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At COP28 Oil Firms Pledge To Combat Methane. Enviros Call It A “Smokescreen” [9]

"Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.”"

Activism [10]
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Source: AP [19], 12/04/2023
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"Biden Delivers COP28 Crackdown on Methane Leaks From Oil Wells" [20]

"The Biden administration moved Saturday to crack down on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, by finalizing newly strengthened mandates forcing companies to replace leaky equipment and regularly search for escaping gas."

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Source: Bloomberg [24], 12/04/2023
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"EPA Lead Pipe Rule Good for Justice, But May Come at High Cost" [25]

"The EPA’s goal to replace all lead drinking water pipes in the US within 10 years is ambitious and furthers environmental justice, water attorneys and environmental groups say, but some former agency officials worry the goal may be too costly to meet."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 12/04/2023
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"This Documentary Shows The Huge Stakes Of Fighting For A Free Press" [32]

"In the fall of 2019, journalists at Mvskoke Media, the news outlet covering the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma, were documenting a dramatic election season while also facing a tough fight to safeguard their right to report the story."

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Source: HuffPost [34], 12/04/2023
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"In Some Neighborhoods In Drought-Prone Kenya, Clean Water Is Scarce" [35]

"As the sun rises in the Bondeni-Jua Kali neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, dozens of women and men step out of their corrugated iron homes with yellow jerricans, skip over pools of sewage and make their way to a nearby water vending station."

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Africa [36]
Source: AP [37], 12/04/2023
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UN Climate Talks Are Focusing On The Contagious Effect On Human Health [38]

"With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health."

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Source: AP [40], 12/04/2023
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"Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies" [41]

"Ohio lawmakers have failed, at least for now, to pass a bill that would exert control over discussion of “controversial beliefs” about climate policies in college classrooms."

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Source: Inside Climate News [44], 12/04/2023
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US Proposes Plan To Help The Snow-Dependent Canada Lynx Amid Warming [45]

"U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century."

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Source: AP [49], 12/04/2023
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"‘Game Changer’: EPA Rule Would Force Removal Of America’s Lead Pipes" [50]

"EPA is calling on utilities to eliminate the largest source of lead contamination in drinking water with a proposal to require removal of all lead pipes within the next decade."

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Source: E&E News [51], 12/01/2023
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"Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor Countries" [52]

"A new fund to help vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters should be up and running this year, after diplomats from nearly 200 countries on Thursday approved a draft plan on the first day of a United Nations global warming summit."

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Source: NYTimes [53], 12/01/2023
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"Hundreds Of New Oil And Gas Projects Approved Despite Climate Crisis" [54]

"More than 400 oil and gas projects were approved globally in the last two years despite calls to abandon all new hydrocarbon development, new figures showed as the UN COP28 climate talks opened Thursday."

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Source: AFP [55], 12/01/2023
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"Why The Return Of Sea Otters To Canada’s West Coast Is Making Waves" [56]

"The group of otters floats between amber stalks of kelp, preening their coats and foraging for urchins. Sheltered in a natural bay off Haida Gwaii, one of the most unforgiving coastlines on the west coast of Canada, the skittish mammals are hidden – from the fast-moving currents, and from groups that have pledged to shoot them on sight."

Biodiversity [46]
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Fish & Fisheries [57]
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Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [48]
Public [17]
Canada [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 12/01/2023
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Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Disease Fight [60]

"The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness."

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People & Population [62]
Public [17]
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Africa [36]
Source: NYTimes [63], 12/01/2023
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"Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges" [64]

"As the world’s leaders gather this week at a major summit to discuss ways to address the effects of global warming, one of the greatest obstacles they face is disinformation." "Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods."

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Source: NYTimes [65], 12/01/2023
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"Oregon’s Drinking Water Is at Risk From Clearcutting" [66]

"The forests that blanket the foothills of the Coast Range are crucial to holding onto freshwater and keeping it drinkable. But for years, local residents have suspected that clearcutting by private logging companies in the area has endangered their precious freshwater resource. Now, a new joint report from NASA and Oregon-based nonprofit Oregon Wild confirms coastal residents’ observations and echoes their concerns."

Forests [67]
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Source: Sierra [69], 12/01/2023
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