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Louisianans Near Gulf Struggle As Drinking Water Crisis Persists [1]

"New Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater ‘wedge’ traveling up the Mississippi River – but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened".

Source: Guardian [2], 10/23/2023

"Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence [3]

"The crash of salmon stocks in Western Alaska’s Kuskokwim River has sparked a bitter court fight between the federal and state governments, and now Alaska Native leaders are calling for congressional action to ensure that Indigenous Alaskans have priority for harvests when stocks are scarce."

Source: Alaska Beacon [4], 10/23/2023

"Forecast Predict An El Nino Winter. What Does That Mean?" [5]

"The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier."

Source: AP [6], 10/23/2023

Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process [7]

"A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground."

Source: AP [8], 10/23/2023

"EPA Tightens Reporting Requirements For PFAS Releases, Closing Loophole [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that will tighten the reporting requirements for facilities that use or release certain types of toxic “forever chemicals.”

Source: The Hill [10], 10/23/2023

"Climate 'Loss And Damage' Talks End In Failure" [11]

"A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks."

Source: AFP [12], 10/23/2023

FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns [13]

"The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects."

Source: NPR [14], 10/23/2023

"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health" [15]

"A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health."

Source: AP [16], 10/23/2023

SEJ Statement on Flatwater Free Press Reporter Yanqi Xu [17]

October 20, 2023 — The Society of Environmental Journalists stands with Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu, whose work was dismissed by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on the basis of her nationality. In response to Xu’s reporting on high nitrate levels in groundwater on Pillen’s hog farms, the governor said on live radio that he will not read the story because the “author is from Communist China.” Read SEJ's statement [17].

Webinar: Climate Change in the Chinese Mind [18]

The Yale Center for Environmental Communication, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and Yale School of the Environment present a conversation with Yale University World Fellow Dr. Binbin Wang, who will share key findings of the latest national public survey on climate change in China. Noon ET.

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