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"How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet" [9]

"An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 06/14/2022
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"Phoenix, Vegas, Denver Post Records Amid Southwest Heat Wave" [16]

"Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and California’s Death Valley all posted record temperatures on Saturday, as dangerous heat swept across the American Southwest."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: AP [20], 06/13/2022
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"‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger" [21]

"The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Food [23]
Military [24]
Public [13]
Africa [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 06/13/2022
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California Fire Season Made Dangerous By Drought, Water Restrictions [27]

"Southern California is facing a potentially treacherous wildfire season this year, as climate change, drought and extreme heat conspire to bake vegetation and prime the landscape for burning, officials say."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: LA Times [30], 06/13/2022
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Chemical Pollutants Linked To Falling Sperm Quality In Research [31]

"Chemicals such as bisphenols and dioxins are thought to interfere with hormones and damage sperm quality, and the study found combinations of these compounds are present at “astonishing” levels, up to 100 times those considered safe."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [33], 06/13/2022
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"Tundra Wildfire Creeps Closer Toward Alaska Native Community" [34]

"A tundra wildfire continued to creep closer to an Alaska Native community in southwest Alaska, but mandatory evacuations have not been ordered, fire officials said Sunday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: AP [37], 06/13/2022
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Car Tyres Produce Way More Particle Pollution Than Exhausts: Tests [38]

"Almost 2,000 times more particle pollution is produced by tyre wear than is pumped out of the exhausts of modern cars, tests have shown."

Air [39]
Pollution [40]
Transportation [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [42], 06/13/2022
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"Rare Wetland Plant Found In Arizona Now Listed As Endangered" [43]

"A rare plant that depends on wetlands for survival is now on the federal endangered species list, a designation that environmentalists say will boost efforts to protect the last free-flowing river in the desert Southwest."

Biodiversity [44]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [46], 06/13/2022
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"The Race Against Time To Breed A Wheat To Survive The Climate Crisis" [47]

"Scientists are testing forgotten wheat varieties from across the world to find those with heat- and drought-tolerant traits".

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Food [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [48]
Source: Guardian [49], 06/13/2022
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"Virginia's Critical Wetlands Are Marching Inland" [50]

"As sea levels rise, some of Virginia’s most valuable coastal wetlands, from the Chesapeake Bay marshes to the Great Dismal Swamp, are at risk of either being lost or migrating farther inland."

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch [52], 06/13/2022
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"Brazil Police: Items Owned By Missing Men Found In Amazon" [53]

"Search teams found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in a remote area of Brazil’s Amazon a week ago, Federal Police said Sunday night."

Journalism & Media [54]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Public [13]
South America [55]
Source: AP [56], 06/13/2022
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Biden Admin to Set Rules of the Road for Charging Electric Vehicles [57]

"Electric vehicle charging stations built with federal dollars should be positioned along Interstates every 50 miles, be able to recharge cars quickly and be located no more than a mile from a major highway, according to new rules proposed by the Biden administration on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Transportation [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [59], 06/10/2022
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McCarthy Prods Big Tech To Crack Down On Climate Change Misinformation [60]

"Gina McCarthy, President Biden's top domestic climate adviser, said tech companies should do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information about climate change and clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [61]
Journalism & Media [54]
Science [62]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Axios [63], 06/10/2022
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"Zinke Projected To Win Republican Nomination for U.S. House in Montana" [64]

"Ryan Zinke, a former Trump administration official, is projected to win the GOP nomination for Montana’s new U.S. House district, according to the Associated Press."

Environmental Politics [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [65], 06/10/2022
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"Explosion at Texas LNG Plant Puts Added Strain On Global Energy Market" [66]

"An explosion at a major natural gas production facility in Texas could knock the plant off line for at least three weeks, company officials said Thursday, roiling global energy markets at a time when supplies are already stretched thin."

Disasters [17]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [13]
International [48]
Source: Washington Post [67], 06/10/2022
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