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Russian Court Orders Mining Giant To Pay $1.96 Billion For Arctic Spill [1]

"A Russian court has ordered a mining company involved in a massive Arctic fuel spill last year to pay approximately $1.96 billion in compensation."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Antarctica & Arctic [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 02/08/2021
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"Himalayan Glacier Breaks In India, Around 125 Missing In Floods" [11]

"Around 125 people were missing in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Asia [12]
Source: Reuters [13], 02/08/2021
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"This GOP Congressman Wants To Remove 4 Dams To Save Idaho’s Salmon" [14]

"An Idaho Republican congressman wants to end the salmon wars by removing select hydroelectric dams, replacing the electricity lost, paying communities and businesses, and giving American Indian tribes more power."

Agriculture [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Source: Idaho Statesman [19], 02/08/2021
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"Under The Sea, Humans Have Changed Ocean Sounds" [20]

"Not only are humans changing the surface and temperature of the planet, but also its sounds – and those shifts are detectable even in the open ocean, according to research published Thursday."

Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: AP [21], 02/05/2021
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Climate Melting of Glacier Threatens To Flood Peruvian City [22]

"A lawsuit is leaning on the new research that found a global warming fingerprint on the melting glacier threatening to send an outburst flood into Huaraz, Peru."

"Not all of the water from the planet’s melting glaciers is pouring into rivers and oceans. A surprising amount is building up behind unstable piles of rubble left behind by the retreating ice. As the Earth continues to warm, the swelling lakes threaten to burst through the glacial moraines holding them back and wash away the forests, towns and farms below.

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
South America [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 02/05/2021
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"California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season: Study" [25]

"California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it did decades ago, prolonging the state’s destructive wildfire season into November, the American Geophysical Union said on Thursday, citing new research."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 02/05/2021
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"Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams" [28]

"Tens of thousands of large dams across the globe are reaching the end of their expected lifespans, leading to a dramatic rise in failures and collapses, a new UN study finds. These deteriorating structures pose a serious threat to hundreds of millions of people living downstream."

Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: YaleE360 [29], 02/04/2021
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Biden Admin To Restart Permitting For Major Offshore Wind Project [30]

"The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would restart permitting for the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, reversing a Trump administration decision that canceled the process late last year."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 02/04/2021
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"Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Pessimistic Forecasts" [34]

"New research indicates economies have to emit even less carbon than budgeted to keep oceans from rising." "Climate change is causing oceans to rise quicker than scientists’ most pessimistic forecasts, resulting in earlier flood risks to coastal economies already struggling to adapt."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Bloomberg Green [35], 02/03/2021
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Warming Oceans: Scientists Say California Crab Fishers Must Diversify [36]

"A study of the 2014 marine heat wave suggests that fishermen who turn to other species will fare better in future climate disruptions."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 02/02/2021
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