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"Helene Makes Landfall: 3 Dead, 2 Million Plus Without Power" [9]

"Hurricane Helene has made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Perry, Florida, bringing devastating storm surge, severe winds and heavy rain. At least three people have died as a result."

Tim Harris and Jan Wesner Childs report for the Weather Channel September 27, 2024. [10]

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Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
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National (U.S.) [16]
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Source: Weather Channel [10], 09/27/2024
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Harris Backs Minerals Stockpile, Permitting Reform, Climate Tax Credits [18]

"Laying out her economic agenda this week, Vice President Harris backed increasing domestic minerals production and creating a minerals stockpile."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [23], 09/27/2024
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US Company Uses Government Funds To Suppress Global Pesticide Opposition [24]

"In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and other health problems. Publicly, the industry’s lead trade association dubbed the recommendations “unfounded and sensational assertions”. In private, industry advocates have gone further."

Agriculture [25]
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Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [30]
Source: The New Lede [31], 09/27/2024
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"How The Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across The US" [32]

"Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion, a new Guardian investigation reveals."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/27/2024
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"Parts of Appalachia Are Under Landslide Warnings In Hurricane Helene’s Wake" [35]

"The National Hurricane Center has warned of the risk of significant landslides through Friday in parts of Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: NYTimes [36], 09/27/2024
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"Brazil Mega Dams Promised A Green Future. Then Came Climate Change" [37]

"President Lula bet big on mega dams in the 2000s to expand clean energy. Now climate change is hurting Brazil's green ambitions"

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [38]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
South America [39]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [40], 09/27/2024
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White Supremacist Gets 18 Years For Plot To ‘Lay Waste’ To Baltimore Grid [41]

"A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a white supremacist to 18 years in prison for conspiring to attack Baltimore’s power grid in hopes of provoking a race war."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Military [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: The Hill [44], 09/27/2024
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"Dramatic Images Show Drought’s Toll On Amazon And Its Rivers" [45]

"Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows. Images of one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries, the Negro River, show just how dramatically water is dwindling."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
South America [39]
Source: AP [47], 09/27/2024
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"Lawmakers Scramble To Reach Last-Minute Deal To Save Farm Bill" [48]

"House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-Pa.) is meeting with congressional leaders on agricultural policy Thursday to try to secure a last-minute deal on passing the farm bill."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [50]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [51], 09/27/2024
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In Ohio, Drought And Climate Change Affect Native Pawpaw Fruit [52]

"Stubborn drought in Ohio and the shifting weather patterns influenced by climate change appear to be affecting North America’s largest native fruit: the pawpaw."

Biodiversity [53]
Climate Change [11]
Food [50]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: AP [55], 09/27/2024
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Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Helene On Collision Course With Florida [56]

"The National Hurricane Center predicts Helene will make landfall in northern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with a “deadly” storm surge up to 20 feet."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Mexico [57]
Source: Washington Post [58], 09/26/2024
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"Biden Boasts of Climate Wins and Warns of Reversals Under Trump" [59]

"President Biden on Tuesday celebrated his record overseeing historic action to fight climate change and warned that the Republican trying to succeed him, Donald J. Trump, would unwind those accomplishments and condemn “future generations to a more dangerous world.”

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [60], 09/26/2024
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"Another Train Car Leaked Chemicals In Ohio. Here’s What To Know About It." [61]

"Officials were working Wednesday to assess the scene the day after a chemical leak from a railcar prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents in southwestern Ohio."

Chemicals [26]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [62]
Pollution [63]
Transportation [64]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: Washington Post [65], 09/26/2024
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"Fluoride Ruling Pushes EPA For Regulatory Action" [66]

"In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a federal district court said teeth-strengthening chemicals added to drinking water pose an “unreasonable risk,” a designation prompting EPA regulations under the nation’s premier toxics law."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [62]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [67], 09/26/2024
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Azerbaijan Offers To Fund Climate-Vulnerable Islands' Delegates At COP29 [68]

"The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators from climate-vulnerable small islands to attend the event, a senior COP29 official told Reuters."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [15]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [69], 09/26/2024
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