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Biggest Food Companies Struggle to Lower Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions [9]

"Some of the country’s biggest food companies are making a small dent in their greenhouse gas emissions, but most are failing to make substantial and critical reductions, even as consumers and government regulators are pushing harder for them to do so."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Food [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 09/25/2024
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"Report: Iowa Produces The Most Factory Farm Waste In The Country [18]

"Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new report from Food and Water Watch about concentrated livestock operations in the U.S."

Agriculture [10]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: States Newsroom [22], 09/25/2024
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Tweak To Mortgage Rules Could Save Homeowners Thousands In Energy Bills [23]

"The Federal Housing Finance Agency has for months debated adopting a minimum energy efficiency standard for new homes. On Monday, lawmakers demanded action."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [27], 09/25/2024
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Nearly 200 Compounds Linked To Breast Cancer Found In Food Packaging [28]

"An estimated 189 compounds linked to breast cancer are found in food packaging and tableware, according to a new study."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [13]
Pollution [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: EHN [31], 09/25/2024
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"Climate Protesters Arrested Outside Kamala Harris’ Brentwood Home" [32]

"Two climate change activists were arrested in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Brentwood home Monday, during the final moments of a Sunrise Movement protest in which more than a dozen activists urged the Democratic presidential nominee to stop promoting fossil fuel drilling and release a detailed climate plan."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [35], 09/25/2024
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"They’ve Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans." [36]

"In a quiet patch of forest in Nova Scotia, a company is building a machine designed to help slow global warming by transforming Earth’s rivers and oceans into giant sponges that absorb carbon dioxide from the air."

Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [19]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [38]
Canada [39]
Source: NYTimes [40], 09/25/2024
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"Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile" [41]

"Preservationists say governments at all levels have failed to prevent authorized and illegal off-road racers from driving through giant figures of animals, humans and objects."

Disasters [42]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [44]
Public [15]
South America [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 09/25/2024
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Alabama Town Charges Black Moms and Disabled Over Unpaid Garbage Fees [47]

"An analysis of court records shows more than 180 citizens have faced criminal charges due to Chickasaw’s garbage policy. Experts fear the practice may not be isolated."

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [48]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Waste [20]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 09/25/2024
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"Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch" [51]

"In Arizona, researchers are studying playgrounds where the equipment gets so hot it can burn kids’ skin. As heat worsens nationwide, other communities will need to take note."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Infrastructure [52]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 09/25/2024
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"A Threatened Species Complicates Power Line Plans" [54]

"The project, which could expand wind power, was supposed to be done by 2018. The holdup? The American burying beetle."

Biodiversity [55]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Wildlife [56]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [57]
Source: E&E News [58], 09/25/2024
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"California Sues Exxon Over ‘Deceptive’ Plastic Recycling Claims" [59]

"The landmark lawsuit is the first time a state has targeted an oil company over claims that recycling could solve the plastic pollution crisis."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [24]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Public [15]
California [60]
Source: E&E News [61], 09/24/2024
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"The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food" [62]

"Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Studies [63]
Food [13]
Natural Resources [43]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [64], 09/24/2024
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Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects as Federal Aid Surges [65]

"Many dams in the Midwest do not meet grant eligibility requirements, leaving safety officials and residents worried about how they’ll prevent future collapses as flood risks increase."

"MINNEAPOLIS—A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under increasing pressure as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [42]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/24/2024
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Storm Likely To Slam Florida Gulf Coast As Hurricane Helene On Thursday [67]

"Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 could become a landfalling major hurricane for the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [42]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [68], 09/24/2024
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Newsom Signs Law Banning All Plastic Shopping Bags At Grocery Stores [69]

“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [24]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Public [15]
California [60]
Source: AP [70], 09/24/2024
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