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Oregon Closes More Coastal Shellfish Harvesting Due To High Toxins [9]

"Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise."

Environmental Health [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: AP [16], 06/10/2024
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Far-Right Allies Pressure Supreme Court To Shield Fossil Fuel Firms [17]

"Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the supreme court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [23], 06/10/2024
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Napa Valley Wine Country Wrestles With Chemical Contamination Controversy [24]

"Famous for its lush vineyards and cherished local wineries, Napa Valley is where people go to escape their problems."

Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
California [28]
Source: The New Lede [29], 06/10/2024
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"U.N. Chief Calls For Global Fossil Fuel Ad Ban" [30]

"In a major speech that didn’t mince words, the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday called fossil fuel companies the “godfathers of climate chaos,” and urged all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [32]
Source: HEATED [33], 06/10/2024
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"Brazil Police Raid Amazon Carbon Credit Projects Exposed By Mongabay" [34]

"The Brazilian Federal Police arrested people and seized assets linked to some of the country’s largest carbon credit projects."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Justice [36]
Forests [37]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
South America [38]
Source: Mongabay [39], 06/10/2024
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"In Mega-Hot Arizona, Climate Is Not on the Ballot. But It Might as Well Be" [40]

"When it comes to climate and the 2024 elections, Arizona just might represent the perfect storm of dramatic consequences: It’s one of the states most severely impacted by climate change, a strong majority of voters share climate concerns, climate issues dominate political debate in the state, it’s a battleground state that could help decide the presidential race, and its Legislature is so narrowly divided that it could easily flip from Republican to Democratic control."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Capital & Main [43], 06/10/2024
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"Man In Mexico Dies In First Known Human Case Of H5N2 Bird Flu Variant" [44]

"A 59-year-old male resident of Mexico died after being infected with a bird flu subtype never before confirmed to have spread to humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Health [10]
People & Population [45]
Wildlife [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [32]
Mexico [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 06/07/2024
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"IEA Expects Global Clean Energy Investment To Hit $2 Trillion In 2024" [49]

"Global investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure is set to hit $2 trillion this year, twice the amount going into fossil fuels, an International Energy Agency report showed."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [50]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/07/2024
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Calif. Oil Town Chose Oil-Tied Firm to Review Impacts of a Drilling Permit [53]

"Signal Hill Petroleum spent millions to overturn California’s landmark law protecting neighborhoods from oil drilling. Now it wants to drill dozens of new wells in a city established a century ago to avoid taxes on oil development."

Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [54]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
California [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 06/07/2024
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Mich. Bottled Water Company Is Still Extracting Millions of Gallons Free [56]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had pledged to crack down on bottled water companies taking water at the same time Flint, Michigan, faced a water crisis. Six years later and in her second term, little has changed."

Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [57]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [58]
Source: ProPublica [59], 06/07/2024
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"EPA Balked At TVA’s Fossil Fuel Plant, Then Stepped Aside" [60]

"Top EPA officials supported a rebuke of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s environmental review of a gas-fueled power plant this spring, but they backed off when the electric utility ignored their criticism."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [61]
Source: E&E News [62], 06/07/2024
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Grassy Narrows First Nation Sues Ontario, Canada Over Mercury [63]

"A First Nation in northwestern Ontario that has faced decades of mercury poisoning is suing the provincial and federal governments, arguing they've failed to protect its treaty rights."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [64]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [36]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Canada [65]
Source: CBC News [66], 06/07/2024
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Lawsuits from Citizens and States Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up [67]

"New litigation from state AG offices raises the stakes in court battles focused on fighting greenwashing and misleading claims about recycling."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [64]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 06/07/2024
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Secretive Court Has Awarded Over $100bn Public Money To Fossil Firms: Study [69]

"Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money".

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [70], 06/07/2024
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Paris Is Aiming For The Most Sustainable Olympics Yet. Plan Not Perfect [71]

"Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold each sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world — in the Pacific waters of Tahiti — provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others railed against the building of a new viewing tower on Teahupo’o reef because of fears it would hurt marine life."

Activism [72]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [50]
Journalism & Media [31]
Natural Resources [57]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
International [32]
Europe [73]
Source: AP [74], 06/07/2024
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