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Is China Emitting a Climate-Super Pollutant in Violation of Treaty? [1]

"Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China, a known past polluter, agreed to curb emissions."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Asia [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 11/20/2023
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"Quinault Nation Calls Off Fall Coastal Coho Fishery For Conservation" [10]

"Quinault Nation shuttered its fall coho fishery a month early this year after harvest numbers came in at just a fraction of what was expected. Now, fishery leaders have called on the state to do the same."

Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: Seattle Times [16], 11/20/2023
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"Texas Board Rejects Many Science Textbooks Over Climate Change Messaging" [17]

"A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to include information on climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Texas Tribune [24], 11/20/2023
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Negotiations For Treaty To End Plastic Pollution Close Amid Disagreements [25]

"The latest round of negotiations to craft a treaty to end global plastic pollution closed late on Sunday after strained talks in Nairobi, Kenya, where delegates failed to reach a consensus on how to advance a draft of the treaty after a week of negotiations."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
International [27]
Source: AP [28], 11/20/2023
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Reemerging Wetlands Controversy Brings Local Angles [29]

Wetlands provide a wide array of ecological and societal benefits. But in the United States, they also represent a morass of conflicting views going back decades on how best to regulate them. Now a recent Supreme Court ruling and proposed federal rules are the source of new discord. The latest TipSheet explores how best to cover the wetlands controversy for your community.

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Agriculture [31]
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Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
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2 Enviros Targeted By A Hacking Network Say The Public Is The Real Victim [34]

"Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign that targeted those fighting big oil companies to get the truth out about global warming."

Activism [35]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [36], 11/17/2023
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"FTC Cracks Down On Food Industry For Paid Dietitian ‘Influencer’ Posts" [37]

"Federal regulators announced warnings against two major food and beverage industry groups and a dozen nutrition influencers Wednesday, as part of a broad action to enforce stricter standards for how companies and social media creators disclose paid advertising."

Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [39]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [40], 11/17/2023
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"Top Companies' Lobbying Undermines Their Climate Pledges, Study Finds" [41]

"Glencore, ExxonMobil and Stellantis are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by non-profit think tank InfluenceMap on Thursday found."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [27]
Source: Reuters [42], 11/17/2023
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"EU Extends Approval Of The Weedkiller Glyphosate By 10 Years" [43]

"The European Union on Thursday approved the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate for another 10 years. But there will be new conditions and restrictions, the EU Commission said."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Europe [44]
Source: DW [45], 11/17/2023
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New York Cites PepsiCo’s Plastic Pollution In First-Of-Its-Kind Lawsuit [46]

"Plastic trash produced by the company PepsiCo has become a “persistent and dangerous form of plastic pollution” for residents of the Buffalo River watershed in upstate New York, according to a new lawsuit filed Wednesday."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [38]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [6]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: Grist [49], 11/17/2023
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