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Paxton Sues Biden FWS Over Listing Freshwater Mussels As Endangered [9]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Biden administration officials for declaring six freshwater mussel species endangered and another threatened earlier this year."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Texas Tribune [17], 10/31/2024
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"Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need" [18]

"Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Civil Eats [24], 10/31/2024
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"Disaster Misinformation Is Part of the US Political Landscape Now" [25]

"In September 2018, I was in North Carolina riding out Hurricane Florence and reporting on its impacts. For a few days, I embedded with a FEMA rescue team stationed at Hope Mills Recreation Center near Fayetteville, accompanying emergency responders as they evacuated a senior center in the middle of the night and touring flooded neighborhoods by day."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [29]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg [30], 10/31/2024
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"Greening Concrete: A Major Emitter Inches Toward Carbon Neutrality" [31]

"Concrete is the most ubiquitous man-made building material on the planet, but making it generates massive amounts of CO2 emissions. Companies are experimenting with ways to green the process, from slashing the use of limestone to capturing the carbon generated when it’s burned."

Climate Change [26]
Infrastructure [32]
Pollution [22]
Technology [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: YaleE360 [34], 10/31/2024
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"The American Climate Corps Faces an Uncertain Future If Trump Wins" [35]

"President Biden’s New Deal-inspired green jobs program has been a target of Republican criticism."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Green [38], 10/31/2024
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"Army Of Bots Promotes Petrostate Hosting Global Climate Talks" [39]

"At least 1,800 bots on the social media site X are promoting the controversial choice of Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, to host next month’s U.N. Climate Change Conference known as COP29, according to a new analysis shared exclusively with The Washington Post."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Technology [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [41]
Europe [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 10/30/2024
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Russia, China and Cuba Are Amplifying Hurricane Misinformation, US Says [44]

"Russian and Chinese-linked influence actors and the Cuban government have been amplifying misinformation following two deadly U.S. hurricanes, including false claims that the U.S. was denying disaster relief claims, a U.S. official said on Monday."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [45], 10/30/2024
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Slight Progress In Biodiversity Protection But Some Species Decline: Reports [46]

"Global efforts to protect the world’s plants and animals have made slight progress and some species remain in serious decline, according to two reports released Monday at a major United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Wildlife [47]
Public [15]
International [41]
Source: AP [48], 10/30/2024
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"10 State AG Races To Watch On Climate And Energy" [49]

"Ten states are gearing up to elect the legal officials who will duke it out in court on their behalf on issues such as the nation’s response to climate change and the transition to renewable fuels."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [51], 10/30/2024
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"Supreme Court Ignites Wave Of Lawsuits Against Federal Regulations" [52]

"Major businesses and their lobbying groups have seized on a set of recent Supreme Court decisions that sharply limit the government’s regulatory powers, aiming to advance dozens of lawsuits that could invalidate a vast array of federal climate, education, health and labor rules."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [50]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [53], 10/30/2024
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"Water Quality Advocates Ask Virginia For More Aggressive PFAS Policies" [54]

"In Virginia, laws passed so far require agencies to find and address specific sources of PFAS pollution when they have contaminated a public drinking water system. But clean water advocates want the state to require more monitoring now at facilities known to be possible sources of PFAS so that action can be taken more quickly when additional federal limits are finalized."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [55]
Environmental Health [50]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Bay Journal [57], 10/30/2024
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"How Elon Musk Might Use His Pull With Trump to Help Tesla" [58]

"Although Donald Trump has opposed policies that favor electric cars, if he becomes president he could ease regulatory scrutiny of Tesla or protect lucrative credits and subsidies."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [60], 10/30/2024
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"E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future" [61]

"Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies."

Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [63], 10/30/2024
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"Super Polluting Coal Plants Power Economies And The Climate Crisis" [64]

"Shuttering the world's dirtiest power plants could help to eliminate vast amounts of planet-heating emissions that are threatening international climate goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). From India to Poland, these super polluting power plants most often run on coal and emit tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [50]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
International [41]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [65], 10/30/2024
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In U.S. First, California Plans To Rev Up Sales Of Electric Motorcycles [66]

"At New Century Motorcycles in Alhambra, a handful of electric motorcycles are relegated to the back of the store, tucked behind the dirt bikes. The store sells one a month, at most, a salesperson said."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Transportation [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [67]
Source: CalMatters [68], 10/30/2024
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