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"US Experts Predict One Of Most Active Hurricane Seasons On Record" [1]

"Last week, the US National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory of the year, more than a month before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 04/30/2024
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"Fire for Watersheds" [8]

"To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: bioGraphic [12], 04/29/2024
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"Appalachia’s Recreation Industry Faces Climate Change Challenges" [13]

"The impacts of climate change are steadily and exponentially being felt here in Appalachia just as they have across the globe, and environmental activists, scientists and outdoor enthusiasts alike find themselves in a race to counter the climate curve in the region."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: 100 Days in Appalachia [15], 04/29/2024
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"Study Says It’s Likely A Warmer World Made Deadly Dubai Downpours Heavier" [16]

"Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [17]
Middle East [18]
Source: AP [19], 04/29/2024
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Angry Mexican Farmers Target Avocado Orchards That Suck Up Too Much Water [20]

"As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Food [22]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mexico [23]
Source: AP [24], 04/29/2024
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"A Water Crisis In Mississippi Turns Into A Fight Against Privatization" [25]

"Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis."

Consumer [26]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Grist [33], 04/29/2024
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Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under Community After Fines and Explosion [34]

"Following the death of a grandfather, Crimson Oak Grove Resources has left a community afraid for their homes and lives. An expert warns one resident may need to evacuate her home while she still can."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [31]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 04/26/2024
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EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination [37]

"The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/25/2024
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"New Government Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta As Most Dangerous Level" [40]

"The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that’s simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening heat waves."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [27]
Government [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Science [43]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [44], 04/24/2024
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"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [45]

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [38]
Disasters [3]
Natural Resources [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Pollution [31]
Public [5]
Asia [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 04/24/2024
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