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Salton Sea Has Even More Lithium Than Previously Thought, New Report Finds [9]

"Want to produce a huge amount of lithium for electric vehicle batteries — and also batteries that keep our homes powered after sundown — without causing the environmental destruction that lithium extraction often entails? Then the Salton Sea may be your jam."

Chemicals [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: LA Times [17], 11/30/2023
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Meet Three Therapists Who Are Helping People Cope With Climate Anxiety [18]

"Increasingly, Americans of all generations are suffering from climate anxiety."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Rhode Island Current [22], 11/30/2023
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"Pope Forced To Pull Out Of COP28 Trip Because Of Health Issues" [23]

"Pope Francis has cancelled his planned trip to the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai because of the effects of influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said on Tuesday, adding to concerns about his health."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 11/29/2023
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Pro-Iran Group Claims To Have Hacked Water Authority In Pennsylvania [29]

"Federal officials are investigating after a pro-Iran hacking group claimed to have committed a cyberattack at a water authority in Pennsylvania, according to a state congressman and water authority officials."

Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [20]
Military [31]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: CNN [33], 11/29/2023
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"They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help" [34]

"“We need protection,” one migrant at the U.S. border said. But the legal system for refugees never envisioned the millions displaced by global warming."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [36], 11/29/2023
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"Biden Admin Sued for Hiding Records on Opposition to Fossil Fuel Phaseout" [37]

"A national conservation group sued the Biden administration on Tuesday for failing to respond to a public records request pertaining to the Interior Department's dismissal of a petition that called for a phaseout of oil and gas extraction on federal lands and waters."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Common Dreams [39], 11/29/2023
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"America’s First ‘Enhanced’ Geothermal Plant Just Got Up And Running" [40]

"Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [41], 11/29/2023
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New Law Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxics in Beauty Products [42]

"The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act empowers the FDA to recall harmful cosmetics. Advocates want to know why manufacturers still don’t have to prove their products are safe before they’re sold to millions of consumers."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 11/29/2023
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“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Offsets Keep Amazon Communities in the Dark [45]

"Indigenous and traditional groups in the forest are rarely consulted about carbon credit projects they see as the latest gold rush on their lands, and question the community and climate benefits the projects promise."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [35]
Forests [46]
Journalism & Media [38]
People & Population [21]
Public [14]
South America [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 11/29/2023
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"The Human Limit: Where Malaria Is Spreading" [49]

"A new Washington Post analysis shows that climate change and demographic growth could put more than 5 billion people at risk for malaria by 2040".

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [50], 11/29/2023
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"In A ‘Sacred’ Desert, The U.S. Turns Away From Drilling And Mining" [51]

"The Biden administration faces a backlash in Wyoming as it puts more emphasis on conservation, recreation and renewable energy on public lands."

Agriculture [52]
Biodiversity [53]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/29/2023
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"A Plane Fueled By Fat And Sugar Has Crossed The Atlantic Ocean" [57]

"For the first time ever, a commercial plane flew across the Atlantic Ocean without using fossil fuels."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Technology [58]
Transportation [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [60], 11/29/2023
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"Biden’s Absence at Climate Summit Highlights His Fossil Fuel Conundrum" [61]

"President Biden signed the country’s first major climate law and is overseeing record federal investment in clean energy. In each of the past two years, he attended the annual United Nations climate summit, asserting American leadership in the fight against global warming. But this year, likely to be the hottest in recorded history, Mr. Biden is staying home."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [62], 11/28/2023
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"‘Time To Roll Up Our Sleeves’: Congress’ Long To-Do List" [63]

"Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week fresh off of passing a new stopgap funding measure but facing a mountain of unfinished business."

Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [64], 11/28/2023
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TV Forecasters Talk About Climate Change, But Face Pushback And Threats [65]

"Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa in 2021. He was coming from Boston to connect the dots between weather and climate change trends. Gloninger knew it might elicit some grumbling from Iowan viewers."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: KCUR [67], 11/28/2023
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