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Rain Fell On The Peak Of Greenland Ice Sheet For First Time In History" [1]

"Greenland saw rain at the highest point of its ice sheet for the first time since scientists have been making observations there, the latest signal of how climate change is affecting every part of the planet."

Climate Change [2]
Science [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: NPR [7], 08/23/2021
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"The Methane Hunters" [8]

"Frackers in America’s largest oil field are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists and activists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further."

Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Waste [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [13], 08/23/2021
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"Denser Cities Could Be A Climate Boon – But Nimbyism Stands In The Way" [14]

"Drawing people into cities could cut emissions and combat housing crises. But even progressives are hard to convince".

Climate Change [2]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [6]
Source: Guardian [17], 08/23/2021
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What Will Happen To Millions Of Retired Electric Car Batteries? [18]

"A tsunami of electric vehicles is expected in rich countries, as car companies and governments pledge to ramp up their numbers – there are predicted be 145m on the roads by 2030. But while electric vehicles can play an important role in reducing emissions, they also contain a potential environmental timebomb: their batteries."

Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [2]
Natural Resources [19]
Transportation [20]
Waste [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [21], 08/23/2021
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In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy At-Risk Properties [22]

Paradise, California has "a new, ambitious town effort to identify the most high risk properties in the burn area and, if there are willing sellers, buy them and turn them into fire resistant green spaces."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [23]
Planning & Growth [16]
Public [5]
California [24]
Source: NPR [25], 08/23/2021
  • Read more about In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy At-Risk Properties [22]

"Biden Backs End To Wolf Protections But Hunting Worries Grow" [26]

"President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over aggressive wolf hunting seasons adopted for the predators in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [31], 08/23/2021
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Democrats Spar This Week Over $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan [32]

"House Democrats are preparing to take the first steps Monday toward adopting a roughly $3.5 trillion spending plan that would enable sweeping changes to the nation’s health care, education and tax laws, but new rifts among party lawmakers threaten to stall the package’s swift advance."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Transportation [20]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [36], 08/23/2021
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"22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee" [37]

"At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [38]
Source: AP [39], 08/23/2021
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Born To Be Wild: India’s First Captive-Bred Endangered Vultures Set Free [40]

"Numbers of the country’s carrion-loving birds dropped by over 97% in the 1990s. Now, a successful breeding scheme is giving them a boost".

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [9]
Wildlife [30]
Public [5]
Asia [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 08/20/2021
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"Drought-Weakened Bee Colonies Shrink U.S. Honey Crop, Threaten Almonds" [44]

"There was barely a buzz in the air as John Miller pried the lid off of a crate, one of several "bee boxes" stacked in eight neat piles beside a cattle grazing pasture outside Gackle, North Dakota. 'Nothing,' Miller said as he lifted a plastic hive frame from the box, squirming with only a few dozen bees."

Agriculture [41]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [45], 08/20/2021
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