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Infrastructure Bill Makes 1st Major US Investment in Climate Resilience [1]

"The $1 trillion infrastructure bill now headed to President Biden’s desk includes the largest amount of money ever spent by the United States to prepare the nation to withstand the devastating impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 11/08/2021
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"Faith Groups Increasingly Join Fight Against Climate Change" [12]

"On a boat ride along a bayou that shares the name of his Native American tribe, Donald Dardar points to a cross marking his ancestors’ south Louisiana burial ground — a place he fears will disappear."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [13]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [14], 11/05/2021
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"As Madagascar Faces Climate-Linked Famine, UN Flags Need To Prepare" [15]

"With the African island nation suffering a food crisis driven by drought on a warming planet, WFP says it's an alarm bell on the need to step up protection for vulnerable people"

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [18]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Africa [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [20], 11/05/2021
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Laws Offer Little Protection to Expected 200 Million Climate Refugees [21]

"Negotiators at COP26 are unlikely to deal with the challenges posed by climate migration, a failure that some experts say shows “a lack of political will.”"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Food [18]
Government [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Public [9]
International [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 11/03/2021
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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [27]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

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Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [29]
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Environmental Health [17]
Forests [30]
Government [22]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
People & Population [23]
Science [33]
Wildlife [34]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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"‘Last, Best Hope:’ Leaders Launch Crucial UN Climate Summit" [36]

"GLASGOW, Scotland — A crucial U.N. climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at slowing intensifying global warming and adapting to the climate damage already underway."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [39]
Public [9]
International [25]
Source: AP [40], 11/01/2021
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‘We Can’t Live Like This’: Climate Shocks Rain On Honduras’s Poorest [41]

"Rural communities like Chapagua that have done least to stoke the climate crisis barely have time to recover from one disaster before another hits".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [38]
People & Population [23]
Public [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 10/29/2021
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"Amplify Energy Cashed Out Cleanup Fund While Racking Up Violations" [44]

"Years before Amplify Energy made headlines for its ruptured pipeline that spewed oil into Southern California ocean waters in early October, the company’s owners were successfully fighting in court to change its obligation to maintain federally mandated funds for plugging and abandoning offshore oil and gas wells and equipment."

Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Capital & Main [47], 10/27/2021
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"Federal Firefighters Deserve Better Pay And Benefits, Lawmakers Say" [48]

"A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to improve pay and benefits for federal firefighters, who often struggle to eke out a living while doing grueling, life-threatening work."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [38]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [49], 10/22/2021
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"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security" [50]

"The Biden administration released several reports Thursday about climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to significantly challenge stability worldwide."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Military [51]
People & Population [23]
Public [9]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [52], 10/22/2021
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