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Historic Asia Heat Breaks Records, With Extremes In Thailand And China [9]

"Numerous heat records have been broken across Southeast Asia, China and other parts of the continent in recent days as the region remains in the grip of a dangerously scorching heat wave, with Thailand in particular experiencing unusually extreme conditions."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
Asia [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 04/19/2023
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Bill Would Fine Texans for Multiple Unenforced Environmental Complaints [16]

"Opponents say the bill would have a “chilling effect” on citizen reports of air and water pollution."

Activism [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 04/19/2023
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"House Republicans Target Climate Law In Debt Limit Bid" [24]

"House Republicans are considering repealing parts of Democrats’ signature climate law — and replacing it with parts of their own — in their opening bid in talks to raise the debt ceiling."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 04/19/2023
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"Banks With ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges Are Top Funders of Fossil Fuels" [29]

"Fossil fuel projects require money — and that money is coming from the world’s top private banks, including many with net-zero climate pledges. That’s according to a new report from the Rainforest Action Network, which looked at the major financial institutions funding oil and gas infrastructure since the 2015 Paris Agreement."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: Grist [33], 04/19/2023
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"The Unlikely Center Of America’s EV Battery Revolution" [34]

"Georgia is gaining thousands of jobs from electric vehicle manufacturing. But lawmakers are hesitant to fully embrace EVs — or the fight against climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Transportation [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Washington Post [37], 04/19/2023
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"Southwestern US Rivers Get Boost From Winter Snowpack" [38]

"Federal water managers have more room to breathe this spring as two Southwestern rivers that provide New Mexico and Texas with drinking water and irrigation supplies are seeing the benefits of record snowpack and spring runoff."

Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: AP [42], 04/19/2023
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"US Cities See 'Urban Mining' Potential In Building Deconstruction" [43]

"The cavernous Maryland warehouse housing Community Forklift bulges with doors, windows, flooring and light fixtures, some lightly used, some more so, but all for sale at big discounts."

Infrastructure [44]
Waste [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [46], 04/19/2023
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"Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit" [47]

"A California city’s ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new buildings was toppled Monday by the Ninth Circuit, which said that the ordinance is preempted by federal law."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 04/18/2023
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"Report: Climate Change, Disease Imperil North American Bats" [50]

"More than half of North America’s bat species are likely to diminish significantly as climate change, disease and habitat loss take their toll, scientists warned Monday."

Biodiversity [51]
Climate Change [10]
Wildlife [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Canada [53]
Mexico [54]
Source: AP [55], 04/18/2023
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"As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges" [56]

"With many net-zero goals amounting to little more than greenwashing, new measures are required to bring accountability, experts say".

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [57], 04/18/2023
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"Water Rule Injunction Adds Confusion to Biden’s Protection Plan" [58]

"A federal court injunction this week against the Biden administration’s new waters protection rule in 24 states sparked questions over the clarity and path forward for the rule, even if the action doesn’t dramatically change which waters are protected."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [51]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 04/18/2023
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"Insurance Woes Plague Efforts To Cut Growing Wildfire Risks" [60]

"Spiking U.S. insurance costs threaten the use of controlled fire, a crucial tool in reducing risks from climate-fueled wildfires".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [30]
Forests [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [62], 04/18/2023
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"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [63]

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [44]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: AP [64], 04/18/2023
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"SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups" [65]

"The SEC’s upcoming corporate climate disclosure rules face a new legal threat from environmentalists after Republicans and businesses have long signaled they would sue to stop the regulations."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [66], 04/18/2023
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"Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind" [67]

"The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Military [68]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Bloomberg [69], 04/18/2023
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