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"Amid Rising Seas, Atlantic City Has No Plans For Retreat" [1]

"Some cities around the world are pulling back from shorelines, as rising seas from climate change increase flooding. But so far, retreat appears out of the question for Atlantic City, New Jersey."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Source: AP [9], 10/13/2022
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"Hydro-Quebec Subsidiary Buys 13 Dams In New England" [10]

"A Hydro-Quebec subsidiary is buying a company that operates 13 hydropower generating stations in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, strengthening its relationship with New England."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Canada [13]
Source: AP [14], 10/13/2022
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"Fishermen Hire Bush-Era Official In Challenge To Whale Laws" [15]

"Maine lobster fishermen have hired a former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official to represent them in their case against new laws intended to protect whales."

Biodiversity [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [8]
Source: AP [19], 10/13/2022
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"Greenland Ice Sheet May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds" [20]

"Climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than previously thought, new Scottish-led research suggests."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [21]
Source: The Scotsman [22], 10/13/2022
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"As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans for Uncertain Water Future" [23]

"With a megadrought persisting in the Southwest, El Paso and other cities on the Rio Grande are scrambling to find alternative sources of water and are turning to innovative approaches — desalination, transporting water via pipelines, and “toilet-to-tap” wastewater recycling."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: YaleE360 [25], 10/12/2022
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"Study Finds Climate Change Is Bringing More Intense Rains To U.S." [26]

"A paper published Tuesday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that it’s raining harder in most of the United States. The study, written by researchers at Northwestern University, tied the results to climate change and to warmer air’s ability to hold more water."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [27], 10/12/2022
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Alaska Cancels Bering Sea King, Snow Crab Seasons Over Population Collapse [28]

"Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Food [29]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Seattle Times [30], 10/12/2022
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Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way [31]

"When Hurricane Ian roared ashore the Southwest Florida coast last week, it hit one of the fastest growing areas in the nation that's been fueled by sunshine and paved with lax growth management rules."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [33], 10/11/2022
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"With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What’s Next" [34]

"With its 2025 deadline a little more than three years away, environmental leaders are publicly acknowledging what’s been increasingly obvious for years — that the Chesapeake Bay region will for the third time miss a self-imposed cleanup deadline."

Agriculture [35]
Environmental Politics [32]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Bay Journal [39], 10/11/2022
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"Town Employee Quietly Lowered Fluoride In Water For Years" [40]

"Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government — and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation."

Activism [41]
Chemicals [42]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Infrastructure [45]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [46], 10/10/2022
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