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Biden Says He Could Ask Congress to Pass Aid for ‘Catastrophic’ Helene Damage [9]

"The president, who plans to travel to North Carolina this week, said he might need to call Congress in for a special session after it did not include additional disaster relief in its spending bill."

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Source: NYTimes [20], 10/01/2024
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"Trump, Harris Venture Into The Politics Of Hurricane Helene" [21]

"The Harris campaign accused Trump of a lack of empathy, and the Trump campaign said Harris should visit the areas affected."

"VALDOSTA, Ga. — The two candidates for president ventured carefully into the politics of Hurricane Helene on Monday, with Vice President Kamala Harris canceling West Coast campaign stops to attend a storm briefing in Washington and former president Donald Trump delivering remarks from a Georgia city battered by the storm.
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Source: Washington Post [23], 10/01/2024
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Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule In N.C. As Helene’s Death Toll Tops 130 [24]

"Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130."

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Source: AP [25], 10/01/2024
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Hurricane Helene’s ‘Historic Flooding’ Made Worse By Global Heating: FEMA [26]

"The head of the US disaster relief agency has called Hurricane Helene, which has killed nearly 100 people, a “true multi-state event” that caused “significant infrastructure damage” and had been made worse because of global heating."

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Source: Guardian [27], 10/01/2024
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"US Closes $1.52 Billion Loan To Resurrect Michigan Nuclear Plant" [28]

"The U.S. on Monday said it closed a $1.52 billion loan to resurrect Holtec's Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, and a senior Biden administration official said it could take two years to reopen the plant, which is longer than the company predicted."

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Source: Reuters [32], 10/01/2024
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"Around the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action" [33]

"Climate negotiators from Europe, Latin America and some island nations are bracing for the potential return to the world stage of Donald J. Trump, who withdrew the United States from the fight against global warming during his first term."

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Source: NYTimes [35], 10/01/2024
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Mosquitos Spread Virus In L.A. Climate Change May Make Things Worse [36]

"Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California. Dengue, the world’s most common mosquito-borne illness, is not transmitted directly from insect to insect."

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Source: LA Times [41], 10/01/2024
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EPA To Undo Approval Of Chevron Plastic-Based Fuels Likely To Cause Cancer [42]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer."

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Source: ProPublica [44], 10/01/2024
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"Feud Erupts Between Fla. Officials Over Proposed Trash Incineration Plant" [45]

"Residents of two south Florida counties are feuding over the proposed construction of a huge trash incineration plant that environmentalists say will subject thousands of people to toxic fumes and a risk of polluted drinking water."

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Source: Guardian [49], 10/01/2024
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Firefly May Blink Out As US Seeks To List It As Endangered For First Time [50]

"Bethany Beach firefly, found in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, faces dangers to habitat because of climate change"

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Source: Guardian [53], 10/01/2024
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Death Toll Rises From Helene While Supplies Are Rushed To N.C., Fla. [54]

"Authorities struggled to get water and other supplies to isolated, flood-stricken areas across the U.S. Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene as the death toll from the storm rose. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed due to the storm, and several other fatalities reported in North Carolina Sunday pushed the overall death toll to at least 91 people across several states."

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Source: AP [56], 09/30/2024
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"Helene Dumps Rain on Millions of US Homes That Lack Flood Insurance" [57]

"On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. ... The disaster underscores Americans’ dangerously low levels of flood insurance coverage, especially away from coastal areas."

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Source: Bloomberg Green [59], 09/30/2024
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"Leonard Leo-Linked Group Attacking Efforts To Educate Judges On Climate" [60]

"A rightwing organization is attacking efforts to educate judges about the climate crisis. The group appears to be connected to Leonard Leo, the architect of the rightwing takeover of the American judiciary who helped select Trump’s supreme court nominees, the Guardian has learned."

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Source: Guardian [61], 09/30/2024
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Residents Near Atlanta Evacuate Due To A Chemical Plant Fire [62]

"Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could be seen from miles away."

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Source: AP [63], 09/30/2024
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"End Of An Era As Britain’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts Down" [64]

"Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK for 57 years."

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Europe [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 09/30/2024
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