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Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study [9]

"Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 01/10/2023
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"India Expects Utilities' Annual Coal Demand To Surge About 8%" [17]

"India expects its power plants to burn about 8% more coal in the fiscal year ending March 2024, according to a senior government official and a power ministry presentation, after the country missed its 2022 renewable energy goal by more than 30%."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [14]
Asia [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 01/10/2023
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"The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record" [21]

"The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Science [22]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [24], 01/10/2023
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"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.3% In 2022 - Rhodium" [25]

"Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to estimates published on Tuesday by research group Rhodium."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 01/10/2023
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"Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year – Study" [28]

"The global loss of pollinators is already causing about 500,000 early deaths a year by reducing the supply of healthy foods, a study has estimated."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Food [32]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [33], 01/10/2023
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Louisiana Coastal Plan Update Promises Billions In Hurricane-Damage Savings [34]

"A draft update of the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan predicts that 61 new projects to build or protect land, a dozen new levees, and new efforts to elevate, flood-proof or relocate flood-prone homes will reduce annual hurricane storm surge damages by at least $11 billion per year by 2073."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [35]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [40], 01/10/2023
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On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real [41]

"The raft to Bannon Island does not inspire confidence. But Dyrone Woods climbed aboard the piece of crumbling Styrofoam secured to the remains of a wood pallet anyway."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
People & Population [44]
Public [14]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 01/10/2023
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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [47]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [48]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Military [50]
Public [14]
South America [51]
Source: AP [52], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [53]

"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."

Air [54]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [48]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Pollution [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [56], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [57]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [58]
Economy & Business [59]
Environmental Politics [48]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Transportation [60]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NPR [61], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Signs Water Bills Benefitting 3 Tribes in Arizona" [62]

"A Native American tribe that has one of the largest and most secure rights to Colorado River water now has approval to lease some of it in Arizona, a state that’s been hardest hit by cuts to its water supply and is on a perpetual search for more."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [43]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [63], 01/09/2023
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"Great Salt Lake On Track To Disappear In Five Years, Scientists Warn" [64]

"Without dramatic cuts to water consumption, Utah’s Great Salt Lake is on track to disappear within five years, a dire new report warns, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust from the drying lake bed."

Air [54]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [31]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Source: Washington Post [65], 01/09/2023
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"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023" [66]

"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [67], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Moves to End Doughnut Lures and Other Bear Hunting Tactics in Alaska" [68]

"The National Park Service is moving to prohibit hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting black bears with doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot hibernating bears and cubs in their dens, techniques allowed by the Trump administration but considered inhumane by conservationists."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: NYTimes [70], 01/09/2023
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"Republicans Target Oil Reserve Releases With Initial Energy Bills" [71]

"House Republicans are honing in on releases from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the first set of bills that they’re expected to take up once they can start legislating."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [72], 01/09/2023
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