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Cities Warn of Funding Struggle as EPA Preps PFAS Drinking Water Rule [1]

"Cash-strapped city water systems are struggling to envision how they’ll pay to filter “forever chemicals” out of drinking water in light of an EPA rule that could be finalized as soon as March."

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [3]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 02/28/2024
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Antarctica ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Threatens Sea Level As Study Funds Melt [13]

"In a worst case scenario, rising global temperatures and marine heatwaves could melt enough of the Thwaites Glacier and other Antarctic ice to raise sea levels 10 feet by the early 2100s."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 02/28/2024
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Ohio Awards Bids To Frack Oil And Gas Under State Parks, Wildlife Areas [20]

"An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [23]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: AP [25], 02/27/2024
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TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [26]

"Texas regulators recently authorized a company to operate ponds to store and recycle millions of gallons of oilfield wastewater laced with toxic chemicals next to a Baptist summer camp in the Permian Basin."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 02/27/2024
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"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels" [31]

"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Military [33]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Middle East [35]
Source: AFP [36], 02/26/2024
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"Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes" [37]

"Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Source: YaleE360 [38], 02/26/2024
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"Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis" [39]

"Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Food [41]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [17]
Source: Mongabay [42], 02/26/2024
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EPA Questions Georgia Approval Of State Utility’s Ash Disposal Plan [43]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart about the state utility’s storage of coal ash."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: The Hill [45], 02/26/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [46]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [14]
Food [41]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Africa [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [49]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: KUOW [51], 02/23/2024
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