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FBI Investigating Toxin-Laced Letter Sent To Green Group In New Mexico [9]

"The FBI is investigating a letter laced with a toxic chemical and filled with threats and antisemitic symbols that was sent anonymously to an environmental voters group in New Mexico."

Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [15], 10/31/2022
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Humans Decimating Wildlife, Report Warns Ahead Of U.N. Biodiversity Talks [16]

"Wildlife populations tracked by scientists shrank by nearly 70%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, a recent assessment has found."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Mongabay [21], 10/31/2022
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"The Nigerian Woman Cleaning Up A Land Soaked In Oil" [22]

"It is the rarest of stories. A fix for an environmental disaster that is actually working."

Diversity [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [13]
Africa [27]
Source: BBC News [28], 10/31/2022
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"Along A Withered Mississippi, A Mixture Of Frustration, Hope And Awe" [29]

"Over several days this past week, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis drove more than 400 miles in five states, from Memphis to Cairo, Ill., talking with people whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably linked to the Mississippi River and with people who had come to marvel at how drastically the ongoing drought has weakened it."

Climate Change [30]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [33], 10/31/2022
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"Oil Companies Rake In Huge Profits Amid Consumer Squeeze" [34]

"Major oil companies saw profits soar in the third quarter of 2022, continuing a trend of massive industry profits even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causes soaring prices for consumers."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: The Hill [36], 10/31/2022
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How Decades of Restoration Reversed Collapse of California’s Mono Lake [37]

"Stream rehabilitation and limits on water diversions saved a crucial feeding stop for migratory birds. The lake is now an inspiration for efforts to heal degraded and warming ecosystems around the world."

"LEE VINING, Calif.—When Rose Nelson camped along lower Rush Creek in the summer of 2017, the water was flowing as high and fast as anyone could remember. The rumble and roar of the creek, she said, was the joyful sound of nature healing.
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
California [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 10/31/2022
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War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy: IEA [41]

"The energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to speed up rather than slow down the global transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner technologies like wind, solar and electric vehicles, the world’s leading energy agency said Thursday."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Military [12]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [42], 10/28/2022
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"Rishi Sunak Criticised For Skipping COP27 Climate Summit" [43]

"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of "a failure of leadership" for not attending the COP27 climate summit next month."

Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [44]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: BBC News [45], 10/28/2022
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"Major Green Group On Track To Spend Record $100M In Midterms" [46]

"Less than two weeks before Election Day, the League of Conservation Voters and affiliated entities are on track to spend a record $100 million in next month’s midterm elections, according to details shared with The Climate 202.

The infusion of cash is aimed at electing pro-climate Democrats in both the House and Senate, as well as in governor’s offices and state legislatures across the country. It comes as the oil and gas industry pours millions of its own dollars into helping Republicans regain control of one or both chambers of Congress.
Environmental Politics [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [47], 10/28/2022
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EV Battery Boom Sees Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories [48]

"With announcements of more than two dozen plants in the so-called “Battery Belt” of the U.S., the industry is growing at a breakneck pace."

Climate Change [30]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 10/28/2022
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"15 State AG Races To Watch On The Environment" [50]

"The midterm elections could bring a new class of environmentally focused state attorneys general."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [44]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [51], 10/28/2022
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"Racial Disparities Beset EPA, State Wastewater Funds" [52]

"As the federal government injects a historic amount of money from the bipartisan infrastructure law into the nation’s sewage and drinking water systems, research shows the money has not historically reached the underserved rural and minority communities that need it most."

Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [10]
Infrastructure [53]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [54], 10/28/2022
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Can Court Compel EPA to Protect Communities of Color From CAFO Pollution? [55]

"Only a third of factory farms have permits to discharge waste into water, soil, and air. A new legal effort from environmental groups seeks enforcement of the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [56]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Civil Eats [57], 10/28/2022
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Whale Injuries From Drift Gillnets Off California Spark Lawsuit Against US [58]

"Environmentalists on Thursday sued the agency overseeing U.S. fisheries, claiming it had failed to protect endangered humpback whales from entanglement in drift gillnets - sprawling curtains of nylon mesh - used in commercial fishing off California."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
California [39]
Source: Reuters [60], 10/28/2022
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"Why Experts Say You Shouldn't Bag Your Leaves This Fall" [61]

"As leaves across America make their annual autumn pilgrimage from the treetops to the ground, lawn and wildlife experts say it's better to leave them around than to bag them."

Biodiversity [17]
Consumer [62]
Forests [63]
Waste [64]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [65], 10/28/2022
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