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Poor Safety Rules Leave Farmworkers Suffering In Increasing Heat Waves [9]

"A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Investigate Midwest [17], 08/25/2023
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"Stop Kissing And Snuggling Turtles, CDC Warns Amid Salmonella Outbreak" [18]

"It’s a seemingly harmless act: smooching a tiny turtle as it sits in the palm of your hand. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning animal lovers not to do it."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Wildlife [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [21], 08/25/2023
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Deadly Heat Wave In Central US Strains Infrastructure, Transport, Grid [22]

"Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week where it is forecast to stay for days, with triple-digit temperatures buckling roads, straining water systems and threatening the power grid of the nation’s energy capitol."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [26], 08/24/2023
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"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate" [27]

"Climate change received little attention at the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday evening, with Vivek Ramaswamy dismissing it as a “hoax” in what was the most forceful comment on the matter throughout the night."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Science [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/24/2023
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"Coastal Areas Will Face Record ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding In 2024 — NOAA" [32]

"Eight locations along the nation’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts experienced a record surge in high-tide flooding days last year, a trend intensified by rising sea levels and weather patterns that El Niño is expected to escalate in 2024, NOAA said Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [25]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [34], 08/24/2023
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"Appalachia’s Fracking Counties Are Shedding Jobs And Residents: Study" [35]

"The largest natural gas-producing counties in Appalachia have had worse economic outcomes than the rest of the region and the nation since the start of the region’s fracking boom, according to a new report."

Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Pollution [37]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: EHN [39], 08/24/2023
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"Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries" [40]

"Texas regulators on Tuesday approved a 12,000-acre coal mine expansion despite objections from local governments and a river authority concerned about their water supplies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 08/24/2023
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"Amazon Forest Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed Under Bolsonaro, Study Shows" [43]

"Brazilian space research center INPE said on Wednesday that carbon emissions in the Amazon forest soared in 2019 and 2020 compared to the previous decade due to poor enforcement of environmental protection policies."

Climate Change [11]
Forests [44]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [15]
South America [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 08/24/2023
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"Lahaina’s Deadly Fire Has Intensified Maui’s Fight Over Water Rights" [48]

"Native Hawaiians say the tragedy is being used as a pretext to roll back their gains in securing water supplies".

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 08/24/2023
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Climate Change May Force More Farmers And Ranchers To Costly Irrigation [51]

"The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: AP [53], 08/24/2023
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"This Songbird’s Genes May Show How Climate Change Has Sped Up Evolution" [54]

"Even bird enthusiasts will admit the southwestern willow flycatcher isn’t very flashy. But in studying the DNA of this brownish-olive songbird, scientists say they have found something remarkable: evidence that the endangered bird is adapting at the genetic level to climate change."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [45]
Wildlife [20]
Public [15]
International [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 08/24/2023
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"Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives" [57]

"The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals."

Biodiversity [19]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
International [55]
Source: NYTimes [58], 08/24/2023
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Biden Revives Rules to Prevent Another Deepwater Horizon Disaster [59]

"The Department of Interior announced on Tuesday that it had reinstated Obama-era safety rules for offshore drilling that were created in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe that killed 11 people and fouled the Gulf of Mexico."

Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [60], 08/23/2023
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"Japan To Release Fukushima Water Into Ocean From Aug. 24" [61]

"Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, going ahead with a plan heavily criticised by China."

Fish & Fisheries [62]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [63]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
Asia [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 08/23/2023
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"Greece Discovers 18 Charred Bodies As Southern Europe Wildfires Spread" [66]

"Eighteen charred bodies were found in a remote village in northeastern Greece on Tuesday where wildfires have been raging for days, the fire brigade said, as a heatwave that has seen red alerts issued across southern Europe turned deadly."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [44]
Public [15]
Europe [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 08/23/2023
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