"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."
"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."
It’s peak beach season around much of the United States, with its timeless traditions of sunbathing, beach reads, swimming and beachcombing. But nature has its own ideas about shorelines, stripping some beaches and growing others. Humans, too, have their own beach engineering enterprises, with their own environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet helps you cover your local beach scene, with questions to ask, story ideas and reporting resources.
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing offers fellowships, up to $1,200 each, to cover the costs of attending the annual New Horizons in Science Briefing for Journalists/Science Writers meeting, taking place this year Nov 8-11 in Raleigh, N.C. Apply by Sep 10.
"ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. — In April, the latest glimmer of hope appeared here in the only spot on Earth where endangered red wolves remain in the wild. Five pups were born to a pair of wolves — a female known as 2413, and a male known as 2444 — marking the third year in a row that at least one new litter began life in this corner of coastal North Carolina."
"The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent."
"Wind turbines generated more electricity than coal-burning power plants across the United States in March and April, outstripping the dirtiest fuel for two consecutive months for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration."
"Mississippi’s state health department did not adequately enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act in Jackson, contributing to the 2022 crisis that left 150,000 residents without drinking water, according to a report released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG)."
"The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially for experienced firefighters."
"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."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/harris-stirs-hope-new-chapter-climate-action
[2] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082024/harris-stirs-hope-for-a-new-chapter-in-climate-action/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-ernesto-knocks-out-power-bermuda-major-damage-avoided
[4] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hurricane-ernesto-weakens-still-dangerous-it-closes-bermuda-2024-08-17/
[5] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/beach-nourishment-offers-challenging-local-environmental-stories
[6] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-casw-new-horizons-travel-fellowships
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-world-s-last-wild-red-wolves-are-avoiding-extinction
[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/15/red-wolves-north-carolina-extinct/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/who-declares-new-mpox-outbreaks-africa-global-health-emergency
[10] https://apnews.com/article/who-mpox-africa-health-emergency-cc9bdf31b49d06bec5efd44fb55d5e42
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wind-beat-coal-two-months-row-us-electricity-generation
[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/climate/wind-power-coal.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-faults-miss-state-communications-water-risks-jackson-crisis
[14] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4825653-epa-report-mississippi-water-crisis/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/millions-acres-burn-firefighters-say-usfs-has-left-them-shortages
[16] https://www.propublica.org/article/wildfires-forest-service-firefighters-preparedness-level-five
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/when-recyclable-not-really-recyclable-dont-ask-plastics-industry
[18] https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=440
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=437
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=438
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