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Making Cement Damages The Climate. One Solution Is Opening In California [9]

"It’s a major contributor to climate change — the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s growing as more of the world develops. So the race has been on to find solutions for a material that’s responsible for roughly 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions."

Climate Change [10]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [16], 04/15/2024
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"World’s Coal Power Capacity Rises Despite Climate Warnings" [17]

"The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [19], 04/12/2024
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"Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread" [20]

"Doses of cholera vaccine are being given to patients as fast as they are produced and the global stockpile has run completely dry, as deadly outbreaks of the disease continue to spread."

Climate Change [10]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [23], 04/12/2024
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"Trump Allies Target NOAA Climate Research" [24]

"Allies of former President Donald Trump don’t just want to muzzle federal climate science if he wins a second term — they also want to upend the agencies that fuel such research."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Pollution [12]
Science [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [27], 04/12/2024
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"Big Oil Is Quietly Paying State Legal Officials To Kill Climate Litigation" [28]

"Honolulu's climate lawsuit is an existential threat to Big Oil. So they’re buying Republican attorneys general to defend them in court."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HEATED [30], 04/12/2024
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Group Slams Gas Group’s Use Of Customers’ Money To Thwart Climate Efforts [31]

"A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/12/2024
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"North Carolina Allows Manure Mounds ‘As Big As A House’ On Factory Farms" [34]

"The state’s uniquely lax regulation permits chicken waste to collect outdoors – but there’s no easy way to complain about it".

Agriculture [35]
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National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 04/12/2024
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"Biden Administration Said to Expand Two California National Monuments" [39]

"President Biden plans to expand the perimeters of two national monuments in California, protecting mountains and meadows in a remote area between Napa and Mendocino as well as a rugged stretch east of Los Angeles, two people familiar with the administration’s plans said Thursday."

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California [40]
Source: NYTimes [41], 04/12/2024
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"Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?" [42]

"The ocean has now broken temperature records every day for more than a year. And so far, 2024 has continued 2023’s trend of beating previous records by wide margins. In fact, the whole planet has been hot for months, according to many different data sets."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [45], 04/12/2024
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"An Iowa Fertilizer Plant Purchase Spurs Antitrust Concerns" [46]

"Koch Industries is making a multi-billion-dollar play to purchase a massive fertilizer production facility in the state; some farmers and lawmakers are raising concerns about monopolization and high prices in an effort to halt the sale."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [47]
Economy & Business [48]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Source: Civil Eats [50], 04/12/2024
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New Louisiana Bird Wails Like A Banshee But Eats Pest, Saving Crops [51]

"Screechy, gangly bird gorges on invasive apple snails, helping wetlands and crawfish farms".

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [52]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [53]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [54], 04/12/2024
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EPA Sets First-Ever Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water [55]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers."

Chemicals [47]
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Pollution [12]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [56], 04/11/2024
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FirstEnergy Gave Secret $1 Million To Ohio Lt. Gov. Campaign in Scandal [57]

"A surge in FirstEnergy political spending ahead of the utility’s push to secure a legislative bailout for its nuclear power plants included a $1 million dark money contribution to support the campaign of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s eventual running mate."

Consumer [58]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [59]
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Laws & Regulations [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network [63], 04/11/2024
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Trump Appointees Barred EPA Staff From Warning Senate About PFAS Loophole [64]

"Trump administration officials barred experts from warning legislators that they were about to write a major environmental loophole into law, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers alleged in newly revealed internal communications."

Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [65], 04/11/2024
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US Agrees With Native American Tribe That Line 5 Pipeline Is Trespassing [66]

"The Biden administration straddled the line on a controversial Canadian oil pipeline in a court filing Wednesday, saying a lower court’s order to drain portions running through tribal land may violate a 1977 treaty but agreeing with a Native American tribe that the operator is trespassing on tribal land."

Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [67]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Canada [68]
Source: The Hill [69], 04/11/2024
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