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State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana [1]

"Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds."

Activism [2]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Floodlight [15], 05/10/2024
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High School Students, Frustrated By Lack Of Climate Education, Seek Change [16]

"Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with #teachclimate filled a hearing room in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February. It was a cold and windy day, in contrast to the state’s nearly snowless, warm winter."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Source: AP [21], 05/10/2024
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From Brazil And Houston To Asia, Extreme Weather Seems Nearly Everywhere [22]

"In a world growing increasingly accustomed to wild weather swings, the last few days and weeks have seemingly taken those environmental extremes to a new level. Some climate scientists say they are hard pressed to remember when so much of the world has had its weather on overdrive at the same time."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
International [25]
Source: AP [26], 05/08/2024
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"Quinault Nation's Move To Higher Ground" [27]

"Tribal community plans a village that’s ‘as resilient as possible’"

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [23]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [31]
Source: ICT [32], 05/07/2024
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"The World’s Garment Workers Are On The Front Lines Of Climate Impacts" [33]

"Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price."

Climate Change [17]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
International [25]
Asia [36]
Source: Grist [37], 05/07/2024
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"Chinese Fishing Fleets In Indian Ocean Accused Of Abuses" [38]

"A recent investigation has revealed evidence that China's distant-water fishing fleet, the world's biggest in scale, commits environmental and labor abuses in the southwest Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa."

Environmental Justice [7]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
International [25]
Source: DW [40], 05/07/2024
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Arizona Boosts Protections From Extreme Heat After 100s Died Last Summer [41]

"Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners this summer in a more unified effort to prevent another ghastly toll of heat-related deaths, which topped 900 statewide last year."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: AP [43], 05/06/2024
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Muscogee Lands In Georgia Would Become A National Park Under Bills [44]

"Georgia’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve."

Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: AP [45], 05/02/2024
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"The Impacts Of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Aren’t The Same For Women, Men" [46]

"While “forever chemicals” have been linked to numerous adverse health impacts from cancers to kidney disease, they also may have disparate impacts on male and female bodies."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [9]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [47], 05/02/2024
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"Fire for Watersheds" [48]

"To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [23]
Forests [49]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: bioGraphic [50], 04/29/2024
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