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Weather Data Privatization Poses Conflicts in a Changing Meteorology Landscape [1]

Weather reports are not just about donning galoshes. They can mean literal life or death for people and businesses, such as during a natural disaster. So, as the latest Issue Backgrounder details, the ongoing effort to privatize publicly funded weather data is a matter of real controversy. Find out what’s in the weather privatization forecast.

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"Texas Is The Next Battleground For The Green New Deal" [15]

"Sunrise Movement is taking the fight to Big Oil’s home turf, endorsing another insurgent Democrat and going all in on three House races in the Lone Star State."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: HuffPost [17], 02/17/2020
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"U.K. to Spend $1.6 Billion on World’s Best Climate Supercomputer" [18]

"The U.K. said it will spend 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) on developing the most powerful weather and climate supercomputer in the world."

Climate Change [4]
Science [19]
Technology [12]
Public [14]
Europe [20]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 02/17/2020
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Gunasekara, Who Pushed Trump To Exit Paris Pact, Named EPA Staff Chief [22]

"Mandy Gunasekara, who pressed for President Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement as the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air-policy adviser, is poised to return to the agency as its next chief of staff, according to two individuals briefed on the matter."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [24], 02/17/2020
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"Floods Put Mississippi Capital In ‘Precarious Situation’" [25]

"JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and more rain on the way this week, the governor warned residents that it would be days before flood waters start to recede."

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Source: AP [28], 02/17/2020
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Vast Mesoamerican Reef Declines After Years Of Improvement: Study [29]

"The condition of the world’s second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [4]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 02/14/2020
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"EPA: Agency Discloses Rise In CO2, And Undercuts A Talking Point" [33]

"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 3.1% between 2017 and 2018, according to figures published yesterday by EPA."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [34]
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Source: ClimateWire [36], 02/14/2020
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"Climate: Republicans Take Heat From The 'Retro' Crowd" [37]

"Top Republicans are taking heat from all sides after rolling out the first part of their legislative plan to reduce carbon emissions, demonstrating the kind of hiccups the GOP faces as it attempts to develop climate policy after years of silence coupled with science skepticism."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E Daily [38], 02/14/2020
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"Earth Just Had Hottest January Since Records Began, Data Shows" [39]

"Last month was the hottest January on record over the world’s land and ocean surfaces, with average temperatures exceeding anything in the 141 years of data held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [4]
Public [14]
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Source: Guardian [41], 02/14/2020
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"Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End" [42]

"Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show ... that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. ... Nearly a year later, the rollback is nowhere near complete and may not be ready until this summer — if ever."

Climate Change [4]
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Energy & Fuel [34]
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Science [19]
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Source: NY Times [44], 02/14/2020
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