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"Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views" [9]

"As Hurricane Helene made climate change an early focus of the vice-presidential debate, the running mates quickly demonstrated the stark differences between the parties on the issue."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 10/02/2024
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"Biden, Harris To Tour Helene Damage In North And South Carolina, Georgia" [18]

"U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will travel on Wednesday to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to assess the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern U.S. which has killed at least 140 people."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Reuters [23], 10/02/2024
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"Flooding Deaths In Nepal Reach 193 As Recovery Work Is Stepped Up" [24]

"The number of people killed in Nepal by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend reached 193 while recovery and rescue work stepped up on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Public [14]
Asia [25]
Source: AP [26], 10/02/2024
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"U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia" [27]

"Miners aim to meet a growing demand for emissions-free energy, though a failure to clean up old sites haunts the industry."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Military [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 10/02/2024
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"F.T.C. Clears Chevron’s Purchase of Hess With Board Condition" [35]

"The Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that it would let the oil giant Chevron acquire Hess but that the chief executive of Hess would not be allowed to join Chevron’s board because of how he communicated with leaders of OPEC."

Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [38], 10/02/2024
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"Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas" [39]

"These U.S. counties regularly get hit by hurricanes, face major wildfires and floods and swelter under punishing heat."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/02/2024
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Strapped Wyoming Towns Race for US Funds To Fix Aging Water, Sewer Systems [41]

"Waking up to long-overdue system upgrades, dozens of towns that were awarded federal ARPA dollars may see them ‘clawed back’ for lack of resources to complete paperwork."

Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [42]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: WyoFile [43], 10/02/2024
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In Fight Over US Steel, Climate and Public Health Take Backseat to Politics [44]

"When President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together at a rally for union members in Pittsburgh earlier this month, Harris opened her speech with a nod to the industrial legacy of a city in a key swing state for the presidential election."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [21]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 10/02/2024
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"Former Top Interior Official Violated Ethics Rules, Watchdog Says" [47]

"Tommy Beaudreau, who served as the Interior Department’s No. 2 official before stepping down last year, violated federal ethics rules by failing to monitor his investments in oil companies and recuse himself from a related matter, the agency’s internal watchdog said in a report released Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [48]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [49], 10/02/2024
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Chemical Cloud In Atlanta Suburbs Prompts A New Shelter-In-Place Alert [50]

"Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood."

Chemicals [51]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [42]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [52], 10/02/2024
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Biden Says He Could Ask Congress to Pass Aid for ‘Catastrophic’ Helene Damage [53]

"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."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [48]
Laws & Regulations [37]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: NYTimes [54], 10/01/2024
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"Trump, Harris Venture Into The Politics Of Hurricane Helene" [55]

"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.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [22]
Science [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Washington Post [57], 10/01/2024
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Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule In N.C. As Helene’s Death Toll Tops 130 [58]

"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."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [59], 10/01/2024
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Hurricane Helene’s ‘Historic Flooding’ Made Worse By Global Heating: FEMA [60]

"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."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Science [56]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [61], 10/01/2024
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"US Closes $1.52 Billion Loan To Resurrect Michigan Nuclear Plant" [62]

"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."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [63]
Source: Reuters [64], 10/01/2024
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