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Type Of Storm That Drenched New York Is Up To 20% Wetter Due To Climate [9]

"The unmistakable influence of the climate crisis helped cause New York City to be inundated by a month’s worth of rain within just a few hours on Friday, scientists have warned, amid concerns over how well the city is prepared for severe climate shocks."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 10/04/2023
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"Abandoned Lands: A Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity" [16]

"Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres — an area half the size of Australia — lost globally. Ecologists are increasingly pointing to the potential of these lands and of degraded forests as neglected resources for rewilding and for capturing carbon."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: YaleE360 [22], 10/04/2023
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"Switzerland Grapples With the Return of Gray Wolves" [23]

"A new law will make it easier for provinces to cull wolf packs. Will they survive?"

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [25]
Public [13]
Europe [26]
Source: Sierra [27], 10/04/2023
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1000s Of Salmon Escaped An Icelandic Fish Farm. The Impact Could Be Deadly [28]

"Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations".

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Public [13]
Europe [26]
Source: Guardian [30], 10/04/2023
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Ken Burns Talks Heartbreak & Hope Of ‘The American Buffalo,’ His New Doc [31]

"Mongabay’s Liz Kimbrough spoke with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his upcoming documentary, “The American Buffalo,” which premieres in mid-October.

The buffalo was nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800s, with the population declining from more than 30 million to less than 1,000, devastating Native American tribes who depended on the buffalo as their main source of food, shelter, clothing and more.

The film explores both the tragic near-extinction of the buffalo as well as the story of how conservation efforts brought the species back from the brink.
Biodiversity [18]
Disasters [11]
Wildlife [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Mongabay [33], 10/04/2023
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America Wasn’t Always So Car-Centric. Our Future Doesn’t Have To Be, Either. [34]

"The surprising history of cars in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Infrastructure [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Pollution [38]
Transportation [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: YaleE360 [40], 10/04/2023
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"The High-Tech Hunt For One Of The World’s Most Elusive Sharks" [41]

''Nicolas Tomasi has never laid eyes on it. He has worked these waters for years without seeing one but has heard the tales from old-timers — of a patient predator, hiding under the sand off this French island’s shores, waiting for the right moment to strike."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Science [42]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [43], 10/04/2023
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"Gas Furnaces Face 95% Efficiency Standard With Final DOE Rule" [44]

"The Biden administration has finalized national efficiency rules for residential gas furnaces affecting about a third of all US homes, updating a 36-year-old standard that effectively phases out older furnace models."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [45]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Technology [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 10/03/2023
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"NYC Flooding Renews Calls for Safer Basement Apartments" [49]

"Friday’s deluge was yet another reminder that little has been done to make basement dwellings safer, and that the risk for residents is only increasing."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Technology [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Bloomberg CityLab [50], 10/03/2023
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"Cholera Cases Doubled Worldwide In 2022" [51]

"A new World Health Organization analysis suggests cholera is surging worldwide, with the number of cholera cases doubling from 2021 to 2022."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [52]
Environmental Justice [53]
Food [54]
Infrastructure [36]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [55], 10/03/2023
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UAE's Jaber Says Oil, Industrial Firms To Commit To Decarbonization At COP28 [56]

"More than 20 firms across the oil and gas sector and heavy industry have agreed to commit to curb emissions at the UN's COP28 climate summit, with more expected to join the group before the conference, its president said on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [57], 10/03/2023
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Enviros Demand Emergency Rules To Protect Rare Whales From Ship Collisions [58]

"A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale."

Activism [59]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Transportation [39]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: AP [60], 10/03/2023
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"What A Chicken-Size Bird Can Tell Us About A Shrinking Prairie" [61]

"There’s a stretch of Kim Shade’s ranch in the North Dakota Badlands where he used to look for a peculiar long-billed bird from the seat of his saddle. Now, all he sees there is a road leading to an oil rig."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Washington Post [62], 10/03/2023
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At Canada's Largest Atlantic Puffin Colony, Chicks Are Dying Of Starvation [63]

"Lack of food, warming ocean threaten seabird populations".

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Canada [64]
Source: CBC News [65], 10/03/2023
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"Jimmy Carter Closes In On Decades-Long Goal: Eradicating Guinea Worm" [66]

"Former president has played pivotal role in fight against neglected tropical diseases."

Activism [59]
Environmental Health [52]
Infrastructure [36]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [21]
Africa [67]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [68], 10/03/2023
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