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"Crunch Talks Due On Deep-Sea Mining Controversy" [1]

"Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday."

Source: BBC News [2], 07/12/2023

"'A Wake Up Call': The World Needs to Prepare for Massive Crop Failure" [3]

"The climate crisis has changed weather patterns, and this could increase crop failure in multiple agricultural regions around the world, a new study says. "

Source: Earther [4], 07/12/2023

Crawford Lake Shows Humans Started A New Chapter In Geologic Time: Scientists [5]

"A humble lake in a Canadian suburb may soon become the symbolic starting point for a radical new chapter in Earth’s official history: the Anthropocene, or the age of humans."

Source: Washington Post [6], 07/12/2023

"Extreme Heat Is Pushing The U.S. Toward A Grim New Fossil Fuel Milestone" [7]

"The United States is set to use more natural gas to generate electricity than ever before this summer as extreme heat sends demand for air conditioning skyrocketing."

Source: HuffPost [8], 07/12/2023

"Florida In Hot Water As Ocean Temperatures Rise Along With The Humidity" [9]

"Water temperatures in the mid-90s (mid-30s Celsius) are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather. "

Source: AP [10], 07/12/2023

Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change [11]

"This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction even miles from any river, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat."

Source: NYTimes [12], 07/12/2023

Oregon Town Buys Surrounding Forests to Confront Climate-Driven Wildfires [13]

"A logger, forester and former mayor joined forces to help Butte Falls manage its forests to protect the town and build an economy supported by tourism rather than logging."

Source: Inside Climate News [14], 07/11/2023

"Biden Admin Announces $650 Million To Plug Orphaned Gas And Oil Wells" [15]

"The Interior Department announced Monday more than $650 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to plug abandoned oil and gas wells."

Source: The Hill [16], 07/11/2023

A Racist Past And Hotter Future Testing Western Water Like Never Before [17]

"As droughts strain water supplies across Western states, some cities and farmers have struggled with mandatory cutbacks. Determining who gets cut is decided by the foundational pecking order of Western water: the older your claim to water, created as the country expanded westward, the better protected it is."

Source: NPR [18], 07/11/2023

"Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters" [19]

"Environmental concerns are raised anew about potential contamination from Canadian open-pit mines flowing through the waterways into Montana’s lakes, harming fish."

Source: NYTimes [20], 07/11/2023

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