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Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Years Of Progress Toward Cleaning Up America's Air [1]

"Over the last few decades, air in the U.S. has undergone a remarkable transformation: pollution levels of health-damaging tiny particles have dropped by roughly 40% since 2000, primarily thanks to the country's decades-long effort to improve air quality through the Clean Air Act, a landmark environmental law."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [9]
Source: NPR [10], 09/21/2023
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"Climate Risks Place 39 Million U.S. Homes At Risk Of Losing Their Insurance" [11]

"From California to Florida, homeowners have been facing a new climate reality: Insurance companies don’t want to cover their properties. According to a report released today, the problem will only get worse."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist [14], 09/21/2023
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"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [15]

"X earned last place in a new ranking of social media platforms and their actions against climate change misinformation."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [20]

"President Joe Biden is launching a new federal program that aims to put more than 20,000 young people to work in jobs that promote renewable energy and combat climate change."

Activism [21]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/21/2023
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"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List" [25]

"The world’s two biggest polluters were not invited to speak at a United Nations meeting designed to highlight effective action against warming."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [7]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [26], 09/21/2023
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"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [27]

"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [7]
Europe [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 09/20/2023
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"Australia, Scarred By Bushfires, On High Alert For Dangerous Summer" [30]

"Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest period since the so-called Black Summer."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [12]
Forests [5]
Public [7]
Australia & Oceania [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 09/20/2023
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Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [33]

"Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Europe [28]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/20/2023
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"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World" [35]

"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [12]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [37]
Public [7]
California [38]
Source: NPR [39], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [40]

"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [23]
Journalism & Media [17]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [43], 09/20/2023
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