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"US Heating Bills Will Jump As Much As 54% This Winter, Says Government" [1]

"With prices surging worldwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government said Wednesday it expects households to see their heating bills jump as much as 54% compared to last winter."

Energy & Fuel [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [5], 10/15/2021
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Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas" [6]

"EPA is set to ramp up scrutiny of facilities that do not currently report releases of a toxic gas as the Biden administration beefs up its environmental justice agenda."

Air [7]
Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News [13], 10/14/2021
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White House Unveils Plans For Massive Expansion Of Offshore Wind Farms [14]

"The Biden administration unveiled plans to develop large, grid-transforming offshore wind farms along much of the U.S. coastline in the coming years, a major effort to invest in renewable energy and combat the growing impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: HuffPost [18], 10/14/2021
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"As Drought Worsens, California Farmers Are Being Paid Not To Grow Crops" [19]

"Green fields of alfalfa and cotton rolled past as Brad Robinson drove through the desert valley where his family has farmed with water from the Colorado River for three generations. Stopping the truck, he stepped onto a dry, brown field where shriveled remnants of alfalfa crunched under his boots."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: LA Times [21], 10/13/2021
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Already This Year, 18 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Have Hit U.S. [22]

"Through the first nine months of 2021, the U.S. has endured 18 separate weather and climate disasters that have cost at least $1 billion, according to the latest report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [25], 10/13/2021
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"Study Finds Tens Of Thousands Of 'Forever Chemical' Sites in US" [26]

"Toxic chemicals known as PFAS exist in almost 42,000 sites around the U.S., according to research released on Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The Hill [27], 10/13/2021
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"Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Roads Vulnerable To Flooding — Report" [28]

"Nearly a quarter of the nation’s road miles are at risk of becoming impassable during a flood, according to a groundbreaking new study that documents the surprising vulnerability of key U.S. facilities such as roads, hospitals and power plants."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [23]
Infrastructure [16]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: E&E News [30], 10/13/2021
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"An Empire of Dying Wells" [31]

"Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 10/13/2021
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Outcry After Federal Agents Kill 8 Wolf Cubs Adopted By Idaho School [33]

"Conservationists in Idaho are speaking out against the “inhumane” killings of eight wolf pups that were part of a pack adopted by a high school since 2003."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [37], 10/12/2021
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Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House [38]

"Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal elder from White Eagle, Okla., and environmental ambassador for the Ponca Nation, marched in the front of a crowd of hundreds headed toward the White House on Monday and held up her fist."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [35]
People & Population [40]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Washington Post [41], 10/12/2021
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