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Recurrent Wildfires Across The Mediterranean Region Changing Landscape [1]

"Multiple countries in the Mediterranean region have been battling intense wildfires this summer, including France, Greece, Syria and Turkey. These aggressive, recurring fires suggests a new normal of altered lives, landscapes and economies in the Mediterranean basin." 

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Source: France24 [8], 07/15/2025
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"Wildfire Destroys A Historic Grand Canyon Lodge And Other Structures" [9]

"A fast-moving wildfire destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forcing officials to close access to that area for the season, the park said Sunday."

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National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
Source: AP [13], 07/15/2025
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"Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets The Upper Midwest" [14]

"Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and the great outdoors."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [20]
Source: AP [21], 07/14/2025
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"FEMA Approved Camp Mystic Appeals To Exempt Buildings From Flood Zone" [22]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved appeals from Camp Mystic to exempt several structures from a flood zone designation over a decade before extreme flooding in Central Texas swamped the Christian girls camp and killed 27 campers and counselors, according to FEMA records."

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Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
Source: Washington Post [28], 07/14/2025
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"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response" [29]

"In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say."

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Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [32]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [33], 07/14/2025
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"FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show" [34]

"Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
Source: NYTimes [35], 07/14/2025
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"No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says" [36]

"No, chemtrails are not real, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday, in a notable instance of the Trump administration debunking a conspiracy theory that gained traction amid catastrophic flooding in Central Texas."

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Journalism & Media [37]
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Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [39], 07/11/2025
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Small Texas Community Where Everyone Survived Flooding Had Warning Sirens [40]

"As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [41]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [37]
People & Population [26]
Technology [42]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: AP [44], 07/11/2025
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Oil and Gas Pipeline Safety Cases Plunge in 1st Months of Trump’s 2nd Term [45]

"US regulatory actions to ensure oil and gas pipeline safety have plummeted to a record low for the start of a presidential administration as Donald Trump pushes to streamline the government and cut red tape."

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Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [18]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [47], 07/11/2025
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"Noem Doubles Down On Call To Axe FEMA, Then Recreate It To Support States" [48]

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has doubled down on her past calls to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — but also says it should be “remade” as the agency responds to floods in Texas."

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Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [4]
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Source: The Hill [50], 07/11/2025
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