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Study: Damage Would Cost Corporations 44% If They Paid For Their Emissions [1]

"The world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it, according to a study by economists of nearly 15,000 public companies."

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Source: AP [7], 08/30/2023
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"America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow" [8]

"Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a New York Times data investigation revealed."

Agriculture [9]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 08/30/2023
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"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat" [16]

"All across the country, downtowns, office spaces and shopping centers are at risk of becoming ground zero for a new economic hazard: the urban doom loop. The fear is that a commercial real estate apocalypse could spiral out and slow commerce, wrecking local tax revenue in the process."

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Infrastructure [17]
Planning & Growth [12]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [18], 08/29/2023
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"How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Hurting The Energy Transition" [19]

"After agreeing in 2009 to phase out dirty energy subsidies, G20 nations pumped $1.4 trillion into supporting fossil fuel use in 2022 - money that should be redeployed to support a shift into renewables, analysts say".

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Government [21]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [22], 08/29/2023
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Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation [23]

What brought together two teams of student reporters, half a dozen states and 1,000 miles apart? For one, the high environmental cost of chemical fertilizer. For another, a pair of dedicated journalism teachers. Cynthia Barnett and Sara Shipley Hiles share how they took the project from daydream to reality, brought students into the field and got pickup from numerous news outlets, in the latest EJ Academy.

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Agriculture [9]
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Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Food [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
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"Appalachia’s Fracking Counties Are Shedding Jobs And Residents: Study" [36]

"The largest natural gas-producing counties in Appalachia have had worse economic outcomes than the rest of the region and the nation since the start of the region’s fracking boom, according to a new report."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [27]
Pollution [32]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: EHN [38], 08/24/2023
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Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [39]

"A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Monday in Virginia that challenges Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to pull the state out of a regional carbon cap-and-trade initiative."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: AP [41], 08/22/2023
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"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court" [42]

"Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments Thursday at the Hawaii Supreme Court."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [40]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [43]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 08/22/2023
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August 29, 2023

Webinar: Climate and Conflict in the Middle East — Adaptation Opportunities for COP28 [45]

The Middle East Institute and the International Committee of the Red Cross will host a panel on the intersection of armed conflict and climate change and the impact on vulnerable communities in the Middle East, moderated by SEJ executive director Meaghan Parker. 10:00 a.m. ET.

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"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case" [50]

"Facing a pivotal federal investigation into Louisiana’s relationship with petro-chemical companies, the state’s attorney general hired lawyers who were simultaneously representing one of the main corporations at the center of the investigation, documents reveal."

Chemicals [25]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [32]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Guardian [51], 08/14/2023
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