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"Tree Rings Show That Last Northern Summer Was The Warmest Since Year 1" [1]

"The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found."

Climate Change [2]
Science [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: AP [6], 05/15/2024
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Whistleblower Raps Mistakes In EPA Use Of Sensor Plane At Ohio Derailment [7]

"The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year."

Air [8]
Chemicals [9]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [3]
Technology [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: AP [16], 05/15/2024
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"Air Pollution Monitoring In Louisiana To Face New Rules Under Bill" [17]

"An industry-backed bill to regulate how data from community air monitors is used was given final legislative approval Monday over objections from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and activists seeking to reduce pollution."

Activism [18]
Chemicals [9]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [12]
Science [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [24], 05/14/2024
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Plants Can Communicate And Respond To Touch. So Are They Intelligent? [25]

Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger says a new wave of research suggests that plants are indeed "intelligent" in complex ways that challenge our understanding of agency and consciousness.

Biodiversity [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Science [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: NPR [29], 05/10/2024
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State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana [30]

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

Activism [18]
Air [8]
Chemicals [9]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [12]
Science [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Floodlight [32], 05/10/2024
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Scientists Are Learning The Basic Building Blocks Of Sperm Whale Language [33]

"Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them."

Biodiversity [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Science [3]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [35]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: AP [36], 05/08/2024
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"U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research" [37]

"The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a pandemic."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Studies [38]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [3]
Technology [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [39], 05/08/2024
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Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change [40]

Whether trees fall to chain saws or go up in smoke, deforestation is a major climate change driver. But on-the-ground reporting on forest loss is often challenging. Global Forest Watch provides worldwide land cover change data and tools that can help journalists contextualize deforestation events. Mongabay editor Morgan Erickson-Davis explains the power of this free online platform and shares her favorite features.

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Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Studies [38]
Forests [43]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Science [3]
Technology [13]
Wildlife [35]
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Epoch Times Promotes Climate Science Denial Ads to Millions Across Europe [44]

"The pro-Trump Epoch Times has run hundreds of anti-climate social media adverts in Europe since the beginning of 2024 that have been seen millions of times, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [27]
Science [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: DeSmog [45], 05/06/2024
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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 [9]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [31]
Science [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [48], 05/02/2024
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