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"Keystone Pipeline Has History Of Spills, Warnings And Fines" [1]

"Federal regulators have issued warnings repeatedly over the life of the Keystone pipeline that operators aren’t doing enough to prevent corrosion and don’t follow proper construction procedures."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Canada [8]
Source: States Newsroom [9], 12/14/2022
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"Coal Plant Tied To W.Va Governor Faces $1M Fine" [10]

"A shuttered Alabama coal products company with ties to Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice would pay a $925,000 fine as part of a settlement to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit brought last year by local regulators."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 12/14/2022
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"Zelenskyy Asks New Zealand To Focus On War’s Ecological Toll" [18]

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a result of Russia’s invasion."

Disasters [2]
Military [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [6]
International [22]
Source: AP [23], 12/14/2022
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"Legislators Have Goals For Fixing Florida’s Property Insurance Market" [24]

"Florida’s property insurance market is in free fall. Florida homeowners pay property insurance rates that are three times the national average. Six companies have become insolvent and left the state in the last year."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Miami Herald [28], 12/13/2022
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"US Blizzard Expected To Impact Millions In Rockies, Midwest" [29]

"A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [30], 12/13/2022
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Children Dying In Somalia As Climate-Driven Food Catastrophe Worsens [31]

"More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Food [33]
Military [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [6]
Africa [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 12/13/2022
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Weather Nerd ‘Looks Up’ and Finds Science, Meaning in Stormy Skies [36]

Gen Z weather hotshot Matthew Cappucci recounts his rapid, if uneven, rise into major media meteorology in his new book, “Looking Up.” Along the way, he talks about weather — and the science behind it — in a way that reporters who cover storms can make good use of. Jenny Weeks reviews the volume for BookShelf.

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Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rick Snyder Related To Flint Water Crisis [39]

"A district judge in Genesee County tossed a pair of misdemeanor charges levied against former Gov. Rick Snyder for his involvement in the Flint water crisis, citing previous court rulings that state prosecutors incorrectly used a "one-person grand jury" to indict Snyder."

Consumer [25]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Source: Detroit Free Press [42], 12/12/2022
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"America Underwater" [43]

"This year, extreme precipitation deluged communities across the United States — a hallmark risk of a warming climate. Government flood-insurance maps often left residents unprepared for the threat."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Planning & Growth [44]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [45], 12/12/2022
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Climate Change is Driving Millions in Africa to ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’ [46]

"In the Horn of Africa, a climate change-induced drought is exposing cracks in the global food system and pushing humanitarian aid to a breaking point."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [33]
People & Population [21]
Public [6]
Africa [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 12/12/2022
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