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Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, TX [1]

"EnLink Midstream’s Chickadee pipeline ruptured on March 29, 2023, causing one of the largest oil spills in the past decade in Texas. An incident report blames the massive spill on “incorrect operation.”"

"Operator errors caused 402,486 gallons of crude oil to gush out of an EnLink Midstream pipeline south of Midland, Texas on the night of March 29.

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Source: Inside Climate News [10], 05/30/2023
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Wildfire In Canada's Halifax Leads To Evacuation Orders For Thousands [11]

"A wildfire in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax led to mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of homes, and officials said residents will not be not allowed to return until advised by municipal authorities."

Climate Change [12]
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Forests [13]
Public [8]
Canada [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 05/30/2023
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"Most of Guam Without Power, Water After Typhoon Mawar Exits" [16]

"Much of the U.S. Western Pacific territory of Guam was without power and water on Thursday after a typhoon packing ferocious winds and torrential rains battered the island but caused no reported fatalities or major injuries."

Climate Change [12]
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Australia & Oceania [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 05/26/2023
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How Busy Will Atlantic Hurricane Season Be? Depends on Two Clashing Forces. [20]

"Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [2]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: AP [23], 05/26/2023
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Heat Warning — Expect Extreme Temps To Be Local Story This Summer [24]

Some areas of the United States are hot and getting hotter, thanks to climate change and now the coming El Niño. But some areas have little history with extreme temperatures — and those places are among the ones to watch this summer for local and regional reporting. Plus, who are the most vulnerable in your community when it comes to heat waves?

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On the Front Lines, When Wildfires Turn Personal [33]

Forest fires have grown increasingly dangerous in a warming climate, a subject freelance journalist Jane Braxton Little has covered extensively in recent years. But her reporting turned personal when the rampaging Dixie Fire destroyed her small California town. As she explains in the new Inside Story Q&A, the wildfire disaster gave her a perspective no reporter would wish for.

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Coastal Guam Residents Evacuate As Approaching Typhoon Mawar Threatens [35]

"Typhoon Mawar’s outer bands were whipping Guam Wednesday ahead of a potential landfall that could devastate the US territory with deadly winds, treacherous storm surge and heavy rainfall."

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Public [8]
Australia & Oceania [18]
Source: CNN [36], 05/24/2023
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WMO: 2M Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over 50 Years [37]

"The World Meteorological Organization, in an updated report, tallied nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over the past half-century around the globe that have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion."

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Source: AP [39], 05/23/2023
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"Global Heating Will Push Billions Outside ‘Human Climate Niche’" [40]

"Global heating will drive billions of people out of the “climate niche” in which humanity has flourished for millennia, a study has estimated, exposing them to unprecedented temperatures and extreme weather."

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Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [41], 05/23/2023
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7 States Reach Colorado River Deal, Bringing Big Water Cuts For 3 Years [42]

"The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels."

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Source: LA Times [45], 05/23/2023
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