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After Decades, Tribe's Vision For A New Marine Sanctuary Coming True [9]

"The central California coast, with its rugged beaches and kelp forests, draws a lot of visitors for its scenic beauty. For the Chumash people, the coastline means a lot more.

"Almost all the places people like to go to are our sacred sites," says Violet Sage Walker, chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council. "We've been going there and praying and doing ceremony there for 20,000 years."
Environmental Justice [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Source: NPR [20], 08/10/2023
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Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change And El Nino For Other Heating Factors [21]

"Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Public [17]
International [26]
Source: AP [27], 08/10/2023
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"White House Unveils New Tracking Tool For Heat-Related Illnesses" [28]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new information system to map emergency medical services (EMS) responses to heat-related illness across the country."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [10]
Journalism & Media [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/10/2023
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Millions Struggle To Pay AC Bills In Heat Waves. Federal Aid Reaches Few. [32]

"Bobbie Boyd is in a losing battle against near triple-digit temperatures in northwest Arkansas. Her window air conditioner runs nonstop and the ballooning electric bill carves about $240 out of her $882-a-month fixed income. So the 57-year-old cuts other necessities."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [33], 08/10/2023
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"What New Data Reveal About How Hurricanes Kill" [34]

"On Tuesday, new research released by the National Hurricane Center underscored the threat posed by water in hurricanes — finding that over the past decade, rainfall flooding has accounted for nearly 60% of all U.S. deaths from tropical cyclones."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [35], 08/10/2023
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"Utility Group Calls For Changes To Proposed EPA climate Rules" [36]

"The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, said in formal comments Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants are too strict, and said power plant owners need more flexibility, including more time to install pollution controls."

Air [37]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NPR [40], 08/10/2023
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Activists Sue BLM For Transparency At Wild Horse Roundups [41]

"The Cloud Foundation (TCF), a nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild horses and burros on public lands, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against the U.S. Department of Interior seeking to address the lack of transparency in roundups that are conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)."

Biodiversity [42]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Source: KPTV [45], 08/10/2023
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"Amazon Deal Lacks Concrete Measures, Say Climate Activists" [46]

"The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. ... A joint declaration on Tuesday created an alliance to combat deforestation, but left each country to pursue its own conservation goals."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [39]
Forests [48]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [17]
South America [49]
Source: BBC News [50], 08/09/2023
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"Biden Protects Land by Grand Canyon but Will Still Allow Mining" [51]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday [announced] plans to block expanded uranium mining around the Grand Canyon by declaring the area a new national monument."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [53], 08/09/2023
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European Scientists Announce July Was The Hottest Month On Record By Far [54]

"Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin."

Climate Change [22]
Science [25]
Public [17]
International [26]
Source: AP [55], 08/09/2023
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"Fears Over Antarctic Sea Ice As Yearly Ozone Layer Hole Forms ‘Very Early’" [56]

"The hole in the ozone layer has begun to form early this year, prompting warnings that a larger-than-average hole may further warm the Southern Ocean while the level of Antarctic sea ice is at a record low."

Climate Change [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [26]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Source: Guardian [58], 08/09/2023
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"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’" [59]

"Maryland’s largest water utility filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen companies Friday, alleging that they knowingly polluted the water supply with “forever chemicals” and saying that they should bear the burden of upgrading systems to remove these toxic substances."

Chemicals [60]
Consumer [61]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [62]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: Washington Post [64], 08/09/2023
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As Feds Cut Red Tape, More Local Governments Are Curbing Wind And Solar [65]

"The number of counties with ordinances on wind turbines quadrupled from 2018 to 2022, a new federal study found."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: HuffPost [66], 08/09/2023
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US Judge To Hear Case On Nevada Mustang Roundup Where 31 Wild Horses Died [67]

"A legal battle over the U.S. government’s ongoing capture of thousands of wild horses in Nevada where 31 mustangs have died in a weekslong roundup goes before a judge Wednesday as opponents try to prove it’s illegal and should be stopped."

Activism [68]
Biodiversity [42]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [43]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Source: AP [69], 08/09/2023
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‘Metal Box Heated From The Inside’: Food Truck Workers Battle Heat [70]

"As tortillas warm on the grill at Los Pookies – an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based food truck best known for its birria tacos – a swamp cooler blasts cool air and extractor fans try their best to suck the heat out of the metal trailer."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [10]
Food [71]
Transportation [72]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [73], 08/09/2023
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