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Red Cross Fears Coronavirus Spreading In Somalia's Displaced Camps [1]

"The new coronavirus could be spreading undetected through camps across Somalia hosting some 2.6 million displaced people, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday, as floods and conflict swelled the numbers fleeing into overcrowded settlements."

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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [8], 06/17/2020
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"PG&E Confesses To Killing 84 People In 2018 California Fire" [9]

"Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic court hearing punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that the nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety."

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California [15]
Source: AP [16], 06/17/2020
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Canada Rescuers Pin Hopes On Fish Ladder And Salmon Cannon To Save Fish [17]

"Already threatened with extinction, Wild Pacific salmon about to spawn in British Columbia are facing an uphill battle in the aftermath of a landslide".

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Canada [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 06/16/2020
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As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Coronavirus Risks [23]

"From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest."

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Source: HuffPost [28], 06/16/2020
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"BP Prepares for a Future That Needs Less Oil" [29]

"BP sent a signal to investors on Monday that the economic shock of the pandemic would reverberate for years, and that less gas and oil would probably be needed in the future."

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Health [4]
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International [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/16/2020
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"Mississippi R.: White House Plots Next Step In Battle Over Yazoo Pumps" [32]

"A controversial flood control and drainage project in Mississippi that EPA vetoed more than a decade ago is aggravating old tensions among environmental groups, lawmakers and agricultural groups in the Magnolia State as the Trump administration plans its next move."

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Source: E&E News [36], 06/16/2020
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"NOAA Pressured to Support Trump’s Dorian Claims, Report Says" [37]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration faced political pressure from the Commerce Department to support President Donald Trump’s claims last year that Hurricane Dorian could strike Alabama, an independent group concluded in a report released Monday."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 06/16/2020
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Locusts A Biblical Plague In 2020. Why? And ... What Are They Exactly? [41]

"Titanic swarms of desert locusts resembling dark storm clouds are descending ravenously on the Horn of Africa. They're roving through croplands and flattening farms in a devastating salvo experts are calling an unprecedented threat to food security. On the ground, subsistence planters can do nothing but watch — staring up with horror and at their fields in dismay."

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Wildlife [43]
Public [6]
International [30]
Source: NPR [44], 06/15/2020
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"Halt In Ecotourism Threatens Conservation Efforts Worldwide" [45]

"In northern Cambodia, giant ibis, white-winged ducks and other rare species have helped ecotourism take flight in recent years. Just two decades after their near extinction, the population of giant ibis has grown to about 300 birds, bringing in thousands of visitors to remote areas of the country. This tourism has provided an important economic catalyst, generating critical revenue for rural communities and conservation initiatives."

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Source: Washington Post [46], 06/15/2020
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"Clean Energy Executives Worry Democrats Have Abandoned Them" [47]

"When the U.S. Congress passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus package back in late-March without a cent devoted to green industries, clean energy companies were understanding."

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Source: Bloomberg [48], 06/15/2020
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