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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [1]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

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Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Forests [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Science [12]
Wildlife [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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"‘Last, Best Hope:’ Leaders Launch Crucial UN Climate Summit" [18]

"GLASGOW, Scotland — A crucial U.N. climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at slowing intensifying global warming and adapting to the climate damage already underway."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: AP [25], 11/01/2021

‘We Can’t Live Like This’: Climate Shocks Rain On Honduras’s Poorest [26]

"Rural communities like Chapagua that have done least to stoke the climate crisis barely have time to recover from one disaster before another hits".

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Justice [21]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 10/29/2021

"Amplify Energy Cashed Out Cleanup Fund While Racking Up Violations" [29]

"Years before Amplify Energy made headlines for its ruptured pipeline that spewed oil into Southern California ocean waters in early October, the company’s owners were successfully fighting in court to change its obligation to maintain federally mandated funds for plugging and abandoning offshore oil and gas wells and equipment."

Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Capital & Main [33], 10/27/2021

"Federal Firefighters Deserve Better Pay And Benefits, Lawmakers Say" [34]

"A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to improve pay and benefits for federal firefighters, who often struggle to eke out a living while doing grueling, life-threatening work."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [35], 10/22/2021

"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security" [36]

"The Biden administration released several reports Thursday about climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to significantly challenge stability worldwide."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Military [37]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [38], 10/22/2021

"La Niña Weather Pattern Likely to Prolong Western Drought, NOAA Says" [39]

"For the second year in a row, the climate pattern known as La Niña has developed in the Pacific Ocean, which will likely prolong the severe drought in much of the Western United States this winter while bringing some relief to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, government forecasters said Thursday."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/22/2021

"See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather" [41]

"This year’s largest blaze generated powerful storm clouds. We show you in 3-D."

Air [42]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Forests [7]
Public [17]
California [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 10/21/2021

Wildfire Smoke Harms More People In The Eastern U.S. Than West: Study [45]

"About 75 percent of asthma cases and deaths from smoke pollutants occurred east of the Rocky Mountains in recent years".

Air [42]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Forests [7]
Pollution [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [46], 10/21/2021

"Parade Of Powerful Storms To Bring Welcome Rain And Snow To California" [47]

"A trio of moisture-rich storm systems are aimed at the West Coast and poised to dump exceptional precipitation totals in parts of California, Oregon and Washington state. Double-digit amounts are possible in some places by the end of the month, making a dent in the region’s prolonged drought-driven water deficit."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [48]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [17]
California [43]
Source: Washington Post [49], 10/20/2021

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