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"Hurricane Otis Makes Rare Category 5 Landfall Near Acapulco, Mexico" [1]

"Hurricane Otis made rare Category 5 landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, early Wednesday morning after it underwent explosive rapid intensification on Tuesday."

Source: Weather Channel [2], 10/25/2023

Lydia Polgreen and Connie Walker in Conversation: The State of the Media [3]

The Canadian Journalism Foundation invites you to an event in Toronto, Ontario featuring NYT's Lydia Polgreen in conversation with Pulitzer and Peabody award-winning journalist Connie Walker of Gimlet Media, followed by a reception where guests can mingle with the speakers. 6:30-8:30 p.m. ET.

Seasonal Fog, Swamp Fires Combine To Create Deadly Louisiana Pileup [4]

"Acrid smoke from stubborn swamp fires burning south and east of New Orleans combined Monday with dense fog to create the “superfog” that contributed to one of the deadliest highway pileups in memory."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [5], 10/24/2023

Democrats Ask For Review Of Environmental Threat From ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines [6]

"Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review potential environmental damages caused by idled coal mines."

Source: The Hill [7], 10/24/2023

"The Slow Death Of A Desert Giant" [8]

"Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert to the brink, with saguaro cacti as a bellwether of the impending disaster."

Source: Yale Climate Connections [9], 10/24/2023

"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World" [10]

"The Democratic governor is supercharging climate policy and eyeing a future White House run. But critics say some of his constituents could be left behind."

"Gavin Newsom, the California governor, packed his bags and his ambition Monday and flew to Chinese provinces on a weeklong mission to negotiate climate agreements.

Last month, he was the only American invited to address the United Nations about climate change, where he excoriated the fossil fuel industry for what he called its decades of “deceit and denial.”

Source: NYTimes [11], 10/24/2023

Chevron Buys Hess For $53 Billion, 2nd Oil Megadeal As Energy Prices Soar [12]

"Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge."

Source: AP [13], 10/24/2023

FWS Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed [14]

"A new federal proposal calls for creating a conservation area that would span 12 counties in Florida, from the Everglades’ headwaters in the center of the state to sawgrass prairies further south, preserving a region that is home to imperiled species like the Florida panther, the official state animal."

Source: Inside Climate News [15], 10/24/2023

"Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Unavoidable, Study Says" [16]

"The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to melt this century regardless of how much the world slashes planet-warming emissions, research from the British Antarctic Survey has found, locking in further sea level rise over the coming decades."

Source: Reuters [17], 10/24/2023

Drought And Rising Temperatures Drove Millions Of Somalis From Homes [18]

"Between 2016 and 2018, more than 2 million people in Somalia fled their homes, finding refuge elsewhere within their country." "A small increase in average monthly temperatures led to a 10-fold jump in the number of refugees."

Source: Yale Climate Connections [19], 10/24/2023

Lydia Polgreen and Connie Walker in Conversation: The State of the Media [3]

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