."

Biodiversity [48]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: The Revelator [69], 02/08/2022
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