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Heat Contributed to 47,000 Deaths in Europe Last Year. Relief Programs Helped [9]

"More than 47,000 Europeans died from heat-related causes during 2023, the world’s hottest year on record, a new report in Nature Medicine has found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
Europe [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 08/13/2024
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"How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?" [16]

"Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 08/13/2024
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"Wildfire Fanned By Gales Menaces Athens Suburbs As Residents Flee" [21]

"Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [22]
Public [13]
Europe [14]
Source: Reuters [23], 08/13/2024
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"In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage" [24]

"The contest between Republican Dave McCormick and Democrat Bob Casey reveals the complicated politics of fracking in a battleground state."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/13/2024
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Drought-Related Pollution Disproportionately Affects California Latinos [30]

"Drought-driven drinking water contamination is disproportionately affecting members of California’s Latino communities, a new study has found."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
California [34]
Source: The Hill [35], 08/13/2024
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"Second Major Solar Storm Of Year Hits Earth As Sunspot Cycle Intensifies" [36]

"Federal forecasters are warning of a severe solar storm through Tuesday that potentially threatens satellites, orbital communications and some infrastructure."

Technology [37]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: The Hill [38], 08/13/2024
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Project 2025 Video Says Feds Should ‘Eradicate’ Climate Change References [39]

"A training video associated with Project 2025 — a controversial playbook for a future conservative presidency by the right-wing Heritage Foundation — calls for eliminating references to climate change across the federal government."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Government [40]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [43], 08/13/2024
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"How Climate Change Could Make Pesticides Even Deadlier" [44]

"As this year’s temperatures continue to break records, farmworkers who toil in the heat remain one of the groups most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses. But another element of their jobs is making extreme heat even more dangerous: pesticide drift."

Agriculture [45]
Air [46]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [31]
Pollution [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Mother Jones [48], 08/13/2024
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Wash. State Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Native Cultural Sites [49]

"A company developing an industrial-scale solar panel array on Badger Mountain in Eastern Washington has paused permitting activities on the project amid concerns about impacts to Indigenous cultural sites." "The decision comes after an investigation by High Country News and ProPublica found that a land survey funded by the developer omitted more than a dozen sites of archaeological or cultural significance."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [31]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: High Country News [51], 08/13/2024
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"Blue Crab Invasion Upends Italy’s Culinary Traditions And Ecology" [52]

"The blue crabs crossed the Atlantic as stowaways, and with no natural predators they’re overtaking Italy’s marine ecosystem."

Biodiversity [53]
Consumer [54]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Europe [14]
Source: Washington Post [56], 08/13/2024
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"Potential Tropical Cyclone 5 Develops On Heels Of Debby" [57]

"The disturbance is predicted to be a strengthening Tropical Storm Ernesto across the northern Leeward Islands on Tuesday and near Puerto Rico on Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [60], 08/12/2024
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USFS Orders Arrowhead Bottled Water Company To Shut Down Calif. Pipeline [61]

"In a decision that could end a years-long battle over commercial extraction of water from public lands, the U.S. Forest Service has ordered the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water to shut down a pipeline and other infrastructure it uses to collect and transport water from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains."

Economy & Business [62]
Laws & Regulations [42]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [34]
Source: LA Times [63], 08/12/2024
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‘It’s Torture’: Brutal Heat Broils Texas Prisons, Killing Dozens Of Inmates [64]

"Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [31]
People & Population [65]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 08/12/2024
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Climate Activists Rally Around Harris, See Chance To Build On Biden Record [68]

"Endorsements for Vice President Harris are rolling in from environmental groups who see her as a strong potential ally on issues like climate change."

Activism [69]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NPR [70], 08/12/2024
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"Most Tree Planting Campaigns Fail. What Has To Change?" [71]

"Dozens of tree planting campaigns are launched in different countries annually to help suck CO2 out of the air. But often, there is no real climate benefit. What is going wrong and how can it be done better?"

Activism [69]
Biodiversity [53]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [22]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: DW [72], 08/12/2024
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