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After 100+ Years, Gray Wolves Reappear In Giant Sequoia National Monument [9]

"GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. — On the morning of July 6, Michelle Harris saw a huge canid with yellow eyes dash across a fire road lined with charred snags and giant sequoias blackened by recent wildfires."

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: LA Times [16], 08/31/2023
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"Protesters Block Road Into Burning Man Festival; Rangers Ram Blockade" [17]

"Climate activists caused a miles-long traffic jam when they blocked the only road leading into the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

Videos posted online show activists using a trailer to block the road that leads into Black Rock City. One video posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, shows a white pickup truck appearing to be from the Pyramid Lake Ranger Station crashing through the barricade set up by protesters.
Activism [18]
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: The Hill [25], 08/31/2023
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Cat 4 Idalia Projected To Hit Florida With ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Surge [26]

"Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: AP [32], 08/30/2023
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"EPA Revises Waters Rule to Align With High Court Wetlands Ruling" [33]

"A new rule governing federally protected waters and wetlands was issued Tuesday by the EPA to align agency regulations with a US Supreme Court ruling that will allow unpermitted development in wetlands across the country."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 08/30/2023
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"America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow" [39]

"Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a New York Times data investigation revealed."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [20]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [40]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [41], 08/30/2023
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How Industry Is Fighting Stricter Controls For Manganese In Drinking Water [42]

"High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a battle with the EPA."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Grist [45], 08/30/2023
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"Offshore Wind Auction for the Gulf of Mexico Gets a Tepid Response" [46]

"The first auction of leases for wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Biden administration had heralded as part of its effort to expand clean energy, ended on Tuesday with just one of three available tracts sold."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Infrastructure [48]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [49], 08/30/2023
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"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools" [50]

"PragerU doesn’t need official approval to spread climate denial in public schools, a Texas State Teachers Association representative tells HEATED."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Science [51]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: HEATED [53], 08/30/2023
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"3M's $10.3 Billion PFAS Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval" [54]

"3M on Tuesday secured preliminary approval for a $10.3 billion deal resolving claims by U.S. public water providers that the company polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals, less than a day after a group of 22 U.S. states and territories dropped their objections to the deal."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Reuters [55], 08/30/2023
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Study: Damage Would Cost Corporations 44% If They Paid For Their Emissions [56]

"The world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it, according to a study by economists of nearly 15,000 public companies."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [20]
Public [14]
International [57]
Source: AP [58], 08/30/2023
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"A Deadly Tick-Borne Epidemic Is Raging" [59]

"The boy came home from school weakened by fever, his ears burning-hot. ... Then, the telltale red spots appeared on his hands. But none of the doctors in this rural community along Mexico’s Pacific coast recognized the warning sign for one of the most lethal infectious diseases in the Americas — Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A week later, the boy was dead."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mexico [60]
Source: Washington Post [61], 08/30/2023
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"For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives" [62]

"America’s birds are in trouble. Since 1970, nearly 3 billion birds have vanished from the skies over North America. Most of those losses have been in migratory species, which may breed in the United States or Canada in the summer before heading elsewhere for the winter."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [57]
Source: NYTimes [63], 08/30/2023
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"Storm Idalia To Intensify Into Major Hurricane Ahead Of Florida Landfall" [64]

"Tropical Storm Idalia was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane on Monday as it crawled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast as officials issued evacuation orders and urged residents to make preparations ahead of an expected Wednesday morning landfall."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Reuters [65], 08/29/2023
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"How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Hurting The Energy Transition" [66]

"After agreeing in 2009 to phase out dirty energy subsidies, G20 nations pumped $1.4 trillion into supporting fossil fuel use in 2022 - money that should be redeployed to support a shift into renewables, analysts say".

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Government [67]
Public [14]
International [57]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [68], 08/29/2023
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Geothermal: The Race To Tap a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet [69]

"The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [70], 08/29/2023
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