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Fish & Fisheries [5]

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Asia [10]

Source: Reuters [11], 03/05/2024

Read more about "One-Fifth Of Mekong River Fish Species Face Extinction, Report Says" [1]

Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now? [12]

A key U.S. federal agency tasked with investigating the nation’s industrial chemical accidents has been limping along for years. Now, the latest Issue Backgrounder reports that replenished staffing and a funding boost may mean it’s found its footing. But as the pace of chemical accidents accelerates and safety regulations stagnate, will it make a difference?

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Read more about Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now? [12]

Climate Change-Fueled Winter Extremes Put 90% Of Mongolia At 'High Risk' [22]

"So far this year upward of 2 million livestock animals have died, according to official statistics."

Disasters [15]

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Asia [10]

Source: HuffPost [25], 02/26/2024

Read more about Climate Change-Fueled Winter Extremes Put 90% Of Mongolia At 'High Risk' [22]

"China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk" [26]

"China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier, with the world's top carbon polluter now at risk of falling short on climate targets after sanctioning dozens of new plants, research showed on Thursday."

Pollution [7]

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Asia [10]

Source: Reuters [27], 02/23/2024

Read more about "China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk" [26]

As Climate Disasters Claim Children, Bangladeshi Mothers Seek Bigger Families [28]

"Climate change is exacerbating child mortality in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh, prompting mothers to have larger families as a response to the fear of losing children to disasters."

Disasters [15]

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Asia [10]

Source: Mongabay [29], 02/21/2024

Read more about As Climate Disasters Claim Children, Bangladeshi Mothers Seek Bigger Families [28]

March 1, 2024

Climate Justice Series: Resource Extraction and Energy Equity in India [30]

This event will explore the current situation in India, what policies are being proposed, and the future of marginalized coal-communities. It's the latest installment of a series examining social and economic justice issues related to climate change and the energy transition in India. 10:00-11:30 ET.

Other Events [31]

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Diversity [32]

Environmental Justice [33]

Pollution [7]

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Asia [10]

‘Carbon Colonialism’ Details the Exporting of Degradation, Climate Collapse [34]

The climate change debate is often so focused on fossil fuels and mining that it ignores impacts in economic, political, neo-colonial and social terms, writes BookShelf’s Melody Kemp in her review of “Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown.” Why concepts like corporate social responsibility do little to stem the losses that come with such development.

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BookShelf [35]

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Activism [36]

Consumer [37]

Economy & Business [38]

Environmental Justice [33]

Environmental Politics [16]

Forests [39]

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Pollution [7]

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Europe [41]

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Read more about ‘Carbon Colonialism’ Details the Exporting of Degradation, Climate Collapse [34]

Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War [42]

With the world in the midst of wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, it’s time for journalists to appraise — and report on — the intersection of conflict and the environment, argues the new Backgrounder. That means considering the environment not only as a victim of war, but also as the cause of war and a means of carrying it out.

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Chemicals [14]

Disasters [15]

Environmental Health [43]

Environmental Politics [16]

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Health [40]

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Water & Oceans [8]

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]

Africa [51]

Asia [10]

Europe [41]

Middle East [52]

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Read more about Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War [42]

Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests [53]

"Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: “This forest is your mother.”"

Forests [39]

Religion, Faith and Spirituality [54]

Public [9]

Africa [51]

Asia [10]

Source: AP [55], 01/19/2024

Read more about Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests [53]

"Climate Crisis Fuels Bangladesh’s Worst Dengue Epidemic" [56]

"Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as higher rainfall and heat lead to fivefold rise in cases in a year, with children the hardest hit".

Disasters [15]

Environmental Health [43]

Public [9]