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"Libya Flood Deaths Expose Climate Chasm In Conflict-Hit States" [1]

"'Adaptation apartheid' is preventing fragile states from accessing finance to protect their people from global warming".

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [2], 10/02/2023

"Warmer Mediterranean Threatens Spain's Mussel Farms" [3]

"Rising sea temperatures are killing mussels in Spain's Ebro delta and shellfish output is also suffering from Greece to Canada".

"EBRO DELTA, Spain - Mussel farmer Xavier Cabrera held out a handful of dry, dead mussels from his shellfish farm on the coast of the Ebro Delta, 100 miles (160 km) south of Barcelona. "Let's hope this isn't our future," he said ruefully.

A summer heatwave in the Mediterranean region killed off about 80% of the seed mussels - the tiny young that were going to be next year's harvest - and the little that was left of this year's production.

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [4], 10/02/2023

When Kula Needed Water To Stop Wildfire, It Got A Trickle. Same Elsewhere. [5]

"Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze."

Source: AP [6], 10/02/2023

Onondaga Nation Take Centuries-Old Land Rights Case To International Panel [7]

"The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. ... So now the nation is presenting its case to an international panel."

Source: AP [8], 10/02/2023

"‘My Body Was Poisoned’: Biden’s Lead Pipe Removal Plan Faces Hurdles" [9]

"A string of unexpected impediments could delay the administration’s timeline on an issue that is central to its effort to address racial disparities."

Source: NYTimes [10], 10/02/2023

Things To Know About Klamath River Dam Removal, Largest In US History [11]

"The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. Work has already begun on removing the smallest of the four dams."

Source: AP [12], 10/02/2023

"Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress" [13]

"Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them."

Source: NYTimes [14], 10/02/2023

Illinois: "5 Dead After Crash, Chemical Leak In Downstate Teutopolis" [15]

"Five people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash that included a tanker truck carrying a toxic chemical that spilled Friday night, triggering a large temporary evacuation near downstate Effingham. The truck was holding 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia, of which about 4,000 gallons spilled, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency."

Source: Chicago Sun-Times [16], 10/02/2023

Climate Change Means New York City's Flooding Is 'New Normal,' Governor Says [17]

"Torrential downpours that caused flash flooding in New York City on Friday reflect a "new normal" due to the effects of climate change, New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned on Saturday, as the city began drying out after one of its wettest days ever."

Source: Reuters [18], 10/02/2023

Unique Podcast Team Gives Voice to Troubled Communities Near Declining Salton Sea [19]

In the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles, the massive Salton Sea is rapidly drying up, threatening vulnerable immigrant communities in a growing toxic environment. The Living Downstream podcast reported extensively on these hazards, winning third place in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Awards for Reporting on the Environment’s explanatory reporting, small, category, in 2022. Inside Story spoke with one of the prizewinners.

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