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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [1]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Canada [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 02/22/2024
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As Climate Disasters Claim Children, Bangladeshi Mothers Seek Bigger Families [15]

"Climate change is exacerbating child mortality in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh, prompting mothers to have larger families as a response to the fear of losing children to disasters."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
People & Population [17]
Public [10]
Asia [18]
Source: Mongabay [19], 02/21/2024
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"Rich Countries’ Squabbling Undermines Historic Climate Deal" [20]

"Aid for victims of climate change is in danger of being delayed as wealthy countries brawl over who gets to sit on the board of a new global fund."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [10]
International [22]
Source: Politico [23], 02/21/2024
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"Five Ways El Niño Is Wreaking Havoc in South America" [24]

"An El Niño weather system forecast to be among the strongest in recent history has been contributing to an array of disasters, from fires to floods, around the world."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Public [10]
South America [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 02/20/2024
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"California Braces For Flooding Again As Another Wet Winter Storm Hits" [27]

"The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
California [28]
Source: AP [29], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Admin Advances Two-Pronged Clampdown On Toxic Air Pollution" [30]

"The Biden administration is advancing two major rules to limit toxic air pollution from refineries, coal-fired power plants and other industrial operations."

Air [31]
Chemicals [32]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [34], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [35]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [37]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Washington Post [38], 02/19/2024
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"Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns" [39]

"A study published today in Science Advances suggests that, if global warming isn’t curbed, west India and west central Asia could become locust hotspots in the decades ahead, raising new challenges for control efforts, and further threatening food security and livelihoods in already vulnerable regions."

Agriculture [40]
Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Natural Resources [7]
Wildlife [42]
Public [10]
International [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 02/15/2024
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"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’" [44]

"Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like the one the region is currently experiencing damage huge areas beyond their ability to recover."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Forests [45]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [42]
Public [10]
South America [25]
Source: NYTimes [46], 02/15/2024
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"Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few" [47]

"More than 125 million Americans will be exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution by the middle of the century, largely because of increased smoke from wildfires, according to estimates released on Monday."

Air [31]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [33]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [48], 02/14/2024
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