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"The $500,000 Fight To Protect A Muskoka Wetland" [9]

"Very few of Ontario’s quickly vanishing marshes and swamps are safe from development. A group of citizens managed to preserve one, but they also found deep flaws in the system".

Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [12]
Canada [13]
Source: The Narwhal [14], 11/30/2023
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The Love Story Of An Endangered Tree And The Little Bird Who Eats Its Seeds [15]

"The balance of an ecosystem hangs on the survival of a scraggly mountain tree. In northwest B.C., ecologists are facing climate change, droughts and wildfires as they work to protect whitebark pine and the species that rely on it".

Biodiversity [16]
Forests [17]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [18]
Public [12]
Canada [13]
Source: The Narwhal [19], 11/30/2023
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"In Reversal, Mexico Calls For Moratorium On International Deep-Sea Mining" [20]

"On Nov. 21, Mexico became the latest nation to call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in international waters."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
International [27]
Mexico [28]
Source: Mongabay [29], 11/30/2023
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"A Roll Of The Dice: The Unknown Threat Of Exposure To Chemical Mixtures" [30]

"Shortly after entering the field of public health in the early 1970s, Stephen Lester learned there was one thing he should steer clear of studying: how exposure to multiple chemicals at once might be devastating human health."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: HuffPost [34], 11/30/2023
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water Sources Across England" [35]

"Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [31]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
Europe [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 11/30/2023
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Salton Sea Has Even More Lithium Than Previously Thought, New Report Finds [39]

"Want to produce a huge amount of lithium for electric vehicle batteries — and also batteries that keep our homes powered after sundown — without causing the environmental destruction that lithium extraction often entails? Then the Salton Sea may be your jam."

Chemicals [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [41], 11/30/2023
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Meet Three Therapists Who Are Helping People Cope With Climate Anxiety [42]

"Increasingly, Americans of all generations are suffering from climate anxiety."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [31]
People & Population [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Rhode Island Current [44], 11/30/2023
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"Pope Forced To Pull Out Of COP28 Trip Because Of Health Issues" [45]

"Pope Francis has cancelled his planned trip to the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai because of the effects of influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said on Tuesday, adding to concerns about his health."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [12]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [47], 11/29/2023
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Pro-Iran Group Claims To Have Hacked Water Authority In Pennsylvania [48]

"Federal officials are investigating after a pro-Iran hacking group claimed to have committed a cyberattack at a water authority in Pennsylvania, according to a state congressman and water authority officials."

Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [31]
Military [50]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: CNN [52], 11/29/2023
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"They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help" [53]

"“We need protection,” one migrant at the U.S. border said. But the legal system for refugees never envisioned the millions displaced by global warming."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [54]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [43]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [55], 11/29/2023
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"Biden Admin Sued for Hiding Records on Opposition to Fossil Fuel Phaseout" [56]

"A national conservation group sued the Biden administration on Tuesday for failing to respond to a public records request pertaining to the Interior Department's dismissal of a petition that called for a phaseout of oil and gas extraction on federal lands and waters."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [57]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Common Dreams [58], 11/29/2023
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"America’s First ‘Enhanced’ Geothermal Plant Just Got Up And Running" [59]

"Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Canary Media [60], 11/29/2023
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New Law Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxics in Beauty Products [61]

"The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act empowers the FDA to recall harmful cosmetics. Advocates want to know why manufacturers still don’t have to prove their products are safe before they’re sold to millions of consumers."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [54]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 11/29/2023
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“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Offsets Keep Amazon Communities in the Dark [63]

"Indigenous and traditional groups in the forest are rarely consulted about carbon credit projects they see as the latest gold rush on their lands, and question the community and climate benefits the projects promise."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [54]
Forests [17]
Journalism & Media [57]
People & Population [43]
Public [12]
South America [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 11/29/2023
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"The Human Limit: Where Malaria Is Spreading" [66]

"A new Washington Post analysis shows that climate change and demographic growth could put more than 5 billion people at risk for malaria by 2040".

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [31]
People & Population [43]
Public [12]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [67], 11/29/2023
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