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"World Will Miss 1.5C Warming Limit - Top UK Expert" [9]

"A leading British climate scientist has told the BBC he believes the target to limit global warming to 1.5C will be missed."

Climate Change [10]
Science [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: BBC News [14], 07/21/2023
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Revealed: Media Blitz Against UK Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group [15]

"An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [12]
Europe [19]
Source: DeSmog [20], 07/21/2023
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"GOP Pushes Disastrous Environmental Plan As The Planet Bakes" [21]

"House Republicans on Wednesday advanced an appropriations bill for federal environmental agencies that would boost development of the same fossil fuels driving the myriad disasters that have ravaged the Northern Hemisphere this year."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [23]
Military [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: HuffPost [26], 07/21/2023
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"The Biden Administration Bets Big on ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture" [27]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $3 billion to help farmers transition to practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions. But some researchers claim the program can’t measure emissions accurately and is unlikely to achieve its climate goals."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [29]
Government [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: YaleE360 [31], 07/21/2023
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Race-Blind Biden Effort On Air Pollution Disparities Will Fail: Report [32]

"The Biden administration has pledged to address deadly air pollution disparities in communities of color that resulted from historically racist policy decisions. But its efforts are destined to fail if officials follow through on a decision to dismiss race as a factor to determine where federal aid should be focused, a new report says."

Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [35], 07/21/2023
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"11 Wild Horses Dead After Helicopter Chase During Federal Roundup" [36]

"Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, deaths that a Las Vegas congresswoman is calling tragic proof of the urgent need to outlaw helicopters to capture the animals on federal land."

Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [17]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: AP [41], 07/21/2023
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"Domestic Rabbits Invade Florida Suburb Thanks To Illegal Breeder" [42]

"When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s latest invasive species comes a-hoppin’ down the street: lionhead rabbits."

Biodiversity [37]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: AP [44], 07/21/2023
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"John Kerry Hails China’s ‘Incredible Job’ On Renewables, Warns On Coal" [45]

"U.S. special climate envoy John F. Kerry praised China’s “incredible job” expanding renewable energy sources Monday, while urging the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter to stop building coal-fired power plants."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Washington Post [46], 07/18/2023
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Scientists Concerned Over Impact of Rising Fla. Water Temps on Coral Health [47]

"Rising temperatures in Florida's waters due to climate change have sparked an extreme stressor for coral reefs causing bleaching, which has scientists concerned."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Reuters [49], 07/18/2023
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Fuel Workers Are Dying Inhaling Gases – Despite US Warnings To Big Oil [50]

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"Jeff Springman climbed the metal stairs on an oil storage tank at a production site in west Texas and opened the small hatch at the top. He was going to test the fluid in the tank before pumping it into his truck, a practice known as manual gauging. Instead he was engulfed by invisible chemicals that had built up inside."

Chemicals [51]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Drilled [52], 07/18/2023
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"Senate Adds Language Blocking Gas Stove Ban To Appropriations Bill" [53]

"Language blocking a ban on gas stoves has been incorporated into a bipartisan Senate appropriations bill, giving it a significant chance to ultimately become law."

Air [54]
Consumer [55]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [56]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [57], 07/18/2023
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9th Circuit Denies Bid By Greens And Tribes To Block Nevada Lithium Mine [58]

"The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday."

Chemicals [51]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: AP [59], 07/18/2023
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline Turns To Supreme Court" [60]

"The Supreme Court may soon step into a legal brawl over whether Congress violated the Constitution when it passed a law ensuring completion of the Mountain Valley pipeline — a fight that could have important implications for the power of the judiciary."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [61]
Source: E&E News [62], 07/18/2023
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In N. Birmingham EPA Studies ‘Cumulative Impacts’ Of Pollution And Racism [63]

"With the EPA review ongoing at the 35th Avenue Superfund site, the Southern Environmental Law Center on Friday threatened new federal litigation against Bluestone Coke for alleged wastewater pollution."

Chemicals [51]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 07/18/2023
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Shipping Rule Backfires, Diverting Sulfur Emissions From Air to Ocean [65]

"When large ships use scrubbers to meet international air pollution limits, the treated fuel exhaust gets dumped into the sea along with other contaminants. Researchers say the discharges are packed with metals and organic compounds that threaten marine environments."

Air [54]
Pollution [56]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 07/18/2023
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