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"New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives" [1]

"As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives."

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Source: Inside Climate News [12], 12/03/2025
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"Millions Have Fled Weather Disasters, But They Had Few Champions At COP30" [13]

"Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change."

Climate Change [3]
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Source: Yale Climate Connections [16], 12/03/2025
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"Southeast Asia Storm Deaths Near 800 As Scale Of Disaster Revealed" [17]

"The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 on Monday as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia."

Climate Change [3]
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Water & Oceans [18]
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Asia [19]
Australia & Oceania [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 12/02/2025
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"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" [22]

"Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [25]
Pollution [26]
Science [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [28], 12/01/2025
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"Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings" [29]

"The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from a fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [30]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [31]
Infrastructure [32]
People & Population [9]
Science [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [33], 12/01/2025
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Electric Rates Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Michigan Utilities [34]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [32]
People & Population [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: E&E News [36], 12/01/2025
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Rolling Sand Dunes Creeping Up On Last Remaining Oases On Edge Of Sahara [37]

"In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world"

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
Africa [39]
Middle East [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 11/26/2025
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Electricity Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Disaster Aid For Mich. Utilities [42]

"A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars."

Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: E&E News [36], 11/26/2025
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As NYC Builds Seawalls, This Queens Community Feels Left Behind [43]

"A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable."

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Infrastructure [32]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: Floodlight [45], 11/25/2025
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"The Lives That Hurricane Melissa Upturned In Cuba" [46]

"The natural disaster has deepened the precarious situation in the eastern part of the island. Those who lost everything are unsure how to rebuild their lives amid the various crises affecting them"

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Source: EL PAÍS [48], 11/25/2025
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