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Indigenous Inspire Amazon City To Grant Personhood To An Endangered River [9]

"On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while men embark in small canoes on hunting and fishing expeditions. At day’s end, it’s the children’s turn to dive into its tea-colored waters."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
South America [20]
Source: , 08/09/2023
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"More Than Half Of Earth’s Species Live In The Soil, Study Finds" [21]

"Soil estimated to be home to 90% of world’s fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria, making it the world’s most species-rich habitat".

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [19]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 08/09/2023
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"Biden To Protect Vast Sacred Lands Near Grand Canyon" [24]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will curb land development on a stretch of nearly 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) near Arizona's iconic Grand Canyon, a move intended to cement his environmental credentials in the electoral battleground state."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
People & Population [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 08/08/2023
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"In DeSantis’ Fla., Schools Get OK For Climate-Denial Videos" [32]

"Climate activists are like Nazis. Wind and solar power pollute the Earth and make life miserable. Recent global and local heat records reflect natural temperature cycles. These are some of the themes of children’s videos produced by an influential conservative advocacy group."

Climate Change [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [35]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: E&E News [37], 08/08/2023
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In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’ [38]

"A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio’s Steel Valley."

Air [39]
Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [41]
Waste [42]
Public [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 08/08/2023
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"Marine Heatwave Off Oregon Coast Considered ‘Extreme’ By NOAA" [45]

"The water temperatures off the coasts of Oregon and Washington reached “extreme” levels in late July and August of 2023 – an event that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ranks a Category 4 on a scale of 5."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [46]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [47]
Source: Portland Oregonian [48], 08/08/2023
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"BPA's Evil Cousin" [49]

"Most people have heard of BPA — but researchers say its chemical cousin, BADGE, is leaving scores of workers, artisans and individuals at risk."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: EHN [50], 08/08/2023
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"Despite Reforms, Mining For EV metals in Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers" [51]

"After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said they would adhere to international safety standards".

Climate Change [33]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [12]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [19]
Africa [52]
Source: Washington Post [53], 08/08/2023
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"As Climate Change Worsens, Military Eyes Base Of The Future On Gulf Coast" [54]

"After Tyndall Air Force Base was leveled by 2018's Hurricane Michael, those overseeing its reconstruction hope it becomes the ‘test bed’ for bases to defend against the perils posed by a warming atmosphere."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [46]
Infrastructure [55]
Military [56]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Washington Post [57], 08/08/2023
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"Facing The Surge" [58]

"With a fast burst of sea level rise, New Orleans’s outer defenses face a major test".

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [46]
Infrastructure [55]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Washington Post [59], 08/08/2023
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Vermont’s Flood-Wracked Capital City Ponders A Rebuild -- And Climate [60]

"A beloved bookstore in Vermont’s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. A nearby office supply and gift store did the same in 2011 because it liked a different space that came with a bonus: it was higher and farther from the river."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [46]
Infrastructure [55]
Planning & Growth [61]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Source: AP [63], 08/08/2023
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"There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On." [64]

"A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast."

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [65]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [17]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [66], 08/08/2023
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"Biden Expected To Designate Grand Canyon Monument" [67]

"President Joe Biden is expected to designate a new national monument protecting lands outside the Grand Canyon National Park during his trip to Arizona next week, according to three people who work for conservation groups familiar with the plans."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [68], 08/07/2023
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EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient Despite Huge Cancer Risk [69]

"An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year."

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [65]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: ProPublica [70], 08/07/2023
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ER Visits For Heart Problems Plummeted After Coal Processor Shut Down [71]

"The closure of one of Pittsburgh’s largest coal-processing plants in 2016 led to a lasting reduction in hazardous air pollution and a decrease in heart-related hospital visits, according to a new study."

Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [72]
Source: EHN [73], 08/07/2023
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