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The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars [9]

"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
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National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 01/11/2023
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"UN Says Ozone Layer Slowly Healing, Hole To Mend By 2066" [20]

"Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says."

Air [21]
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Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: AP [26], 01/10/2023
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Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier [27]

"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."

Environmental Politics [14]
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Natural Resources [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [28], 01/10/2023
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"EPA, Pipeline Operator Reach Deal To Clean Up Kansas Spill" [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural Kansas creek."

Disasters [30]
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Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Source: AP [33], 01/10/2023
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Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study [34]

"Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/10/2023
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"India Expects Utilities' Annual Coal Demand To Surge About 8%" [37]

"India expects its power plants to burn about 8% more coal in the fiscal year ending March 2024, according to a senior government official and a power ministry presentation, after the country missed its 2022 renewable energy goal by more than 30%."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [17]
Asia [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 01/10/2023
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"The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record" [40]

"The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
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International [25]
Source: NYTimes [43], 01/10/2023
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"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.3% In 2022 - Rhodium" [44]

"Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to estimates published on Tuesday by research group Rhodium."

Climate Change [10]
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Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [45], 01/10/2023
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"Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year – Study" [46]

"The global loss of pollinators is already causing about 500,000 early deaths a year by reducing the supply of healthy foods, a study has estimated."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [48]
Food [49]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [50], 01/10/2023
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Louisiana Coastal Plan Update Promises Billions In Hurricane-Damage Savings [51]

"A draft update of the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan predicts that 61 new projects to build or protect land, a dozen new levees, and new efforts to elevate, flood-proof or relocate flood-prone homes will reduce annual hurricane storm surge damages by at least $11 billion per year by 2073."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [52]
Fish & Fisheries [53]
Natural Resources [23]
Planning & Growth [54]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [55]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [57], 01/10/2023
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On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real [58]

"The raft to Bannon Island does not inspire confidence. But Dyrone Woods climbed aboard the piece of crumbling Styrofoam secured to the remains of a wood pallet anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Justice [59]
People & Population [60]
Public [17]
California [61]
Source: LA Times [62], 01/10/2023
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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [63]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [14]
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Military [64]
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South America [65]
Source: AP [66], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [67]

"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."

Air [21]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [69]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Transportation [70]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [71], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Signs Water Bills Benefitting 3 Tribes in Arizona" [72]

"A Native American tribe that has one of the largest and most secure rights to Colorado River water now has approval to lease some of it in Arizona, a state that’s been hardest hit by cuts to its water supply and is on a perpetual search for more."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [59]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [73], 01/09/2023
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