Improve The News: Environment/Energy

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LR: 3 CP: 1 - Washington is committed to defending Warsaw, the State Department said after rumors that Wagner fighters in Belarus wanted to “go on tour”

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LR: 2 CP: 5 - Complaining of an unaccountable judiciary, the far-right governing coalition, despite months of mass protests, voted to strip the court’s power to override “unreasonable” government actions.

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LR: 3 CP: 5 - Minnesota Vikings rookie Jordan Addison was reportedly speeding at 140 miles per hour in the middle of the night because of an emergency with his dog.

LR: 2 CP: 5 - As the White House wrestles with how to react to Israel’s judicial overhaul, the issue is personal for President Biden, a longtime friend of the country.

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LR: 2 CP: 5 - The Israeli prime minister has pushed through the first part of his judicial overhaul, but in doing so has deepened a rift in Israeli society and propelled the country into an uncertain new era.

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LR: 3 CP: 1 - Russian crude refined in Hungary and Türkiye is then resold to Kiev, in what German newspaper Handelsblatt called a “paradox of war”

LR: 1 CP: 5 - Two Montana Republicans reignited calls to have the grizzly bear removed from the federal threatened and endangered species list after a hiker was killed.

LR: 4 CP: 4 - A woman who was found dead on the Buttermilk Trail near Yellowstone National Park in Montana has reportedly been identified as a 47-year-old former teacher from Derby, Kansas.

LR: 5 CP: 5 - The winds of change are blowing. Conservative activists, environmentalists and New Jersey fishermen protested the construction of wind turbines off the East Coast on Monday, highlighting increasing…

LR: 2 CP: 1 - Floods in Nova Scotia bring new difficulties to a country struggling with ongoing wildfires and extreme weather.

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LR: 3 CP: 5 - Israel is in an uproar after the country's parliament backed a controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system by passing a law that weakens the powers of the courts. The measure has divided that nation, sparked mass protests and drawn rare criticism from the White House. Stephanie Sy reports on the reaction and Geoff Bennett discusses the plan's impact with Yohan Plesner.

LR: 2 CP: 5 - Passing of key part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to reduce power of courts is met with calls for strike action and street protests by thousands

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LR: 3 CP: 5 - A video shows the K-9 pulling down the driver, who is black, as he was trying to surrender in Ohio.

LR: 2 CP: 5 - In the view of many Israelis, the country’s legal system was one of the only real checks on government power in the country’s weak political system.

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LR: 4 CP: 4 - Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams had an eyebrow-raising response to a protester screaming obscenities during a press conference earlier on Monday.

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LR: 2 CP: 1 - New law will make it easier for the far-right government to pursue policies that harm Palestinians, experts say.

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LR: 3 CP: 3 - Hong Kong is so opposed to Japan’s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant that it’s banning seafood products -- from four of the country’s landlocked prefectures. That sounds a bit off, yes? Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano and Saitama, which have a combined zero kilometers of coastline between them, are among the 10 regions whose aquatic produce will no longer be welcome in Hong Kong&...

LR: 2 CP: 5 - The aquatic creature has taken on star status since wildlife officials announced that they were trying to return the 5-year-old southern sea otter to captivity.

LR: 3 CP: 3 - A global upheaval looms as Donald Trump strengthens his candidacy for the next US presidential elections. Ukraine and its European allies need to start considering the prospect that by the end of next year, they could face a US no longer invested in resisting Russia’s aggression. We should also start bracing ourselves for a geopolitical earthquake in Europe itself. In Spain, which holds national elections on Ju...

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LR: 5 CP: 3 - A fifth busload of migrants relocated by state officials in Texas arrived in the self-proclaimed sanctuary city of Los Angeles this weekend.

LR: 2 CP: 5 - Almost every single coral in a coral reef nursery in the Florida Keys has died as NOAA raises its coral bleaching warning system to the highest level possible for the area.

LR: 3 CP: 5 - The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try stopping migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

LR: 3 CP: 1 - The rules of post-war Western economic development were premised on Washington's domination and hierarchy, writes Anthony Pahnke. This is the history the U.S. president's industrial policies repeat. By Anthony Pahnke Common Dreams Pundits are struggling to comprehend President Joe Biden’s

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LR: 1 CP: 3 - A democracy long under pressure is now on the brink of collapse. But it’s not over yet.

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LR: 1 CP: 5 - Researchers found that the fine particulate matter as a result of the wildfires in Canada was just as bad as sitting in a bar full of smokers.

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LR: 3 CP: 5 - Authorities say the death toll from weather-related incidents since June 24 has risen to 133 across the country.

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LR: 3 CP: 5 - The Israeli Knesset voted Monday to effectively weaken powers of the country’s Supreme Court amid mass protests.

LR: 1 CP: 5 - Some argue Biden should have done more to dissuade the crucial vote in Israel, while others warn that similar events could unfold under a Trump administration.

LR: 1 CP: 1 - Los Angeles will end most pre-trial detention, amid nation-wide push to abolish cash bail—a system that is terribly harmful to the incarcerated community.

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LR: 2 CP: 3 - Google Maps shows users more fuel-efficient driving routes.

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LR: 3 CP: 3 - Monsoon rains have battered South Korea over the past few days, creating a number of bizarre commuting scenes. People in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province on Monday waded through the mud to get to work. High tides meant that the rain, which reached 200 millimeters overnight, was unable to discharge into the river. More than a dozen shops, including gas stations, financial institutions and cafes, were closed this morning a...

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