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Extreme Weather Ramping Up Toxic Nitrate Pollution In Groundwater: Study [1]

"Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which toxic nitrates are polluting groundwater, a recent study has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 11/14/2024
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Meat, Oil And Pesticide Lobbyists Turned Out In Record Numbers At Cop16 [11]

"In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray and without significant progress on a number of key issues including nature funding, monitoring biodiversity loss and work on reducing environmentally harmful business subsidies."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [12]
Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [8]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 11/14/2024
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"Dutch Appeals Court Overturns Landmark Climate Ruling Against Shell" [20]

"A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that "protection against dangerous climate change is a human right."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
International [18]
Europe [23]
Source: AP [24], 11/14/2024
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"How Will Offshore Wind Fare Under A Second Trump Term?" [25]

"Trump said he’ll end offshore wind ​“on day one.” Experts say he can’t do that, but his administration could cause plenty of trouble for the nascent industry."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Technology [26]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Canary Media [27], 11/14/2024
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Biden Admin Backs King Cove Road Through Izembek Wildlife Refuge [28]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday endorsed a land exchange that would allow a controversial gravel road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Alaska."

Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [16]
Transportation [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [33], 11/14/2024
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"U.S.-Mexico Water Agreement Might Bring Relief To Parched South Texas" [34]

"The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [21]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Mexico [36]
Source: Texas Tribune [37], 11/13/2024
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"EPA Implements Climate Law’s Methane Fee As Republicans Plan Repeal" [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [39], 11/13/2024
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"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0" [40]

"Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight."

Activism [41]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 11/13/2024
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Despite Promise, Biden BLM Keeps OKing Plans To Cut Down Old Forests [44]

"In 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new effort to protect old forests, which are key to the fight against climate change. But it hasn’t made much of a difference."

Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ProPublica/OPB [45], 11/13/2024
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"Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies" [46]

"America’s oil industry released its wish list for the incoming Trump administration on Tuesday, a five-point plan that would eliminate many of the Biden administration’s most far-reaching efforts to reduce climate pollution and limit the warming that is driving ever more destructive and deadly extreme weather."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 11/13/2024
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