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"India Gas Leak: At Least 13 Dead After Visakhapatnam Accident" [1]

"At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital."

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Asia [6]
Source: BBC News [7], 05/07/2020
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"Climate Advisers Show Britain Path To Green Recovery" [8]

"Britain should use economic stimulus measures to speed a shift away from fossil fuels and take advantage of low oil prices to raise revenues from carbon taxes without hurting consumers, state-appointed climate advisers said on Wednesday."

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Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [12]
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International [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 05/06/2020
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Greta Thunberg And Kids Group Hit Back At Attempt To Toss Climate Case [16]

"Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out."

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Environmental Justice [18]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [5]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [20], 05/06/2020
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"Coronavirus Could Drive 'Mass Abandonment' Of Oil Wells" [21]

"In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that's shaken the global oil sector, oil states fighting to restart their economies may face another kind of crisis: orphaned wells. The pandemic could add thousands of wells to already-strapped programs to reclaim old oil infrastructure in the West and Appalachia."

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Environmental Health [4]
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Pollution [22]
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Source: Energywire [24], 05/06/2020
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"Ecotourism Collapse Threatens Communities And Wildlife" [25]

"From the vast plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya to the delicate corals of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles, conservation work to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems is facing crisis following a collapse in ecotourism during the Covid-19 pandemic."

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Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [12]
Natural Resources [26]
Wildlife [27]
Public [5]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [28], 05/06/2020
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Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Coronavirus Warnings Were Ignored [29]

"Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, formally filed an extensive whistleblower complaint Tuesday alleging his early warnings about the coronavirus were ignored and that his caution at a treatment favored by President Donald Trump led to his removal."

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Government [30]
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National (U.S.) [23]
Source: CNN [32], 05/06/2020
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"Push To Reopen National Parks Sparks Pandemic Concerns" [33]

"National parks are starting to reopen as they seek to balance public safety concerns about the coronavirus with responding to the White House's push to start reopening sites."

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Environmental Politics [19]
Health [12]
Natural Resources [26]
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National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [34], 05/05/2020
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A Nuclear Waste Site Where Biggest Fear Isn’t Radiation, but COVID-19 [35]

"Workers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreak".

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Health [12]
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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [37], 05/05/2020
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"Coronavirus Crisis Hits Solar And Wind Energy Industry" [38]

"Trump promised oil and gas companies economic relief. But renewables are getting less focus in Washington."

Climate Change [9]
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Environmental Health [4]
Health [12]
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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [39], 05/05/2020
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"Texas Oil Quotas ‘Dead,’ Says Regulator Who Touted Them" [40]

"A lame-duck Texas regulator who proposed mandatory oil-output cuts said the effort is “dead” a day before the biggest U.S. crude-producing state was set to vote on the measure."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 05/05/2020
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