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Supreme Court Passes On Red State Challenge To Biden ‘Social Cost Of Carbon’ [1]

"The Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit led by the state of Missouri that sought to block the Biden administration’s “social cost of carbon” measure."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [7], 10/12/2023
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Fungal Networks Could Help Make The Planet More Resilient To Climate Change [8]

"A team of scientists loaded into a gray minivan in this capital city earlier this year and drove for hundreds of miles west through the Kazakh steppe — a vast region marked by endless open plains of grass, abandoned farms and flower-filled meadows."

Agriculture [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [3]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [12]
Public [5]
International [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 10/11/2023
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CDC Data Offer Multiplicity of Starting Points for Environmental Health Stories [15]

For reporters seeking stories that connect environmental and health issues, there may be no better — or more wide-ranging — place to start than with high-quality data from the Centers for Disease Control’s wide range of datasets. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks into where the CDC’s data originates from and how that affects its usefulness, and offers up a helpful overview of CDC data surveys.

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Reporters Toolbox [16]
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Environmental Studies [3]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Science [12]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [5]
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Funding To Replace Lead Pipes Is Just the Start of the Story [20]

Billions of dollars in federal funding to get rid of lead pipes is only the beginning — now the pipes have to be located, removed and replaced. And the latest TipSheet says that’s a story that’s found in many U.S. communities, so is ripe for local reporting. Here’s the backstory and why it matters, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [21]
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Consumer [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Studies [3]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
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Public [5]
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November 30, 2023 to December 12, 2023

COP28 (United Nations 28th Conference of Parties) [29]

COP28 will take place from November 30 until December 12, 2023 in Expo City Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Find out how you can cover it in person or from wherever you are.

Professional Meetings [30]
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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Environmental Studies [3]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [34]
Science [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [13]
Canada [35]
Africa [36]
Asia [37]
Europe [38]
Middle East [39]

COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond [40]

When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.

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Backgrounders [41]
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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Environmental Studies [3]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Policy [34]
Science [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [13]
Canada [35]
Africa [36]
Asia [37]
Europe [38]
Middle East [39]
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"A Legal Victory for the (Very) Little Guys" [42]

"A new court settlement will put the Environmental Protection Agency on track to regulate pesticides more tightly."

"Call it a win for the little species, though all kinds of endangered animals and plants stand to benefit.

A sweeping legal settlement approved this week has put the Environmental Protection Agency on a binding path to do something it has barely done before, by its own acknowledgment: Adequately consider the effects on imperiled species when it evaluates pesticides and take steps to protect them.

Agriculture [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Studies [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [44]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [45], 09/15/2023
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"EPA Bolsters States’ Control Of Water, Infrastructure Permitting" [46]

"The Biden administration is restoring significant state and tribal authority over water resources and expanding their leverage on infrastructure permitting decisions, including for pipelines."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [33]
Environmental Studies [3]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [47], 09/15/2023
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"Once-Abandoned Dogs Are Now Trained To Sniff Out Environmental Clues" [48]

"About 45 canines are part of Working Dogs for Conservation in various countries. Most of the dogs were rescued from shelters."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [3]
Public [5]
International [13]
Source: Washington Post [49], 09/11/2023
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Trump Border Wall Caused Major Cultural And Environmental Harm: Watchdog [50]

"The construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border desecrated Indigenous cultural sites, hurt wildlife, destroyed vegetation, dried up key water resources, exacerbated the risk of flooding and triggered erosion that has left mountain slopes “unstable and at risk of collapse,” according to a new report."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Studies [3]
Infrastructure [25]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [26]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HuffPost [52], 09/11/2023
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