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America's 10 Most Endangered Rivers 2023: Which Waterways Are Most At-Risk [1]

"Climate change and development projects have put many of America's rivers at risk, but some face greater danger than others, according to a new ranking."

Activism [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: USA TODAY [10], 04/20/2023
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Historic Asia Heat Breaks Records, With Extremes In Thailand And China [11]

"Numerous heat records have been broken across Southeast Asia, China and other parts of the continent in recent days as the region remains in the grip of a dangerously scorching heat wave, with Thailand in particular experiencing unusually extreme conditions."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [8]
Asia [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 04/19/2023
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"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [15]

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Public [8]
International [19]
Source: AP [20], 04/18/2023
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"Insurance Woes Plague Efforts To Cut Growing Wildfire Risks" [21]

"Spiking U.S. insurance costs threaten the use of controlled fire, a crucial tool in reducing risks from climate-fueled wildfires".

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [16]
Forests [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [23], 04/18/2023
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"Atomic Angst Over? Germany Closes Last Nuclear Plants" [24]

"Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations by Saturday, ending a six-decade programme that spawned one of Europe's strongest protest movements but saw a brief reprieve due to the Ukraine war."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [18]
Military [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [27]
Public [8]
Europe [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 04/17/2023
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"The Incredible Disappearing Doomsday" [30]

"How the climate catastrophists learned to stop worrying and love the calm".

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Harpers [32], 04/17/2023
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Fort Lauderdale Was Inundated With 1/3 Of Its Annual Rainfall Within Hours [33]

"The city’s main hospital was knocked offline for all but emergency procedures. Floodwaters shorted out the electrical equipment and generators at City Hall. And for the second straight day, one of the nation’s busiest airports was closed, stranding tens of thousands of travelers."

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Disasters [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 04/17/2023
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"Flood-Battered N.J. Poised To Enact Model Disclosure Law" [36]

"In early September, when New Jersey state Sen. Bob Smith introduced a bill to require that residents disclose the flood risk of real estate they’re selling, he was confident it would win approval."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [37]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [16]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: E&E News [40], 04/14/2023
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"As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds" [41]

"Flash droughts, the kind that arrive quickly and can lay waste to crops in a matter of weeks, are becoming more common and faster to develop around the world, and human-caused climate change is a major reason, a new scientific study has found."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [43], 04/14/2023
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Indiana Plastics Fire Extinguished, But Residents’ Health Concerns Remain [44]

"After firefighters spent two days battling an inferno fueled by plastics in eastern Indiana, the fire has been fully extinguished, officials said. “We’re now able to turn our attention to collecting air and water samples to determine when the evacuation order can be lifted,” Richmond Mayor Dave Smith told CNN Thursday night."

Air [45]
Chemicals [46]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [48]
Waste [49]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: CNN [51], 04/14/2023
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