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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Environment, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 7,541 stories have been published about Environment which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Environment, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 7,541 stories have been published about Environment which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Europe · CopenhagenA leak in the pipeline had been detected southeast of the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline isn't used to import gas, but it is nevertheless filled. The leak comes a day before the inauguration of a new pipeline, Baltic Pipe, which will bring Norwegian gas through Denmark to Poland.See the Story
Denmark reports leak in gas pipeline in Baltic Sea
58% Center coverage: 61 sources
Evacuations · HavanaTropical Storm Ian was on Sunday barreling toward western Cuba, where it is expected to soak the Caribbean island with heavy rainfall and trigger storm surges as it turns into a hurricane on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.See the Story
Tropical Storm Ian to hit Cuba and become a hurricane
52% Left coverage: 33 sources
Animals · New YorkResearchers estimated there were more than 1.1 million reported illegal killings of sea turtles between 1990 and 2020.See the Story
Reports of sea turtle poaching are on the decline, study says
92% Center coverage: 26 sources
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Black Lives Matter · ReserveSprawling industrial complexes line the drive east along the Mississippi River to the majority-Black town of Reserve, Louisiana. In the last seven miles the road passes a massive, rust-colored aluminum-oxide refinery, then the Evonik chemical plant, then rows of white tanks at the Marathon oil refinery.But it’s the Denka chemical plant that is under scrutiny from federal officials. Less than a half mile from an elementary school in Reserve, it m…See the Story
Civil rights law targets 'cancer alley' discrimination
62% Center coverage: 13 sources
Climate Activists · IslamabadPakistan's floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries.See the Story
Why some climate activists are calling for reparations
57% Center coverage: 7 sources
US & CanadaIt's been more than a century since a major storm hit the Tampa Bay area. The area has grown from a few hundred thousand people in 1921 to more than 3 million today. A World Bank study ranked Tampa as the seventh-most vulnerable city to major storms. The storm surge from Hurricane Ian is expected to be between 5 and 10 feet above normal tide conditions.See the Story
Vulnerable Tampa Bay braces for storm not seen in a century
67% Center coverage: 9 sources
Climate ChangeA foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing weather could increase suitable habitat for the brown marmorated stink bug in the United States by 70%. The study draws on data from a three-year stink bug monitoring effort in 17 states as well as several potential climate scenarios. However, whether the insects will thrive in new places depends on the…See the Story
Invasive stink bug habitat could expand greatly with climate change
100% Center coverage: 3 sources
AsiaThe press freedom rating for 2021 among journalists plunged six points to 26.2, a record low. 93% cited "the government" as the source of suppression. The results were released Friday, one day after HKJA chairman Ronson Chan pleaded not guilty to a charge of "obstructing a police officer"See the Story
Faith in Hong Kong Press Freedom Sinks to Record Low
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Environment · La PampaDeep in the Amazon rainforest, a half-dozen Peruvian military vehicles are rumbling along a dirt path that cuts through dense jungle.See the Story
Paradise lost: Inside Peru's emergency zone
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Nature · IsraelNew research from Tel Aviv University shows how an ancient copper processing site in the Timna Valley led to the degradation of the local environment. The findings are based on samples of charcoal used as fuel for copper-processing furnaces in the 11th to 9th centuries BCE. Earlier samples were produced from high-quality local wood but their quality decreased over time, with later samples being produced from low-quality wood fuel and timber.See the Story
