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World On Pace For Much More Warming Without Immediate Action, Report Warns [9]

"The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if countries do everything they promise to fight climate change, a United Nations report said Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [16], 10/25/2024
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Nevada Lithium Mine Wins Final Permit Despite Risk To Endangered Wildflower [17]

"For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite conservationists’ vows to sue over the plan, which they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction."

Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: AP [25], 10/25/2024
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Bad State Data May Misdirect $1 Billion In US Funds To Replace Lead Pipes [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead pipe replacement funding to the wrong states because it didn’t verify inaccurate data provided by Texas and Florida, an agency watchdog announced."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [31], 10/25/2024
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"Elon Musk Plans A ‘Bonfire Of Nonsense Regulations’" [32]

"With tales of sharks, whales and water dumping, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is targeting environmental agencies and rules."

Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [34], 10/25/2024
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Enviros Sue New York, New Jersey And Delaware Over Endangered Sturgeon [35]

"New York, New Jersey and Delaware were accused in federal lawsuits Thursday of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is on the brink of disappearing."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: AP [39], 10/25/2024
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"Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande" [40]

"The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the river."

Agriculture [41]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 10/25/2024
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"Toxic Blooms in New York’s Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024" [44]

"Owasco Lake is called the region’s “canary in the coal mine” for harmful algal blooms, which threaten swimmers, pets and some local drinking water supplies."

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: Water Front [45], 10/25/2024
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"Landfill Methane Is A Big Climate Problem. Here Are Some Easy Solutions." [46]

"The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [10]
Pollution [12]
Technology [47]
Waste [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Canary Media [49], 10/25/2024
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US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In 4 Years [50]

"Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batteries that are already starting to help prevent power blackouts."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [29]
Technology [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [51], 10/25/2024
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Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers In Southeast Changed From Endangered To Threatened [52]

"The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday."

Biodiversity [18]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Wildlife [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: AP [55], 10/25/2024
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Lead Paint Upended This Boy’s Life. Now EPA Will Eliminate The Threat [56]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is about to issue strict limits on lead dust, which poses a threat to millions of children across the United States."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [57]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [58], 10/24/2024
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EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Many at Risk [59]

"Advocates say vulnerable communities can’t afford to wait 20 years for service line replacement and that more outreach is required."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [57]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [60]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 10/24/2024
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Bayer’s New Roundup Products Appear More Toxic Than Prior Formulations [62]

"New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to US consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group. The report was disputed by Bayer, which called the analysis “deeply flawed.”"

Agriculture [41]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [63], 10/24/2024
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Coal-Based Pa. Steelmaking Causes Up To 92 Premature Deaths A Year: Report [64]

"Pollution from Pennsylvania’s three remaining coal-based steelmaking plants cause an estimated 50 to 92 premature deaths each year, according to a new report."

Air [65]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [12]
Technology [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: Daily Climate [66], 10/24/2024
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"Dems Call On Reclamation To Pay Tribes Unable To Use Colorado River" [67]

"Colorado lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to offer payments to Native American tribes that are unable to use their full share of the Colorado River, arguing the groups should be compensated for reducing pressure on the drought-stricken waterway."

Environmental Justice [57]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [60]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: E&E News [68], 10/24/2024
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