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Alaska District Aligns School Year With Traditional Subsistence Harvests [9]

"Seventy miles inland from the Bering Sea, on roadless lands beside the Kuskokwim River, three Yup'ik villages are perfect examples of the educational challenges faced in Alaska."

Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: NPR [16], 09/05/2023
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Hurricane Idalia Could Become 2023’s Costliest Climate Disaster For US [17]

"Hurricane Idalia could become the costliest climate disaster to hit the US this year, analysts say, with massive implications for the insurance and risk management industries."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 09/01/2023
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"Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reached $7 Trillion in 2022, an All-Time High" [25]

"Global subsidies for fossil fuels reached $7 trillion in 2022, an all-time high, according to the International Monetary Fund."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: YaleE360 [29], 09/01/2023
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Trump Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Will Be Put On Hold For Safety [30]

"OMAHA, Neb. — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be formally put on hold to allow more time to study the safety concerns related to transporting that fuel and other substances like hydrogen that must be kept at extremely low temperatures when they are shipped, regulators announced Thursday.
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [32], 09/01/2023
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Mindblowing: California Allows More Gas Storage At Aliso Canyon Leak Site [33]

"State officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Gas Co. store far more fuel at the Aliso Canyon gas storage field, eight years after a record-breaking leak spewed more than 100,000 metric tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere and prompted thousands of San Fernando Valley residents to evacuate their homes for months."

Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
California [34]
Source: LA Times [35], 09/01/2023
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After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Ecuador's Indigenous Waorani Fight More [36]

"Their efforts follow a historic vote to end drilling in parts of Yasuni National Park, but uncontacted families and other Indigenous groups remain at risk from oil exploration."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
South America [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 09/01/2023
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African Climate Summit Seeks To Shift Focus To Finance From Floods, Famine [39]

"How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be central to the debate at the continent's first climate summit next week, while activists resist plans to expand carbon markets for funding."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [40]
Forests [41]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
Africa [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 09/01/2023
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Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants [44]

"The Biden administration will put up to $12 billion into converting auto manufacturing facilities into plants for hybrid and electric vehicles, it announced Thursday."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Transportation [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [45], 09/01/2023
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"There’s One Nasty Wildfire Pollutant We’ve Been Ignoring" [46]

"A newly identified particle in smoke, dark brown carbon, can warm the atmosphere by absorbing sunlight."

Air [47]
Climate Change [18]
Forests [41]
Pollution [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [28]
Source: Popular Science [49], 09/01/2023
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Burning Tires: PA Residents ‘Shocked’ By Firm’s Bitcoin-Mining Plan [50]

"A crypto-mining company in Pennsylvania is seeking to burn tires to produce bitcoin, prompting an outcry from residents and environmental groups."

Air [47]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [48]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 09/01/2023
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"In Florida, Python Hunters Stalk Their Targets In The Dark Of Night" [53]

"Donna Kalil was creeping toward the end of the levee, heading out of the swampy wilderness and back to civilization, when she spotted it. There along the canal, nearly invisible amid the brush, was the elusive tan and brown pattern she’d been after all night. “Right there is one — python!” cried Kalil, 61, her voice rising above the honking frogs and chirping crickets of the Glades."

Biodiversity [54]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Washington Post [55], 09/01/2023
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"Hurricane Idalia: How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes" [56]

"Hurricane Idalia's arrival on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday signaled activity in the Atlantic's hurricane alley might not be as quiet this year as meteorologists had once predicted."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Science [57]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Reuters [58], 08/31/2023
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"Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters" [59]

"Misattributed videos, recycled lies and warped fears are fueling unfounded claims about the recent record-breaking heat, floods and wildfires."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [40]
Journalism & Media [60]
Science [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [61], 08/31/2023
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Reporter Sues Marion Police Chief, Alleging Retaliation In Newsroom Raid [62]

''Police Chief Gideon Cody arrived at the Marion County Record and handed a copy of a search warrant to Deb Gruver, the veteran reporter who had questioned him about alleged misconduct at his previous job."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [40]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [63]
Source: States Newsroom [64], 08/31/2023
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"Invasive Species Have Created A Cycle Of Wildfire In Hawaiʻi" [65]

"Planting native flora could help prevent the island's next wildfire."

Agriculture [66]
Biodiversity [54]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: Grist [67], 08/31/2023
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