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"Most Nations Aiming For Net-Zero Emissions Fail To Meet Targets: Study" [1]

"A new scientific assessment of government commitments to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions found most lack credibility and would put the world on track to experience catastrophic global warming by the end of this century."

Source: Bloomberg [2], 06/09/2023

Record Investment Scratches Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis [3]

"Reporting from six Black cities highlights that while the country’s water woes are widespread, blanket solutions fail to address communities’ distinct issues."

Source: Capital B [4], 06/09/2023

"Where Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change" [5]

"As wildfires in Canada have sent masses of smoke over the United States this week, engulfing much of the Northeast in a yellow haze of hazardous air pollution, scientists are clear that we are seeing the effects of climate change. But the Republicans campaigning for the presidency have largely downplayed the issue and rejected policies that would slow rising temperatures."

Source: NYTimes [6], 06/09/2023

"Extreme Heat Is Killing Incarcerated Black Folks" [7]

"As we march into what climate scientists predict could be one of the hottest years on record, plenty of us will be cranking up the air conditioning, sitting in front of a fan, or sweating on our front porches. But imagine the torment of trying to find relief by lying on a cold prison floor or cooling off with toilet water."

Source: Word in Black [8], 06/09/2023

Big, Sloppy El Nino: Likely To Add Even More Heat To A Warming World [9]

"An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced."

Source: AP [10], 06/09/2023

IIJ-AAJA's The Freelance Business Workshop [11]

This in-person workshop, presented by the IIJ and the Asian American Journalists Association Freelance Affinity Group in Washington, DC, aims to give freelancers the training and perspective to develop a path to financial and emotional sustainability as an independent journalist. 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET.

"EPA Proposes Partial Ban On Toxic Dry Cleaning Chemical" [12]

"EPA proposed a ban on all consumer and many commercial uses of a cancer-causing chemical used widely for dry cleaning."

Source: E&E News [13], 06/09/2023

Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Curb Invasive Spotted Lanternfly [14]

"A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday unveiled a proposal aimed at addressing the spread of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species they warn poses “a significant threat” to the U.S. agricultural economy."

Source: The Hill [15], 06/08/2023

"America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack" [16]

"Lovers often carve their initials in the smooth gray bark of beech trees. Now those beloved trees—which can reach nearly 40 meters tall, live up to 400 years and are among the most abundant forest trees in the Northeast and Midwestern U.S.—are increasingly threatened by beech leaf disease."

Source: Inside Climate News [17], 06/08/2023

"The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River" [18]

"Down beneath the tourist lodges and shops selling keychains and incense, past windswept arroyos and brown valleys speckled with agave, juniper and sagebrush, the rocks of the Grand Canyon seem untethered from time. The oldest ones date back 1.8 billion years, not just eons before humans laid eyes on them, but eons before evolution endowed any organism on this planet with eyes."

Source: NYTimes [19], 06/08/2023

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