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"Fishers Struggle as Fish Head for the Poles" [1]

"As climate change raises the ocean’s temperature, some fish species are moving poleward to cooler waters. In the United States, as elsewhere, commercial fishers are trying to adapt. But as a new study of trawler communities along the US east coast documents, fishers’ efforts to adjust are being constrained by a regulatory environment that isn’t adapting with them."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Hakai [7], 08/17/2021
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"Air Pollution From Household Products Is Cutting People’s Lives Short" [8]

"Researchers attribute up to 900,000 premature deaths every year to a dangerous component of air particle pollution found in paints, pesticides, and cleaning supplies."

Air [9]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [13], 08/17/2021
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DOI To Review Federal Coal Leasing, Appeal Injunction For Oil Leasing Pause [14]

"The Biden administration will review coal leasing on federal lands this week, officials said Monday while also announcing a plan to appeal an order that halted a moratorium on oil and gas leasing."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [16], 08/17/2021
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"Wind Forecasts Bring New Worries To California Fire Lines" [17]

"Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Forests [19]
Public [5]
California [20]
Source: AP [21], 08/17/2021
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"Chlorine Shortage Spurs Unprecedented Requests for EPA Help" [22]

"Local water systems are asking the EPA—for the first time in the Safe Drinking Water Act’s history—for help obtaining chlorine-based water treatment chemicals amid a nationwide shortage."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 08/17/2021
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Industry Paid Residents To Support Gas Trucks At Public Meetings [25]

"Residents around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were paid to show support for natural gas trucks at community hearings".

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Transportation [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Floodlight/LATimes [29], 08/17/2021
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100s Of Workers Died From Heat In Past Decade — And It's Getting Worse [30]

"As the temperature in Grand Island, Neb., soared to 91 degrees that July day in 2018, two dozen farmworkers tunneled for nine hours into a thicket of cornstalks, snapping off tassels while they crossed a sunbaked field that spanned 206 acres — the equivalent of 156 football fields."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [31], 08/17/2021
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"Storm Brings Floods As Haitians Seek Help At Overloaded Hospitals" [32]

"Doctors in Haiti on Monday battled in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly, outside hospitals overwhelmed by an earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [34], 08/17/2021
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First-Ever Colorado R. Water Shortage To Bring Cuts For Arizona Farmers [35]

"The federal government on Monday declared a first-ever water shortage on the Colorado River, announcing mandatory cutbacks next year that will bring major challenges for Arizona farmers and reduce the water allotments of Nevada and Mexico."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [18]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Arizona Republic [36], 08/17/2021
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#SEJSpotlight: Margie Bauman, Reporter, Fishermen's News and The Cordova Times [37]

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