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"The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil" [1]

"The flood-prone city of Hoboken, New Jersey, sued Exxon, Chevron, and other oil companies three years ago, hoping to put them on trial for deceiving the public."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Grist [9], 05/22/2023
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As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story [10]

"SATARTIA, Miss. – On Feb. 22, 2020, a clear Saturday after weeks of rain, Deemmeris Debra'e Burns, his brother and cousin decided to go fishing. They were headed home in a red Cadillac when they heard a boom and saw a big white cloud shooting into the evening sky."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [4]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [16], 05/22/2023
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New York City Is Sinking Due To Weight Of Its Skyscrapers: Research [17]

"New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [14]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: Guardian [21], 05/22/2023
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"Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong" [22]

"Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water. As the sea intrudes, salt ruins the crop. As nights warm, yields go down."

Agriculture [23]
Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 05/22/2023
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Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates of Coastal Flooding [26]

"A study finds that more than half of American communities are basing their long-term preparations for coastal flooding on numbers that underestimate future sea level rise."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Government [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 05/22/2023
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Russia Targets Greenpeace In Crackdown On Dissent" [30]

"The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday announced it would close after the authorities declared Greenpeace International to be an undesirable organization."

Activism [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
International [24]
Source: AP [33], 05/22/2023
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Canada Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Colorado, Montana [34]

"Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts."

Air [35]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [36]
Pollution [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [37]
Source: AP [38], 05/22/2023
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"The Bat Lands: The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats" [39]

"Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses."

Biodiversity [40]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [36]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [7]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [43], 05/22/2023
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"Most Teachers Support Teaching Students About Climate Change, Survey Finds" [44]

"Kids today will face a future with more severe droughts, stronger storms, and rising sea levels. Yet many schools are not preparing students for the climate of tomorrow."

People & Population [45]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [46], 05/19/2023
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Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate [47]

"A federal judge said Thursday he is unlikely to force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: AP [49], 05/19/2023
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