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"How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails" [1]

"America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned."

Source: NYTimes [2], 10/10/2022

"EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says" [3]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is “falling behind” on finalizing eight key rules to slash air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions from the nation's power plants, according to a report shared first with The Climate 202 before its broader release Wednesday."

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

"Next on the Supreme Court Docket: Farm Animal Welfare" [5]

"Oral arguments begin next week in a case targeting California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pork from farm systems that cage pigs. The ruling has implications for a wide range of other environmental and public health laws."

Source: Civil Eats [6], 10/10/2022

Gray Whale Numbers Along West Coast Down Nearly 40% Since 2016 [7]

"The number of gray whales migrating along the Pacific Coast of North America has steadily declined by nearly 40% from a 2016 peak, and the population produced its fewest calves on record this year, according to U.S. research released on Friday."

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

"Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050" [9]

"After almost a decade of talks, the nations of the world committed Friday to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world’s airplanes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector."

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

Mountain Lions Are Eating California Wild Donkeys, Cheering Scientists [11]

"An apex predator has been quietly hunting interlopers in Death Valley, and for the first time, the deadly encounter has been captured on camera."

Source: LA Times [12], 10/07/2022

"Sydney Beats 1950 Rainfall Record With 3 Wet Months To Spare" [13]

"Australia’s largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare."

Source: AP [14], 10/07/2022

"After the Storm, the Mold: Warming Is Worsening Another Costly Disaster" [15]

"Mold in homes is a costly crisis that often accompanies hurricanes and flooding, and climate change is amplifying the rain that feeds outbreaks."

Source: NYTimes [16], 10/07/2022

"Mexico's Pemex Has No Record Of Reporting Methane Leak From Oilfield" [17]

"Pemex did not inform Mexico's environmental regulator of a methane leak from at a key offshore oilfield in December, according to the state oil company's response to a freedom of information request, which confirmed an earlier Reuters report that the regulator had no record of the incident."

Source: Reuters [18], 10/07/2022

US Purchases $290 Million Worth Of Drug For Use In Nuclear Emergencies [19]

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it has spent $290 million on a drug to treat radiation sickness in the event of a nuclear emergency."

Source: The Hill [20], 10/07/2022

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