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"Exxon Suspended From Carbon Tax Group In Wake Of Leaked Video Scandal" [1]

"The Climate Leadership Council and its advocacy arm, Americans for Carbon Dividends, has suspended Exxon's membership in the group. The move comes in the the wake of a leaked video in which senior Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy says the oil giant has only come out in favor of a carbon tax for public relations reasons."

Source: Axios [2], 08/09/2021

Florida Sues Piney Point Over Environmental Disaster, Wants Big Changes [3]

"The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is suing the owner of the Piney Point site that sent 215 million gallons of contaminated water into Tampa Bay earlier this year."

Source: Bradenton Herald [4], 08/09/2021

"Warm Waters Further Threaten Depleted Maine Shrimp Fishery" [5]

"Maine’s long-shuttered shrimp fishing business has a chance to reopen in the coming winter, but the warming of the ocean threatens to keep the industry shut down."

Source: AP [6], 08/09/2021

"Something Is Killing Gray Whales. Is It A Sign Of Oceans In Peril?" [7]

"For thousands of years, the gray whales of the eastern Pacific have undertaken one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal — starting in the cold waters of the Arctic, then down past the densely populated coasts and beaches of California before finally finding refuge in the warm, shallow estuaries of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. ... Starting in December 2018, this magnificent migration took a fatal turn."

Source: LA Times [8], 08/09/2021

"Study Reveals Effects Of Extreme Heat On Tens Of Millions Of Americans" [9]

"The summer of 2020 brought fear of Covid-19, social distancing – and heat-related health problems that affects tens of millions of Americans. During those months, more than a quarter of the US population suffered from the effects of extreme heat, according to a study released this week."

Source: Guardian [10], 08/09/2021

"Dixie Fire Explodes To Largest Blaze In US, 3rd Largest In Calif. Ever [11]

"A wildfire in Northern California spread more than 100,000 acres overnight into Friday — becoming the largest blaze in the country and the third largest in the state's history."

Source: NBC News [12], 08/09/2021

Senate Nears Final Vote On Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill This Week [13]

"The massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package is poised for a final vote in the Senate this week after clearing the last procedural hurdle following months of furious negotiations."

Source: CNN [14], 08/09/2021

"A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us" [15]

"Nations have delayed curbing their fossil-fuel emissions for so long that they can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over the next 30 years, though there is still a short window to prevent the most harrowing future, a major new United Nations scientific report has concluded."

Source: NYTimes [16], 08/09/2021

#SEJSpotlight: Alec Luhn, Freelance Journalist [17]

"Life On The Houston Fifth Ward’s Plume" [18]

"There's a certain smell that reminds Dianna Cormier-Jackson of her childhood on Leila Street in Houston's Fifth Ward. When she was young in the early 1960s, she recalls the air there feeling "heavy," as if it was thick with oil and gasoline. Some days, the heavy smell would be so strong that her parents would make her and her siblings stay in the house. But on school days, they marched out into the rank air."

Source: Scalawag/EHN [19], 08/06/2021

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