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Fight Brewing Over Calif. Ballot Measure To Reduce Single-Use Plastics [9]

"On any given afternoon, the garbage cans in San Jose’s Westfield Oakridge Mall food court overflow with plastic spoons, forks, soft drink cups and takeout food containers. Paper frozen yogurt containers are mashed in with plastic boba tea cups and soda bottles."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 04/18/2022
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Green Infrastructure Helps Cities With Climate Change. Do We Need More? [19]

"Federal agencies are beginning to hand out billions of dollars in infrastructure spending, the largest investment ever made in the country's water system. Much of it will go to improving pipes, drains and stormwater systems. But some scientists and urban planners are pushing to fund projects that are better adapted to the changing climate."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NPR [26], 04/18/2022
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"Climate Toll On Arctic Bases: Sunken Runways, Damaged Roads" [27]

"U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon’s watchdog office said Friday."

Climate Change [20]
Infrastructure [22]
Military [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: AP [30], 04/18/2022
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Wind Power Overtook Coal, Nuclear For First Time in U.S. on March 29 [31]

"Wind power was the No. 2 source for power generation in the U.S. for the first time ever on March 29, surpassing coal and nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [33], 04/18/2022
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"Companies, Not FDA, Approve Most Chemicals In Food" [34]

"Roughly 99 percent of chemicals added to food since 2000 were approved for use by the chemical and food industry — not federal regulators — according to a new analysis from the Environmental Working Group."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [38], 04/18/2022
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To Fight Climate Despair, Christian Ecologist Says Science Isn’t Enough [39]

"Rick Lindroth is among a small but growing number who argue faith is important to combatting hopelessness. Getting ‘re-enchanted with the Earth,’ he says, is the key."

Climate Change [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [40]
Science [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [42], 04/18/2022
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White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy Planning To Step Down: Sources [43]

"White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a tenure marked by ambitious emissions targets but failure in securing major U.S. carbon-cutting legislation."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Reuters [45], 04/15/2022
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"Expanding Drought Leaves Western US Scrambling For Water" [46]

"Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks widen. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning to weigh on residents."

Climate Change [20]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: AP [48], 04/15/2022
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"East And Horn Of Africa Prep For Worst Drought In Decades" [49]

"Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe drought in 40 years, as authorities warn that higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall was recorded by weather agencies in March and April this year."

Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Food [37]
People & Population [51]
Public [16]
Africa [52]
Source: AP [53], 04/15/2022
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"Canada Ignored Warnings Of Virus Infecting Farmed And Wild Salmon" [54]

"Canada was warned in 2012 by its own scientists that a virus was infecting both farmed and wild salmon, but successive governments ignored the expert advice, saying for years that risks to salmon were low."

Environmental Health [36]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Public [16]
Canada [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 04/15/2022
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"EPA: Breathing Formaldehyde Causes Cancer" [58]

"Defying pressure from industry members and Republican lawmakers, EPA has released a long-delayed and highly contentious draft assessment finding formaldehyde is carcinogenic to humans when inhaled."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [36]
Pollution [14]
Science [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [59], 04/15/2022
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Analysis-Biden Plan To Aid Europe With LNG Poses Risk To US Climate Goals [60]

"U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe to cut the region’s dependence on Russian fuel risks undermining his administration’s climate goals by encouraging more gas production and increasing emissions, according to climate experts."

Military [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [61]
Europe [62]
Source: Reuters [63], 04/15/2022
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"Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over State Air Pollution Plans" [64]

"Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging it has failed to properly enforce the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Rule."

Air [65]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [66], 04/15/2022
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"Is Your Electric Utility Blocking Climate Action?" [67]

"American electric utilities often talk a good game when it comes to climate change. But many are working to keep the country hooked on fossil fuels."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [68]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Grist [69], 04/15/2022
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"Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change" [70]

"More than half of species could face greater extinction risk by midcentury, a new study found, as rising heat and dryness test the prickly plants’ limits."

Biodiversity [71]
Climate Change [20]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: NYTimes [72], 04/15/2022
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