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"EPA Details Plan to Improve Long-Criticized New Chemical Reviews" [1]

"The EPA outlined new tools and technology it plans to use to review the risks of new chemicals, part of an effort to address criticism about slow assessments, lack of transparency, and deficient consideration of potential hazards."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [2], 10/25/2022

"‘It’s Like A Death:’ What It’s Like To Leave One Flood-Prone Community" [3]

"SOCASTEE, S.C. — On the day she would finally move to higher ground, Terri Straka awoke in the neighborhood where she had lived for three decades, but a place steadily becoming less recognizable."

Source: Washington Post [4], 10/25/2022

"Deforestation Slowed Last Year — But Not Enough To Meet Climate Goals" [5]

"Countries are failing to meet international targets to stop global forest loss and degradation by 2030, according to a report. It is the first to measure progress since world leaders set the targets last year at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK."

Source: Nature [6], 10/25/2022

Emissions From China-Funded Overseas Coal Plants Equal To Whole Of Spain [7]

"Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power plants overseas now stand at an estimated 245 million tonnes per year, about the same as the annual energy-related CO2 emissions from Spain or Thailand, new research showed on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [8], 10/25/2022

"Cyclone Lashes Bangladesh Killing Nine, Flooding Low-Lying Areas" [9]

"A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said."

Source: Reuters [10], 10/25/2022

None of 380 Million Tons Of Plastic Made Per Year Is Truly Recyclable [11]

"No plastic is truly recyclable — not even the water bottles and milk jugs that people usually toss into their blue bins."

Source: Grist [12], 10/25/2022

"‘He’s A Believer’: Will Sunak Rebuild Green Agenda Torn Up By Truss?" [13]

"Environmental groups see new PM as welcome relief but restoring climate credentials will be difficult".

Source: Guardian [14], 10/25/2022

"Interior, NOAA Ink Right Whale And Offshore Wind Strategy" [15]

"NOAA Fisheries and the Interior Department released a draft strategy Friday to protect the endangered right whale amid an imminent boom of offshore wind development."

Source: E&E News [16], 10/24/2022

"Can Floating Turbines Harvest The World's Wind?" [17]

"Ten miles off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, five turbines tower over the North Sea. Each is as tall as the giant towers of Canary Wharf in London's docklands. Kincardine is the world's largest floating wind farm."

Source: BBC News [18], 10/24/2022

"There’s Something in the Water in Virginia. Before You Say ‘Yuck,’ Wait." [19]

"A crucial aquifer is running low, so officials are pumping in treated sewage. It’s an increasingly common strategy as heavy demand and climate change strain water supplies."

Source: NYTimes [20], 10/24/2022

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