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"July 2015 Was Very Likely Earth's Hottest Month on Record" [1]

"According to preliminary data from NASA along with information from the Japan Meteorological Administration, July 2015 was the warmest month on record since instrument temperature records began in the late 1800s."

Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: Mashable [5], 08/19/2015
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"Lobsters in New England Shift North as Ocean Gets Warmer" [6]

"The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches — a geographic shift that scientists attribute in large part to the warming of the ocean."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [10], 08/19/2015
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"U.S. EPA Proposes Methane Emission Standards for Oil And Gas Industry" [11]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions and volatile organic compounds from oil and gas facilities, a key part of a broader strategy to cut methane emissions in the sector by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels in the next ten years."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [14], 08/19/2015
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"Can An Islamic Climate Change Declaration Inspire 1.6B Muslims?" [15]

"Islamic leaders from around the globe [Tuesday] will unveil a declaration calling on the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to embrace climate change action as part of their religious duty."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: ClimateWire [17], 08/18/2015
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"U.S. Is Set to Propose Regulation to Cut Methane Emissions" [18]

"The Obama administration is expected to propose as soon as Tuesday the first-ever federal regulation to cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, by the nation’s oil and natural-gas industry, officials familiar with the plan said on Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [19], 08/18/2015
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"Why Infectious Tropical Diseases Are Returning to America" [20]

"In the last few years, doctors in the southern U.S. have seen some strange diseases: Chagas disease, parasitic infections of the brain known as neurocysticercosis, dengue, the virus chikungunya and more."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [21]
Transportation [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Smithsonian [23], 08/17/2015
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"EPA Tightens Rules for Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Landfills" [24]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tightened standards for the nation's landfills to reduce emissions of methane and other harmful air pollutants."

Air [25]
Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [28], 08/17/2015
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15 States Request Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan [29]

"Foes of the Obama administration's plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector have lodged their first formal challenge to the newly finalized Clean Power Plan, asking federal judges to postpone the rule's deadlines."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: EnergyWire [30], 08/17/2015
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"Heating Up: July Added To String of Record Hot Months Globally" [31]

"July was the hottest on record globally as a large El Nino event gathered strength in the Pacific, making it more likely that 2015 will exceed last year as the warmest year recorded."

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Public [3]
International [4]
Source: Sydney Morning Herald [32], 08/17/2015
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"Firefighters Fight Blazes Across US Northwest, California Wine Region" [33]

"More than a thousand residents in north-central Washington state fled their homes on Friday after a cluster of wildfires erupted around the town of Chelan, while fierce blazes blackened a swath of the drought-stricken U.S. West, officials said."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [34]
Forests [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [36], 08/17/2015
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