'Like A Sunburn On Your Lungs': How Does Climate Crisis Impact Health? [1]
"The climate crisis is making people sicker – worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease."
"The climate crisis is making people sicker – worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease."
"A new tool is tracking automated and otherwise questionable social media accounts as they sow disinformation, discord and division. Climate change is a target."
"President Donald Trump on Sunday evening tweeted that the US has "reason to believe that we know" who is responsible for an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field and the country is "locked and loaded depending on verification" following the crippling strike."
"Extreme weather events displaced a record seven million people from their homes during the first six months of this year, a figure that put 2019 on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades even before Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas."
"LA CORONILLA, Uruguay — The day the yellow clams turned black is seared in Ramón Agüero’s memory."
A Colorado homecoming for SEJ, plus a transition ahead, per the latest report from SEJ President Bobby Magill. His quarterly update also looks at preparations for a major strategic planning initiative, challenges and changes for the upcoming board elections. More on what’s in store for SEJ as it turns 30.
To help better cover Hurricane Dorian, SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest hurricane headlines [28], see our Hurricane Toolbox [29], a Backgrounder [30] on hurricanes and another on infrastructure [31], and a range of hurricane TipSheets on getting ready [32], reporting the numbers [33], storm surge [34], flooding [35] and flood insurance [36], dam failures [37] and toxic floodwaters [38] (plus more [39]). Also, an Inside Story [40] on how an SEJ Award-winner looked ahead at prospects of a perfect storm, and a hurricane-inspired student project [41].
"Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was joined by swelling and excited crowds of American teenagers at a protest outside the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, in a further blossoming of the youth environment movement given extra thrust by the Swede’s transatlantic boat crossing."
"The growing intensity of wildfires and their spread to new corners of the globe raises fears that climate change is exacerbating the dangers." "In South America, the Amazon basin is ablaze. Halfway around the world in central Africa, vast stretches of savanna are going up in flame. Arctic regions in Siberia are burning at a historic pace."
"The Swedish 16-year-old sailed across the Atlantic on an emissions-free yacht to speak at the U.N. Climate Action Summit next month."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sunburn-your-lungs-how-does-climate-crisis-impact-health
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[6] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/climate-crisis-health-risks-extreme-weather
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trollbots-swarm-twitter-attack-climate-science-ahead-un-summit
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[11] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092019/trollbot-twitter-climate-change-attacks-disinformation-campaign-mann-mckenna-greta-targeted
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-us-locked-and-loaded-after-attack-saudi-oil-field
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[15] https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/politics/trump-us-saudi-arabia-attack-iran-iraq/index.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/extreme-weather-displaced-record-7-million-first-half-2019
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[19] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/extreme-weather-displacement.html
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dangerous-new-hot-zones-are-spreading-around-world
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[22] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-world/
[23] https://www.sej.org/sej-presidents-report/30th-anniversary-prompts-big-picture-look-sej-s-future
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-president%E2%80%99s-report
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[27] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-online/hurricane-dorian-toolkit-latest-headlines-tipsheets-backgrounders-more
[28] https://www.sej.org/search/node/hurricanes%20type%3Aheadline
[29] https://www.sej.org/library/disasters/toolbox-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms
[30] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/hurricane-season-brings-surprises-and-surprising-depth
[31] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/too-late-wait-covering-infrastructure-vulnerability-resilience
[32] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/get-ready-hurricanes
[33] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/hurricane-reporting-numbers
[34] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/hurricanes-strike-surge-coverage-can-save-lives
[35] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/are-you-ready-flood-season
[36] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/harvey-uncovers-flood-insurance-dilemma
[37] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/dam-safety-issues-forefront-following-hurricane-flooding
[38] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/there-post-flood-toxic-stew-near-you
[39] https://www.sej.org/search/node/Hurricane%20type%3Apublication_item
[40] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/award-winner-looks-ahead-prospects-perfect-storm
[41] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-academy/how-hurricane-whipped-student-energypoverty-project
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/sejournal
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean
[45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/100s-young-people-join-greta-thunberg-climate-protest-outside-un
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[47] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/30/greta-thunberg-un-climate-protest-new-york
[48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/amazon-siberia-indonesia-world-fire
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[50] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/climate/fire-amazon-africa-siberia-worldwide.html
[51] https://www.sej.org/headlines/greta-thunberg-climate-activist-arrives-ny-message-trump
[52] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/nyregion/greta-thunberg-new-york.html
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=235
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=232
[55] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=233
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=234
[57] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=237
[58] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=238
[59] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=239
[60] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=240
[61] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international?page=621