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Musk’s X Sues Media Matters Over Its Report On Ads Next To Hate Posts [9]

"Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.” Media Matters, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, called the lawsuit “frivolous.”"

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [17], 11/22/2023
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"Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters" [18]

"Hotshot fire crews work on the front lines of the biggest wildfires in the American West. We rode along with them."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [24], 11/22/2023
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"The Instagram Wellness Influencers Spreading Climate Misinformation" [25]

"A new report details a growing fad among a certain sect of conspiracy-minded health and lifestyle influencers on Instagram: climate denial".

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: HEATED [27], 11/21/2023
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Gulf Oil Leak Could Have Spilled More Than 1 Million Gallons: Coast Guard [28]

"Authorities were using skimmers and remote vehicles to respond to an oil leak off the coast of Plaquemines Parish on Monday, with more than a million gallons having potentially been spilled, the Coast Guard said."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [33], 11/21/2023
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"How Electricity Is Changing Around the World" [34]

"Carbon-free electricity has never been more plentiful. Wind and solar power have taken off over the past two decades, faster than experts ever expected. But it hasn’t yet been enough to halt the rise of coal- and gas-burning generation."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [35], 11/21/2023
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Climate On Track To Warm By Nearly 3°C Without Aggressive Actions: UN [36]

"Countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released Monday."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Science [26]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [37], 11/21/2023
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New Study Says Global Toll Of Lead Exposure Is Even Worse Than We Thought [38]

"According to a new study in the journal Lancet Planetary Health, an estimated 5.455 million adults worldwide died in 2019 from cardiovascular disease (CVD) attributable to lead exposure — a toll more than six times higher than a previous estimate."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
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Pollution [31]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: NPR [42], 11/21/2023
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Richest 1% Account For More Carbon Emissions Than Poorest 66%: Report [43]

"The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [40]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [44], 11/21/2023
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Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Rail Dangers [45]

"Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and family in peril."

Chemicals [39]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [41]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [48], 11/21/2023
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"Column: California Strikes Another Blow Against Rooftop Solar" [49]

"Just a few weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom returned from a trip to China that he claimed was focused on tackling the climate crisis, his appointees back home voted to slash financial incentives for rooftop solar power — for the second time."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [40]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
California [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 11/21/2023
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'We Didn't Know We Were Poisoning Ourselves': Deadly Legacy Of Uranium Boom [52]

"The Diné helped dig the raw materials to build the US’s nuclear arsenal, but were never told of the danger".

Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Justice [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: Guardian [55], 11/21/2023
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As More Of World Thirsts, Luxury Water Becoming Fashionable Among Elite [56]

"Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water so fresh that people here call it nectar."

Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [57]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: AP [58], 11/21/2023
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Negotiations For Treaty To End Plastic Pollution Close Amid Disagreements [59]

"The latest round of negotiations to craft a treaty to end global plastic pollution closed late on Sunday after strained talks in Nairobi, Kenya, where delegates failed to reach a consensus on how to advance a draft of the treaty after a week of negotiations."

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: AP [60], 11/20/2023
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"Texas Board Rejects Many Science Textbooks Over Climate Change Messaging" [61]

"A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to include information on climate change."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: Texas Tribune [63], 11/20/2023
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Residents and Enviros Slam New Dominion Gas Power Plant As ‘Slap In the Face’ [64]

"Virginia’s largest utility provider has faced a backlash from the state’s environmental community since it announced plans to build a new, large fossil fuel facility in Chesterfield."

Air [65]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [46]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 11/20/2023
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