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Pennsylvania Community Sues to Stop Disposal Well for Toxic Fracking Waste [9]

"Attorneys representing Plum Borough and an environmental group opposed to fracking said in arguments on Tuesday before Commonwealth Court in Pittsburgh that a proposed second “injection” well for disposing of toxic fracking wastewater would violate the borough’s zoning code."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 10/11/2023
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Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can Ships Slow Down? [20]

"Rising ocean temperatures and marine heat waves are pushing whales closer to busy shipping lanes. Flexible speed reduction areas could help prevent ship collisions, scientists say."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [22]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 10/11/2023
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Watchdog Group Warns Of Big Ongoing Flaw In A Montreal Ozone Treaty [26]

"Findings by the Environmental Investigation Agency point to a perceived loophole in the Montreal Protocol".

Air [27]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Public [17]
International [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 10/11/2023
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Fungal Networks Could Help Make The Planet More Resilient To Climate Change [31]

"A team of scientists loaded into a gray minivan in this capital city earlier this year and drove for hundreds of miles west through the Kazakh steppe — a vast region marked by endless open plains of grass, abandoned farms and flower-filled meadows."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Studies [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [35]
Public [17]
International [29]
Source: Washington Post [36], 10/11/2023
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Major CO2 Pipeline Project On Hold While Company Reevaluates In 5 States [37]

"OMAHA, Neb. — Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Tuesday that it is putting on hold one of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest so it can reassess the project.

The company withdrew its application for a key permit in Illinois and said it it was putting all its permit applications on hold. The decision comes after South Dakota regulators last month denied a permit.
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [39], 10/11/2023
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"Student Activists Are Pushing Back Against Big Polluters — And Winning" [40]

"South Baltimore is on a peninsula surrounded by water, highways and train tracks. It's mostly made up of residential row houses, small yards, schools, rec centers and parks."

Activism [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Pollution [28]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Source: NPR [43], 10/11/2023
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England’s Churches Make An Uneasy Peace With The Bats In Their Belfries [44]

"A £5m project is helping more than 100 historic churches deal with the damage caused by bat colonies".

Biodiversity [21]
Infrastructure [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Public [17]
Europe [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 10/11/2023
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"Pacific Coast Of Mexico Preps For A One-Two Punch From Max And Lidia" [48]

"Two named storms in less than 48 hours will slam into Mexico’s Pacific coastline early this week – one of them likely to be a strengthening hurricane – making for an unusual double-barreled threat."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [49]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mexico [50]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [51], 10/10/2023
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EPA Refuses To Examine Toxicity Of ‘Inactive’ Pesticide Chemicals [52]

"EPA says too many pesticide formulas exist to check all for the safety of ingredients that could harm humans, plants and wildlife".

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [54], 10/10/2023
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Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines: Report [55]

"It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies."

Consumer [56]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [42]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [57], 10/10/2023
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"Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change" [58]

"A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [49]
People & Population [59]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [60], 10/10/2023
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Deadly Humid Heat Could Hit Billions, Spread As Far As US Midwest: Study [61]

"Billions of people could struggle to survive in periods of deadly, humid heat within this century as temperatures rise, particularly in some of the world's largest cities, from Delhi to Shanghai, according to research published on Monday."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [17]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [62], 10/10/2023
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"Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes" [63]

"Research showing Black and Latino residents are twice as likely to have lead service lines has added urgency to demands that the city commit to removing them within 10 years."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 10/10/2023
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"Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy" [66]

"Individual plans for the city and its neighbors include cutting building emissions, adding EV charging and solar capacity and cutting miles traveled by fossil-fueled vehicles, among other priorities."

Climate Change [22]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 10/10/2023
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‘Without Water, There Is No Life’: Drought In Brazil’s Amazon [69]

"Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [49]
Fish & Fisheries [70]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [59]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
South America [71]
Source: AP [72], 10/10/2023
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