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"Lahaina’s Deadly Fire Has Intensified Maui’s Fight Over Water Rights" [1]

"Native Hawaiians say the tragedy is being used as a pretext to roll back their gains in securing water supplies".

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [8]
Source: Washington Post [9], 08/24/2023
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"Gardening Changed How I See Myself As A Disabled Woman" [10]

"For Rosemary McDonnell-Horita, a 29-year-old with multiple disabilities, gardening gave her an opportunity to be a caregiver rather than a care receiver. Taking care of plants shifted the way she thought about her own body."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 08/22/2023
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The Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms Makes News in Multitude of Locales [16]

As algal blooms (think “red tides” or “dead zones”) grow larger and more frequent, they are emerging not just on the coasts and major estuaries, but in inland lakes and streams. And they cause all kinds of harm, to humans and to the environment. The latest TipSheet has details on how to cover the problem locally, including story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [25]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass [26]

"Forty miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, the Brandt Company cattle ranch is the largest single point source of methane emissions in the state, releasing more of that greenhouse gas than any oil or gas well, refinery or landfill."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/21/2023
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"Here’s Where Water Is Running Out In The World — And Why" [30]

"A growing population and rising temperatures will strain the world’s freshwater supplies over the next 30 years, jeopardizing available water for drinking, bathing and growing food, according to new research."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [31]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: Washington Post [32], 08/18/2023
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"‘This Way Of Farming Is Really Sexy’: The Rise Of Regenerative Agriculture" [33]

"On the Isle of Wight Hollie Fallick and Francesca Cooper are part of a movement to bring tired and depleted soil back to life – and boost food security".

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [35], 08/17/2023
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Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home [36]

"One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [28]
Source: LA Times [37], 08/17/2023
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"What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?" [38]

"They're tearing up rangeland and riparian areas—and also our ideas about wildness".

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [34]
Wildlife [40]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: Sierra [42], 08/16/2023
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90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming [43]

"More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 08/16/2023
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Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall [46]

"Low water levels are critical for manoomin, a sacred crop for the Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes region. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Food [47]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: Sahan Journal [48], 08/15/2023
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lahaina-s-deadly-fire-has-intensified-maui-s-fight-over-water-rights [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [9] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/23/maui-water-rights-fires-lahaina/ [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/gardening-changed-how-i-see-myself-disabled-woman [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [15] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/08/20/adaptive-gardening-comic/ [16] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/spread-harmful-algal-blooms-makes-news-multitude-locales [17] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/top-calif-methane-emitter-vast-cattle-feedlot-it-gets-pass [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [29] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082023/californias-top-methane-emitter-is-cattle-feedlot/ [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/here-s-where-water-running-out-world-and-why [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [32] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/water-scarcity-map-solutions/ [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/way-farming-really-sexy-rise-regenerative-agriculture [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [35] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/14/this-way-of-farming-is-really-sexy-the-rise-of-regenerative-agriculture [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/farmworkers-can-t-escape-life-threatening-heat-work-and-home [37] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/california-farmworkers-life-threatening-heat-climate-change [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/whats-be-done-about-wild-horse-herds-american-west [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [42] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2023-2-summer/feature/what-s-be-done-about-wild-horse-herds-american-west [43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/90-england-s-most-precious-rivers-polluteded-raw-sewage-and-farming [44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [45] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution [46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/survival-wild-rice-threatened-climate-change-increased-rainfall [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [48] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082023/minnesota-wild-rice-climate-change/ [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=92 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=89 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=90 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=91 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=94 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=95 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=96 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=97 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture?page=379