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Battered, Flooded, Submerged: Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate Change [1]

"The Obama administration directed the EPA to focus on climate-related threats. Now, the Trump administration refuses to even use the word."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: InsideClimate/Texas Observer [11], 09/25/2020
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These Everyday Toxics May Be Hurting Pregnant Women and Their Babies [12]

"PFAS, industrial chemicals used to waterproof jackets and grease-proof fast-food containers, may disrupt pregnancy with lasting effects."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [14]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [15], 09/24/2020
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"Wildfires: Torched Towns Beset By Poisoned Water" [16]

"After a wildfire ripped through central California last month, residents in the Riverside Grove neighborhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains discovered another danger: contaminated water coursing through their pipes."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [17], 09/24/2020
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Antarctic Ice Melt Will Raise Sea Level By 2.5 Metres Even Under Paris [18]

"Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the world, even if the goals of the Paris agreement are met, research has shown."

Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 09/24/2020
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Pebble Exec Resigns After Being Caught On Tape Boasting Of His GOP Ties [21]

"Mining executive Tom Collier, who boasted in secretly taped conversations that he had leveraged his ties to Republican officials to advance a controversial project in Alaska, resigned Wednesday."

Activism [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [27], 09/24/2020
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"‘Mussel-bola’ Could Be Spreading. Maybe Now You’ll Pay Attention." [28]

"New findings suggest a previously unknown virus may play a role in the sudden death of many freshwater mussels in recent years."

Biodiversity [29]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [30], 09/23/2020
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'It Smells Bad, It Tastes Bad': How Americans Stopped Trusting Their Water [31]

"Many residents of Martin County, Kentucky, won’t drink their tap water, a legacy of years of mismanagement".

Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/23/2020
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'Beaches Back To Life': First Nations Restore Ancient Clam Gardens [35]

"In the Pacific north-west, local people work the shoreline, creating conditions for useful species to thrive".

Biodiversity [29]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [37]
Public [9]
Canada [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 09/23/2020
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"Arctic Sea Ice Reaches a Low, Just Missing Record" [40]

"A “crazy year” in the Arctic has resulted in the second-lowest extent of sea ice in the region, scientists said Monday. Researchers with the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the minimum was most likely reached on Sept. 15, with 1.44 million square miles of ocean covered in ice. Since then, with temperatures falling and new ice forming, coverage has been increasing."

Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Antarctica & Arctic [41]
Source: NYTimes [42], 09/22/2020
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Pebble: "An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged" [43]

"In secretly recorded meetings, executives with the Pebble Mine project said the operation could run nine times longer than outlined in their permit filings."

Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 09/22/2020
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