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"Study Finds Climate Change Is Bringing More Intense Rains To U.S." [1]

"A paper published Tuesday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that it’s raining harder in most of the United States. The study, written by researchers at Northwestern University, tied the results to climate change and to warmer air’s ability to hold more water."

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Source: Washington Post [7], 10/12/2022
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"Drive for Climate Compensation Grows After Pakistan’s Floods" [8]

"Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to school and play with are scattered, finding refuge elsewhere."

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Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
International [12]
Source: AP [13], 10/11/2022
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Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way [14]

"When Hurricane Ian roared ashore the Southwest Florida coast last week, it hit one of the fastest growing areas in the nation that's been fueled by sunshine and paved with lax growth management rules."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Planning & Growth [15]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [16], 10/11/2022
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Heatwaves To Make Some Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades: UN, Red Cross [17]

"Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday."

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People & Population [18]
Public [5]
International [12]
Source: France24 [19], 10/11/2022
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U.S. Wildfire Response Badly Off-Base, New Doc Convincingly Shows [20]

A gripping new documentary on raging megafires weaves together stunning cinematography with deeply researched revelations that reveal the futility of current policy around managing wildfires, writes veteran wildfire reporter Robert McClure in a new EJ InSight column. His review, with three big takeaways.

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Activism [22]
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Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [24]
Forests [25]
Government [26]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [15]
Policy [27]
Science [28]
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National (U.S.) [6]
California [29]
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COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [32]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [35]
Policy [27]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [12]
Mexico [36]
Africa [37]
Asia [38]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Europe [41]
Middle East [42]
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"Sydney Beats 1950 Rainfall Record With 3 Wet Months To Spare" [44]

"Australia’s largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare."

Climate Change [2]
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Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Source: AP [45], 10/07/2022
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"After the Storm, the Mold: Warming Is Worsening Another Costly Disaster" [46]

"Mold in homes is a costly crisis that often accompanies hurricanes and flooding, and climate change is amplifying the rain that feeds outbreaks."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Health [23]
Pollution [47]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [48], 10/07/2022
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US Purchases $290 Million Worth Of Drug For Use In Nuclear Emergencies [49]

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it has spent $290 million on a drug to treat radiation sickness in the event of a nuclear emergency."

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Environmental Health [23]
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Source: The Hill [51], 10/07/2022
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California Spends Billions Rebuilding Burned Towns. Should It Quit? [52]

"Before the Dixie fire came barreling through the Sierra Nevada last year, leveling everything here but a few houses, businesses and a school, this was a charming — if dying — Gold Rush-era town that about 800 people called home. Now, much of the charm is gone along with most of the residents, replaced by the skeletal remains of conifer trees and the deathly silence of block after empty block."

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California [29]
Source: LA Times [53], 10/07/2022
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