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"India's Monsoon Rains Cover Entire Country Ahead Of Time" [9]

"India's annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Tuesday, six days ahead of the usual time of arrival, the state-run weather department said, although rain totals are still 7% below average so far this season."

Agriculture [10]
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Public [14]
Asia [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 07/03/2024
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"Azerbaijan To Upgrade Climate Target Before COP29 Summit" [17]

"Azerbaijan, host of this year's United Nations COP29 climate summit, will upgrade its national emissions-cutting target ahead of the November event, a senior official said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 07/03/2024
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"Deadly Hurricane Beryl Churns Toward Jamaica, Causes 'Immense Destruction'" [23]

"Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the storm's rapid strengthening."

Climate Change [11]
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Mexico [27]
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Source: Reuters [29], 07/03/2024
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Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks [30]

"The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [19]
Food [31]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
International [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 07/03/2024
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"In Michigan, Homeowners Associations Can’t Stop Rooftop Solar Anymore" [34]

"Tens of millions of Americans live under HOAs, which sometimes block rooftop solar for aesthetic reasons. Michigan is the latest state to protect access to solar."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
People & Population [37]
Technology [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Canary Media [39], 07/03/2024
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"Google Emissions Rose 13 Percent From AI Energy Consumption" [40]

"Google’s emissions rose 13 percent last year despite the tech giant’s goals to become net-zero by the end of the decade as artificial intelligence (AI) drives an increase in energy consumption."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [20]
Technology [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
International [21]
Source: The Hill [42], 07/03/2024
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Hurricane Beryl Grows To Cat 5 Strength As It Razes SE Caribbean Islands [43]

"Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth."

Climate Change [11]
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Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Mexico [27]
Central America & the Caribbean [28]
Source: AP [44], 07/02/2024
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Drinking Water Of Almost A Million Californians Flunked State Requirements [45]

"Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars."

Consumer [46]
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Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
California [48]
Source: CalMatters [49], 07/02/2024
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For India’s Garbage Pickers, A Dangerous Job Made Worse By Extreme Heat [50]

"The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish, seeking anything they can sell to earn at best the equivalent of $4 a day."

Chemicals [51]
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Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [35]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [20]
Waste [52]
Public [14]
Asia [15]
Source: AP [53], 07/02/2024
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US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chair [54]

"This has been a year of insurance sticker shock in the US. But the man who provides insurance to insurers thinks maybe the shock still isn’t enough to steer people away from risk in a changing climate."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [41]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Bloomberg Green [55], 07/02/2024
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UK Environment Agency Refuses To Reveal Possible Conflicts Of Interest [56]

"The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England."

Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [57]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
Europe [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 07/02/2024
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Plastics Firms Blocked Bans And May Have Broken US Laws – Study [60]

"Companies have spent decades obstructing efforts to take on the plastics crisis and may have breached a host of US laws, a new report argues."

Chemicals [51]
Consumer [46]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [57]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [20]
Waste [52]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Guardian [61], 07/02/2024
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"Court Halts Biden Pause On New Gas Exports" [62]

"A federal court has halted the Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for natural gas exports. Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana, approved a request from Republican-led states to lift the pause while the litigation against it plays out."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: The Hill [63], 07/02/2024
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Calif. Communities Win ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Referendum [64]

"The oil industry withdrew its $40 million campaign to kill a historic law to protect neighborhoods from oil drilling’s toxic effects, but is threatening to challenge the measure in court."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
California [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 07/02/2024
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Biden OSHA Inching Closer To A Heat Standard For Workers As Election Looms [66]

"The long-awaited rule could be finalized before November, but it faces political hurdles either way."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [36]
People & Population [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Grist [67], 07/02/2024
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