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"World Needs To Prepare For 'Millions' Of Climate Displaced: U.N." [1]

"The world needs to prepare for millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [2]
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People & Population [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 01/22/2020
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Elk Raise Tensions Between Washington Tribes, Farmers In Skagit Valley [9]

"Just after sunrise, elk are grazing in a misty field in Washington's Skagit Valley, an hour and a half north of Seattle. ... These elk are at the center of a conflict that's unfolding between Native Americans and farmers in northwest Washington."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Source: NPR [16], 01/21/2020
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"People Urgently Fleeing Climate Crisis Cannot Be Sent Home, UN Rules" [17]

"People fleeing immediate danger due to the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home, the UN has said."

Climate Change [2]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: BBC News [18], 01/21/2020
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Louisiana Tribes File Rights Complaint With UN Over US Climate Inaction [19]

"Four coastal Louisiana tribes that claim the U.S. government has violated their human rights by failing to take action on climate change submitted a formal complaint Wednesday to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland."

Activism [20]
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Public [6]
International [7]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [21], 01/20/2020
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"Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government" [22]

"A federal appeals court has thrown out the landmark climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of young people against the federal government."

Activism [20]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NY Times [24], 01/20/2020
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"Oil And Gas: Toxic Refinery Leaks Imperiled Philadelphia Residents" [25]

"Last May, an air monitor on the border of the East Coast's largest oil refinery recorded a level of cancer-causing gas more than 21 times the federal limit. In June, an explosive early-morning fire rocked the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, terrifying nearby residents."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [29]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Greenwire [31], 01/17/2020
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Trump Puts Severe Restrictions on Long-Delayed Puerto Rico Disaster Aid [32]

"Days after the island was hit by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake, the White House released billions in aid but placed limits on how it can be spent."

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Public [6]
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Source: NY Times [34], 01/17/2020
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"Environmental Groups Challenge Plastics Complex Permit" [35]

"Conservation and community groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging environmental permits for a Taiwan company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana."

Activism [20]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [6]
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Source: AP [36], 01/16/2020
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"Racist Housing Policies In US Linked To Deadly Heatwave Exposure" [37]

"Deadly urban heatwaves disproportionately affect underserved neighbourhoods because of the legacy of racist housing policies which have denied African Americans home ownership and basic public services, a landmark new study has found."

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Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [38], 01/16/2020
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"Weather Channel To Talk Environmental Justice With 2020 Candidates" [39]

"The Weather Channel will talk with several 2020 candidates about environmental justice as the second part of its "2020: Race to Save the Planet” special."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [4]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [41], 01/14/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/world-needs-prepare-millions-climate-displaced-un [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [8] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-refugees/world-needs-to-prepare-for-millions-of-climate-displaced-u-n-idUSKBN1ZK1Q2 [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/elk-raise-tensions-between-washington-tribes-farmers-skagit-valley [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [16] https://www.npr.org/2020/01/18/797000272/elk-raise-tensions-between-tribes-and-farmers-in-washingtons-skagit-valley [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/people-urgently-fleeing-climate-crisis-cannot-be-sent-home-un-rules [18] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51179931 [19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/louisiana-tribes-file-rights-complaint-un-over-us-climate-inaction [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [21] https://www.nola.com/news/article_c63ee390-3754-11ea-8c6f-57f94fd14a5a.html [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/court-quashes-youth-climate-change-case-against-government [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [24] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/climate/juliana-climate-case.html [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-and-gas-toxic-refinery-leaks-imperiled-philadelphia-residents [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [31] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062097771 [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-puts-severe-restrictions-long-delayed-puerto-rico-disaster-aid [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [34] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/us/politics/trump-puerto-rico-disaster-aid.html [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-groups-challenge-plastics-complex-permit [36] https://apnews.com/2a1671054055c69db6fa1116742e4158 [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/racist-housing-policies-us-linked-deadly-heatwave-exposure [38] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/13/racist-housing-policies-us-deadly-heatwaves-exposure-study [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/weather-channel-talk-environmental-justice-2020-candidates [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [41] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/478071-weather-channel-to-talk-environmental-justice-with-2020-candidates [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=255 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=249 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=250 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=251 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=252 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=253 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=254 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice?page=257