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Norilsk, in Russian Arctic, One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth [1]

"A smelting company has poisoned rivers, killed off boreal forest and belched out more sulfur dioxide than active volcanoes. Now it wants to produce more metal for the “green economy.”"

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
Antarctica & Arctic [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 11/29/2021
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Secretive Texas Company Owns Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline [11]

"Hilcorp Energy Co. has a spotty pipeline safety record and refuses to make its financial records public. Can it safeguard the pipeline from climate change?"

"Environmental organizations and pipeline experts continue expressing concerns about a secretive Texas petroleum company with a spotty safety record that acquired the largest share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline last year as thawing permafrost and flooding linked to climate change threatened the massive oil conduit.

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 11/24/2021
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Canada's Trudeau Vows Flood Aid, Climate Action After Third Election Win [19]

"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, opening a new parliamentary session on Tuesday, vowed to help British Columbia rebuild after the devastating floods last week, and said it was time to ramp up the fight against climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [8]
Canada [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 11/24/2021
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"Insuring New York Against Climate Change" [22]

"Climate change poses “wide-ranging and material risks to the financial system,” a New York state agency is warning, and the insurance industry needs to be prepared."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: Grist [25], 11/23/2021
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Congressional Infrastructure Bill Loaded With Local Stories [26]

The massive infrastructure measure signed into law last week is a potential mother lode of stories for environmental journalists. If that is, they can figure out where the money is going. The latest TipSheet takes an initial look at the $1.2 trillion plan and offers guidance on how to track down reportable local and regional projects.

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TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [28]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Policy [30]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People [34]

"Oil companies have replaced Indigenous people’s traditional lands with mines that cover an area bigger than New York City, stripping away boreal forest and wetlands and rerouting waterways."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
Canada [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 11/22/2021
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"Brazil Accused Of 'Greenwashing' The Amazon's Deforestation" [40]

"Deforestation in the Amazon region has risen for the fourth straight year, despite international pressure and pledges from Brazil's government to preserve the rainforest."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [37]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [8]
South America [43]
Source: DW [44], 11/22/2021
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"Wildfires Torched Up To A Fifth Of All Giant Sequoia Trees" [45]

"Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday."

Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [37]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [46], 11/22/2021
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"Flood-Hit Canada Province Braces For Heavy Rain, Three Bodies Found" [47]

"Searchers located three bodies swept away by landslides in British Columbia, officials said on Saturday, after record rainfall that paralyzed parts of the province, leading to food and fuel shortages."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
Canada [20]
Source: Reuters [48], 11/22/2021
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"EPA Overturns Approval Of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project" [49]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it has overturned the approval of a massive flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta that officials said was erroneously greenlit in the final days of the Trump administration."

Agriculture [41]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [35]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: AP [51], 11/18/2021
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