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"Hurricane Ernesto Knocks Out Power In Bermuda But Major Damage Avoided" [9]

"Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have escaped major injuries or property damage, officials said after an initial assessment."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 08/19/2024
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"Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action" [16]

"Although President Joe Biden already has cemented an unmatched legacy of climate change action, Vice President Kamala Harris raised the bar the moment that she entered the presidential race on July 21."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 08/19/2024
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"EPA Solidifies Plans For $27B In Climate Funds Targeted By Republicans" [21]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is solidifying its use of $27 billion in climate funds that have been in GOP crosshairs. The agency announced that Friday, the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which designated the money, it was officially obligating the funds to recipients."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [23], 08/19/2024
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"Who Might Lead EPA for Trump 2.0?" [24]

"Former President Donald Trump may turn to one of his former appointees to shoulder a tough gig in his possible second term: running EPA."

Environmental Politics [17]
Government [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [26], 08/19/2024
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Self-Monitoring Penn.Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’ [27]

"Environmentalists say a new report from CNX Resources’ monitoring program, created as part of a collaboration led by Gov. Josh Shapiro, is full of misinformation."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [17]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 08/19/2024
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Mass. Gov. Healey Signs Ban on PFAS in Firefighters' Gear" [33]

"It was a different kind of phone call that Fall River fire Lt. Jason Burns made on the morning of Aug. 1, after the passage of a bill by Massachusetts lawmakers to ban the use of chemicals linked to cancer in firefighting protective gear."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette [36], 08/19/2024
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"How Your Cat or Dog Could Warn of a Bird Flu Outbreak" [37]

"Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk."

Environmental Health [29]
People & Population [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [39], 08/19/2024
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"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide" [40]

"The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [41]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 08/19/2024
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"Keeping The Homeless Hydrated In America's Hottest Big City" [44]

"A Context photographer rode along with medics bringing vital heat relief to people living on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 08/19/2024
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Feeding Seaweed Supplement To Cattle Halved Methane Emissions In Aussie Study [46]

"Cattle at a Queensland feedlot were fed red seaweed for 200 days in one of the longest trials of the additive – but experts say it’s not farm-ready"

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [10]
Food [48]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
International [42]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 08/19/2024
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"Shell Oil Non-Profit Donated To Anti-Climate Groups Behind Project 2025" [51]

"A US foundation associated with the oil company Shell has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to religious right and conservative organizations, many of which deny that climate change is a crisis, tax records reveal."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [54]
Science [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [56], 08/16/2024
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California Cuts Safety Enforcement As Farmworkers Toil In Extreme Heat [57]

"California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers and others who toil in scorching temperatures — an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main has found."

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [58]
Source: LA Times [59], 08/16/2024
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"Record-Setting Heat Waves Are Baking The Arctic Region" [60]

"Parts of the Arctic are enduring exceptionally high temperatures — up 30 to 40 degrees above normal — because of multiple intense heat domes."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Natural Resources [61]
Wildlife [62]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [63]
Antarctica & Arctic [64]
Source: Washington Post [65], 08/16/2024
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"Plastic Pellets Known As “Nurdles” Are Accumulating Along Texas Coasts" [66]

"On a humid summer afternoon in July, about 40 minutes from Houston, children are running up and down the Texas coastline of Sylvan Beach. Families make camps for the day with coolers filled with drinks and snacks. It doesn’t take more than a few steps near the shore to realize plastics have overtaken the beach."

Chemicals [34]
Natural Resources [61]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [68]
Source: EHN [69], 08/16/2024
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When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? Don't Ask the Plastics Industry [70]

"Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [71]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [30]
Waste [72]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [42]
Source: ProPublica [73], 08/16/2024
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