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"A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land" [1]

"CARNAÚBA DOS DANTAS, Brazil — The land has sustained the Dantas family for more than 150 years, bearing fields of cotton, beanstalks up to a grown man’s hip and, when it rained enough, a river that led to a waterfall."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
South America [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 12/08/2021
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"Biden May Get Reprieve With Gas Prices Projected To Drop" [9]

"The price of gasoline is expected to fall in the coming weeks, a shift that could give U.S. consumers shaken by inflation some relief — and that could also boost President Biden."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [13], 12/08/2021
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"Florida To Feed Starving Manatees In Rare Conservation Move" [14]

"Starving manatees will soon be fed by hand in Florida, a rare ... intervention to save the marine mammals whose natural food is vanishing from the effects of pollution, state officials told Reuters."

Biodiversity [15]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [16]
Natural Resources [4]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [18]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 12/08/2021
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"Deal Forces EPA To Revisit Chemical Industry Emissions" [21]

"The Biden administration has tentatively agreed to revisit EPA air toxics standards for hundreds of chemical plants, signaling a move on an issue that groups framed as central to the pursuit of environmental justice.

Under the terms of a proposed consent decree officially made public today, the agency commits to consider tightening the existing emissions limits for synthetic organic chemical manufacturers on a series of deadlines running from next year to 2024.

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [26], 12/08/2021
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"Pushing Back On Lead Ammo And Fishing Tackle Misinformation" [27]

"A science denial campaign is being waged to keep lead in hunting and fishing. Who’s fighting back and how should they do it? "

"Groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are waging science denial campaigns to keep lead products in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.

As a result, wildlife is poisoned and human health is at risk.

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [4]
Wildlife [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EHN [29], 12/08/2021
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Biden OKs More Oil And Gas Drilling Permits On Public Lands Than Trump [30]

"The Biden administration has approved more oil and gas drilling permits on public lands per month than the Trump administration did during the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, according to an analysis shared exclusively with The Climate 202."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [31], 12/08/2021
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"Major U.S. Utilities Plan Coast-To-Coast, EV-Charging Network" [32]

"More than 50 U.S. power companies have joined forces to build a coast-to-coast fast charging network for electric vehicles along major U.S. travel corridors by the end of 2023."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [36]
Transportation [37]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [38], 12/08/2021
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"A Life’s Work Bearing Witness to Humanity’s Impact on the Planet" [39]

"Photographer James Balog gives an overview of his career in his big new book, “The Human Element: A Time Capsule From the Anthropocene.”"

Journalism & Media [40]
Public [6]
International [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 12/07/2021
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Biden Administration Proposes Lightbulb Efficiency Rule, Reversing Trump [43]

"The Biden administration late Friday proposed a rule that would impose a lightbulb efficiency standard after the Trump administration declined to do so."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [33]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [44], 12/07/2021
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Lack Of Water, Sewer Service Brings Health Risks To Some Alaska Villages [45]

"On a ridge rising over the Bering Strait coast lies the resting place for one community’s sewage."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Infrastructure [35]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Source: Arctic Today [48], 12/07/2021
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