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Exxon is still funding climate denial -

Seventeen attorneys general have now subpoenaed the oil giant for internal documents on its decades-long cover up of the role of fossil fuels in climate change. But apparently Exxon is still at it—the company recently spent more than half a million dollars on groups spreading misinformation about climate change.ThinkProgress

Climate change linked to worst mangrove die-off on record -

While climate change and El Niño teamed up this year to create the worst coral bleaching event in recorded history, mangroves in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria felt the burn, too. A mangrove expert says some 7,000 hectares of these ecologically-important trees have now died. The Guardian

Lake Okeechobee's algae problem is decades in the making -

Environmentalists say Florida hasn't done enough to reduce phosphorus pollution, which triggers algae blooms, from farms and cities within the lake's massive watershed. While the target phosphorus level is 105 metric tons per year, a whopping 450 metric tons were dumped into the lake last year. Eagle-Tribune

Crowdfunding campaign keeps New Zealand beach out of private hands -

Awaroa Beach, on the country's South Island, will be given to the public after almost 40,000 people collectively donated $1.7 million to buy it. Abel Tasman National Park will run the beach, and local Maori groups will be involved in the land's future management. BBC

President Obama announces tougher regulations on Arctic drilling -

The Interior Department's new safety standards are the first to specifically address the Arctic and require emergency response plans that take into account the region's dangerous conditions. Still, environmental groups (including NRDC) say that no matter how strict they are, no rules can make it safe to drill in the Arctic. The Hill

Another environmental activist has been killed in Honduras -

Lesbia Yaneth Urquía, a 49-year-old member of the indigenous rights organization Consejo de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras, was found dead this week in the town of Marcala. Urquía was the third COPINH activist to be murdered this yearBerta Cáceres and Nelson García were both killed in March. VICE News