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"NRC Nominee’s Demise Stokes Fears About Nuclear Oversight" [9]

"The White House’s decision not to renominate a former Nuclear Regulatory Commission member has some worried that the agency may be ill prepared to live up to its high safety standards."

Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 01/24/2024
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Conservationists Aim To Save South America’s Super Tiny Wild Cat, The Guina [17]

"The Americas’ smallest wild cat, the guina (Leopardus guigna), is superbly adapted to its home range in Chile and Argentina. But the region is severely affected by deforestation and increasing human population, putting the cat’s future at risk."

Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [14]
South America [20]
Source: Mongabay [21], 01/24/2024
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"Cameroon Starts World’s First Malaria Vaccine Program For Children" [22]

"Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Public [14]
Africa [25]
Source: AP [26], 01/23/2024
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Louisiana Court Upholds Permits For Petrochemical Complex In Cancer Alley [27]

"A Louisiana appellate court has upheld air permits for a giant proposed petrochemical complex in a region known as Cancer Alley, enraging local advocates. The decision, issued on Friday, will help clear a path for Formosa Plastics to build the nation’s largest petrochemical complex of its kind. The project has long faced staunch opposition from local and national environmental justice groups."

Air [28]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 01/23/2024
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"Does Sackett Clip EPA’s Wings On Permits, Water Rules?" [34]

"Months after the Supreme Court stripped federal protections for over half the nation’s wetlands, scientists and legal experts are raising new concerns about how the ruling could affect permits for pollutants in rivers and streams."

Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [37], 01/23/2024
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"Energy Efficiency: The Net-Zero No-Brainer That Has Come Of Age" [38]

"Energy efficiency has been recognised as a key piece of the net-zero puzzle but faster uptake of existing technologies is needed".

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Infrastructure [11]
Technology [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [41]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [42], 01/23/2024
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Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It? [43]

"The former U.N. Ambassador touts her role in pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord and pledges to roll back clean energy incentives."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 01/23/2024
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"Exxon Sues Over Investors’ Climate Proposal" [45]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit Sunday against two of its own shareholders, asking the court to block a proposal by activist investors aimed at cutting the oil giant’s emissions."

Activism [46]
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [41]
Source: The Hill [48], 01/23/2024
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Memphis Endures Day 4 Of Water Problems As Freezing Weather Bursts Pipes [49]

"Memphis residents spent their fourth day boiling water for drinking, brushing their teeth and preparing food on Monday as repair crews worked to fix broken pipes in hopes of easing the stress caused by a week of subfreezing temperatures, snow and ice in this southern city."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [50]
Infrastructure [11]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: AP [51], 01/23/2024
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"Sludge Compost Is An Increasing Source Of Microplastics, Researchers Say" [52]

"A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic “Dust in the Wind” — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up microplastics from human-sewage-based fertilizers at higher concentrations than previously known, and may be an “underappreciated” source of airborne plastic bits, flakes and threads."

Air [28]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [50]
Pollution [31]
Waste [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [54]
Source: LA Times [55], 01/23/2024
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"The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Is a Climate Liability" [56]

"As massive ships like Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas tack on more energy-intensive amenities, emissions from the cruise industry are climbing."

Climate Change [23]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [57]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [41]
Source: Bloomberg Green [58], 01/23/2024
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"A ‘Revolutionary’ Way to Feed the World That’s Very Old" [59]

"The U.S. global food security envoy is pushing to bring back traditional African crops that American policies helped to sideline."

Agriculture [60]
Climate Change [23]
Food [61]
Public [14]
International [41]
Africa [25]
Source: NYTimes [62], 01/23/2024
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Brutally Cold Weather Reaches Into Lower United States; Dozens Of Deaths [63]

"Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [64]
Environmental Health [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [65], 01/22/2024
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As Climate Shocks Worsen, US Disaster Agency Tries a New Approach to Aid [66]

"The Biden administration is overhauling the country’s disaster assistance programs, expanding aid for survivors of hurricanes, wildfires and other catastrophes and making it easier to access."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [64]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [67]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/22/2024
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"Women Added To Cop29 Climate Summit Committee After Backlash" [69]

"The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host in December."

Climate Change [23]
Diversity [70]
Environmental Justice [30]
People & Population [67]
Public [14]
International [41]
Source: Guardian [71], 01/22/2024
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