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"America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?" [1]

"In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 03/25/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [9]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [11]
Source: NPR [12], 03/25/2024
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Warm, Dry Spring Has US Forecasters Worried About Upcoming Wildfire Season [13]

"Most of the United States is expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, federal forecasters say, with dry conditions likely in the West. That's raising concerns about wildfires, especially in parts of the Southwest, Great Plains, and the Upper Mississippi River Valley, said Jon Gottschalck, operations branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [14], 03/25/2024
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"Oil Executives, Meeting in Texas, Cast Doubts on ‘Fantasy’ Energy Transition" [15]

"To some, it felt like the oil executive blurted the quiet part out loud. “We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas,” said Amin Nasser, head of what is, by far, the world’s biggest oil producer, Saudi Aramco."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [5]
International [7]
Source: NYTimes [20], 03/20/2024
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"Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought" [21]

"In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [5]
Asia [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 03/20/2024
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The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but Is Losing Them [28]

"Black Butte is an inactive volcano that rises from the high desert in eastern Oregon. In May 2022, a turboprop plane approached its pine-blanketed slopes, carrying about 10 men wearing bulky Kevlar outfits. They were smokejumpers with the United States Forest Service, the agency that directs the majority of the nation’s efforts to manage wildfires."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [29]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ProPublica [32], 03/19/2024
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"You Can Start Applying For The American Climate Corps Next Month" [33]

"The long-awaited jobs board for the American Climate Corps, promised early in the Biden administration, will open next month, according to details shared exclusively with Grist."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [29]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [35], 03/19/2024
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"An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing" [36]

"The legislation aimed to reformulate how Oregon funds the rising costs of fighting wildfires. It sparked debate within the Democratic-controlled Legislature about who should pay: taxpayers or big timber owners, who won steep tax cuts in the 1990s."

Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [29]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: ProPublica [38], 03/19/2024
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Wildfire Preparedness Is a Story Worth Telling — Before ‘Fire Season’ [39]

Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle are a good reminder that wildfire season now stretches across much of the year, so environmental journalists would do well to look for ways to localize their reporting on wildfire preparedness. The latest TipSheet offers 10 story ideas and half a dozen reporting resources to tell the story of your community’s wildfire risk.

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Journalism & Media [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
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"Americans Move To Climate-Risky Areas As Real Estate Booms" [44]

"How growing battles over real estate development and flood risk are playing out in one community on the U.S. East Coast".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Planning & Growth [42]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [47], 03/15/2024
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