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Arctic River Will Take Decades To Recover From Fuel Spill: Russia [1]

"Russia’s state fishing agency said on Tuesday an Arctic river would need decades to recover after 20,000 tonnes of oil products spilled out of a power station in the industrial city of Norilsk last week."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Antarctica & Arctic [8]
Source: Reuters [9], 06/03/2020
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New Study Shows Global Warming Boosts Extreme Rainstorms Over N. America [10]

"The current warming trajectory could bring 100-year rainstorms as often as every 2.5 years by 2100, driving calls for improved infrastructure and planning."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: InsideClimate News [13], 06/03/2020
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Big Oil Wanted Changes To Well Safety Rule. Top Trump Official ‘Agreed.’ [14]

"Newly released documents highlight the degree to which industry has shaped the rules that police it under the Trump administration."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [18], 06/03/2020
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"U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats" [19]

"An international team of scientists, including a prominent researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has analyzed all known coronaviruses in Chinese bats and used genetic analysis to trace the likely origin of the novel coronavirus to horseshoe bats."

Biodiversity [20]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Health [21]
Science [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [7]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 06/02/2020
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"States Warn That Virus May Doom Climate Projects" [26]

"Connecticut is preparing to build a first-of-its-kind underground flood wall. Virginia has planned an intricate system of berms, pump stations and raised roads to keep the flood-prone city of Norfolk dry. Louisiana has broken ground on a new community for people forced to flee a village on its sinking coast, the country’s first government-resettled climate migrants."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [27], 06/02/2020
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Hurricane Season Collides With Coronavirus, as Communities Plan [28]

"Robin Rokobauer doesn't like to chance it. When there's a hurricane, she almost always evacuates. Rokobauer lives in Cocoa Beach, on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and 153-mile-long Indian River Lagoon. Her mother is 93."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [15]
Government [29]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: InsideClimate News [30], 06/02/2020
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Using Data Sources To Track Climate-Driven Mayhem at Superfund Sites [31]

Hazardous waste and floodwaters don’t typically mix well together. So when a Michigan dam recently burst, and flooded not just the local community, but also threatened a nearby Superfund site, it prompted Reporter’s Toolbox to look at how environmental journalists could track similar threats in their areas, especially as climate change raises the risks of similar disasters.

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Health [21]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [5]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
International [24]
Europe [39]
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"Pandemic: Renewable Energy Supporters Running Out Of Patience" [40]

"The Trump administration offered renewable energy companies a hand this week, but with thousands out of work across the sector, the industry and its advocates are keeping the pressure on Congress."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E Daily [42], 06/01/2020
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"China’s Solar Giants Slash Prices as Virus Curbs Demand" [43]

"Chinese manufacturers that dominate nearly every step in the global solar power supply chain are being forced to slash prices as the coronavirus disrupts projects around the world."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [2]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Health [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Green [44], 06/01/2020
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"Scientists, EPA Hope Pandemic Can Help Sharpen Pollution Models" [45]

"Scientists are examining whether the unique shifts in air pollution during the coronavirus pandemic could validate or challenge the public science used to regulate vehicle emissions."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [46]
Science [22]
Transportation [47]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 06/01/2020
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