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"Does The Amazon's Drought Mean The Forest Is At A Tipping Point?" [1]

"Scientists say deforestation is compounding the effects of climate change, threatening to turn parts of the forest into savannah".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
South America [9]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [10], 11/16/2023
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Anchorage Adds More Shelter Beds After Big Snow And Record Outdoor Deaths [11]

"Anchorage scrambled Tuesday to come up with more temporary housing for the homeless after back-to-back snowstorms dumped more than 3 feet of snow on the city in just nine days, an amount that is high even by Alaska standards."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Source: AP [15], 11/15/2023
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2 Grim Reports On Global Climate Highlight Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Ill Health [16]

"Humanity’s fight to curb climate change is failing in dozens of ways with people getting sicker and dying as the world warms and the fossil fuels causing it get more subsidies, according to two global reports issued Tuesday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: AP [20], 11/15/2023
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"Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?" [21]

"California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing pushback from conservation groups."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [22]
Source: YaleE360 [23], 11/14/2023
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‘The Science Is Irrefutable’: US Warming Faster Than Global Average: Report [24]

"The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering “far-reaching and worsening” consequences from the climate crisis, with worse to come, according to an authoritative report issued by the US government."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [26], 11/14/2023
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Floods, Fires, Dysfunction — Another Year Ahead of Faltering Steps on Environment, Energy [27]

In our annual look-ahead on the environment and energy beat in 2024, we see a bumpy ride on global climate change talks coupled with more climate-driven disasters, even amid the evolving energy transition. And we see possible risks to ocean life from deep sea mining and continuing risks to human life from pollution of air, water and land. Insights in our overview [27] and our full “2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment & Energy [28]” special report.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Air [30]
Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [4]
Government [35]
Health [36]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [5]
Policy [39]
Pollution [40]
Transportation [41]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
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Public [8]
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"Hunger, Joblessness Drive Record Guatemala Migration To US" [43]

"With few job opportunities and food harvests hit by climate change, more young Guatemalans are leaving poor farming communities in search of a better life in the United States".

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [13]
Public [8]
Central America & the Caribbean [45]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [46], 11/13/2023
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"Climate Change Put Tuvalu In The Spotlight" [47]

"Australia and Pacific Island state Tuvalu on Friday signed a security and climate change treaty designed to counter China's growing influence in the Pacific and address the low-lying island nation's concerns about rising seas induced by climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [17]
Military [48]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [8]
International [19]
Asia [49]
Australia & Oceania [50]
Source: Reuters [51], 11/13/2023
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"America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests" [52]

"Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. Almost every year since 1990, the study found, grass and shrub fires burned more land than forest fires did, and they destroyed more homes, too."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [53], 11/10/2023
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"Nation At Risk Of Winter Blackouts As Power Grid Remains Under Strain" [54]

"The nation’s power grid faces a sharp risk of buckling in the event of major storms or prolonged cold snaps this coming winter, according to the regulator that monitors the electricity system, with much of the country threatened with outages triggered by severe weather."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [55]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [56], 11/10/2023
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