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Heavy Gear, Brutal Terrain, Backbreaking Work. Now Firefighters Face Heat [9]

"When a wildfire started in the mountains of Fresno County late last month, much of California was on the cusp of a heat wave that would go on to smash records both for its intensity and duration. Over the next week and a half, as the Basin fire swelled to more than 14,000 acres and temperatures in the area reached 112 degrees, at least nine firefighters were treated for heat-related illness. Four were taken to local hospitals, three of them airlifted from the fire line."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: LA Times [19], 07/17/2024
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"Nations Gather To Negotiate Deep Sea Mining Code As Opposition Mounts" [20]

"The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 07/16/2024
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"Federal Fishing Monitoring Program Needs Overhaul, GAO Says" [30]

"Only days after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the federal government’s program placing human observers on commercial fishing boats, a federal watchdog said NOAA Fisheries should do a better job monitoring the industry."

Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [31], 07/16/2024
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"At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem" [32]

"As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [34], 07/16/2024
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US, Canada Agree On Modernizing 60-Year-Old Pact On Columbia River [35]

"The United States and Canada have reached an agreement in principle on modernizing a 60-year-old pact on Columbia River flood control and power generation, and work on draft amendments will begin in the coming weeks, they said on Thursday."

Environmental Justice [36]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Canada [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 07/16/2024
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Federal Oil and Gas Leases in Question as Lawmakers Eye Collusion Allegations [40]

"A dozen Democratic lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee want to know if shale drillers could see their oil and gas leases and operations on federal lands suspended amid allegations that the companies may have colluded to drive oil prices up."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog [41], 07/16/2024
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"Taliban Tries Reconciling Science And Religion In Facing Climate Change" [42]

"When Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers headed to the country’s first “international climate change conference” earlier this year in the eastern city of Jalalabad, few foreign guests turned up."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [43]
Science [44]
Public [16]
International [28]
Asia [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 07/16/2024
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"West Virginia School Will Remain Open For Now Amid Toxic Groundwater Fears" [47]

"A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Source: AP [50], 07/16/2024
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Quinault Nation Has Tried To Escape The Rising Pacific. Time Is Running Out [51]

"Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if he spends too much time in the house."

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [37]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: AP [53], 07/16/2024
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"The Problematic Chemicals Fueling America’s EV Revolution" [54]

"The same companies that spewed “forever chemicals” linked with cancer and other diseases in neighborhoods around the world are now key players in the development of EV batteries—sometimes with hefty taxpayer support. Often those companies keep their chemical formulas and emissions from the public ... ."

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: Mother Jones [55], 07/16/2024
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Meet The Californians In The First Class Of The American Climate Corps [56]

"At the start of summer, the White House swore in more than 9,000 members of the inaugural class of the American Climate Corps. The corps members are now serving across the country stifling wildfires, helping farms adapt to climate change, installing solar panels, conserving the country’s wildlands and, of course, helping climate organizations create some “hip” Instagram content."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [37]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: LA Times [58], 07/16/2024
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"What Project 2025 Would Mean For The Fight Against Climate Change" [59]

"Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat climate change and pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [60], 07/15/2024
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"Monsanto Roundup Trial Win Overturned By Oregon Court" [61]

"An Oregon appeals court on Wednesday overturned a trial victory by Monsanto owner Bayer AG in a decision that adds to an ongoing debate over the company’s efforts to create a nationwide legal and legislative shield from lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer causes cancer."

Agriculture [62]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: The New Lede [63], 07/15/2024
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"A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside" [64]

"The Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization that helped elect President Biden, is now calling on him to quit the race for the White House."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [65], 07/15/2024
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"White House Unveils $1.7B To Convert Factories For EV Production" [66]

"Almost a dozen U.S. auto factories will collectively receive $1.7 billion from the Biden administration to retool themselves to make electric vehicles."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [67]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [23]
Transportation [68]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [69], 07/15/2024
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