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"This Year’s Summer Of Climate Extremes Hits Wealthier Places" [1]

"Wealthy countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and Belgium are joining poorer and more vulnerable nations on a growing list of extreme weather events that scientists say have some connection to human-caused climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
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International [5]
Source: AP [6], 08/04/2021
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"Seven-Figure Ad Campaign Urges GOP To Support Infrastructure Bill" [7]

"Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) on Tuesday launched a $1.5 million TV, radio and digital ad campaign to build GOP support for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The advocacy group, which urges Republicans to support clean energy policies, is targeting nine GOP senators who have expressed interest in voting for the bill."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [13], 08/04/2021
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"Energy Department Targets Trump Rollbacks On Appliance Efficiency" [14]

"The Biden administration is proposing to revoke Trump-era rollbacks to washer, dryer and dishwasher efficiency."

Consumer [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [17], 08/04/2021
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"Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone 10 Times Bigger Than Lake Pontchartrain" [18]

"This summer's low-oxygen dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico along the Louisiana coast covered 6,334 square miles - 10 times the size of Lake Pontchartrain and well above the average size for the past five years, researchers said Tuesday."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [24], 08/04/2021
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"Melting Ice Imperils 98% Of Emperor Penguin Colonies By 2100" [25]

"With climate change threatening the sea ice habitat of Emperor penguins, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced a proposal to list the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act."

Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [27]
Source: AP [28], 08/04/2021
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"The Fight to Change US Building Codes" [29]

"In cities and states around the country, conflicts over climate-friendly standards for buildings are heating up."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 08/04/2021
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Dems Seek $500 Billion in Climate Damages From Big Polluting Companies [31]

"Democrats in Congress want to tax Exxon, Chevron and a handful of other major oil and gas companies, saying the biggest climate polluters should pay for the floods, wildfires and other disasters that scientists have linked to the burning of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [32], 08/04/2021
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"Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Wouldn’t Remove All Lead Pipes" [33]

"President Joe Biden has repeatedly bragged that the bipartisan infrastructure bill germinating in the U.S. Senate will spur the removal of America’s toxic drinking water pipes made of lead. ... But the bill does not require water utilities to replace lead pipes. Rather, it provides $15 billion to a revolving fund that utilities can use to replace lead pipes if they want ― something that’s only happened in a handful of cities to date."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [37], 08/04/2021
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"Interior Kicks Off New Review of ANWR Drilling" [38]

"The Interior Department today said it will restart an environmental review of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s oil and gas program, following its determination earlier this year that the Trump administration’s assessment was flawed."

Biodiversity [20]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Wildlife [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
Source: E&E News [41], 08/04/2021
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Rising Seas Could Kill The Oldest Tree In Eastern US [42]

"A 2,624-year-old bald cypress could teach us how to fight climate change – if it doesn’t get destroyed first".

Climate Change [2]
Forests [43]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [44], 08/03/2021
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