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"Madagascar Prays For Rain As U.N. Warns Of 'Climate Change Famine'" [1]

"This is the fourth year that drought has devastated Aly's home in southern Madagascar. Now more than one million people, or two out of five residents, of his Grand Sud region require emergency food aid in what the United Nations is calling a 'climate change famine."'

Agriculture [2]
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Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
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Africa [8]
Source: Reuters [9], 10/12/2021
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How Climate Attribution Science Went Mainstream, and What It Means [10]

A growing body of research shows the links between global warming and extreme weather. And that knowledge can help communities prepare, and assign responsibility for damages. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn lays out the science of climate attribution — for heat waves, flooding, wildfires and, ironically, crop-killing freezes — and discusses its implications for future climate change policy.

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Activism [12]
Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
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Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Food [6]
Government [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [20]
Policy [21]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
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National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Europe [26]
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Two Communities, Two Hazards and the Two Award-Winners Reporting Them [28]

Two outstanding features — one on air pollution from a local coke plant in Pennsylvania, another on deaths from a shellfish toxin in Alaska, and both focused on public health, neglected communities and environmental justice — are the subject of the new Inside Story Q&A. Society of Environmental Journalists’ award-winners Nancy Averett and Zoya Teirstein share their reporting insights and advice.

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Air [30]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Studies [16]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Food [6]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [37]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
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"UN Summit Seeks To Fix Food’s Many Problems, But Draws Fire" [40]

"Nations, companies and foundations pledged billions of dollars to feed the world in connection with an ambitious United Nations food summit Thursday, while some grassroots anti-hunger groups and food experts blasted the event as too corporate, tech-focused and top-down."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [41]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [14]
Food [6]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: AP [42], 09/24/2021
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The 9/11 Legacy — Fear Drew Curtain Over Environmental Information [43]

Twenty years after the attacks on 9/11, the war on terror has left many risks in the built environment under a cloak of secrecy. For WatchDog Opinion, keeping vital information about such preventable hazards under wraps from the public and journalists is not just wrong, but bad policy. Here’s why. Plus, a rundown for environment reporters of where exactly this secrecy reigns.

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Energy & Fuel [32]
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Food [6]
Government [17]
Health [34]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
People & Population [36]
Policy [21]
Transportation [47]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [23]
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Wild Meat Consumption Leads To Increased Risk Of Zoonotic Diseases: UN [52]

"The capture of wild animals for domestic consumption not only poses a threat to protected migratory species but also significantly increases the risk of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday."

Biodiversity [53]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Wildlife [54]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: The Hill [55], 09/16/2021
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Avocados, Vanilla Among Dozens Of Wild Crop Relatives Facing Extinction [56]

"Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security".

Agriculture [2]
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Chemicals [45]
Food [6]
Natural Resources [57]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [58], 09/08/2021
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Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax Oversight [59]

"Shoppers drawn to sustainable, humanely raised meat and dairy products could be forgiven for thinking the nation’s big food companies have turned away from the industrial farming practices that have long dominated American agriculture." "A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants."

 

Biodiversity [53]
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Environmental Health [5]
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Food [6]
Journalism & Media [35]
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National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [60], 09/08/2021
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"Madagascar Faces One Of The World's First Climate Change Famines" [61]

"As the African island nation experiences a food-security crisis driven by global warming, researchers say it is an alarm bell for the world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Public [7]
Africa [8]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [62], 09/08/2021
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September 14, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and COVID-19: Sept 7 and 14 [63]

In the run up to the UN Food Systems Summit, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) offer a webinar series, Sep 7 and 14, to hear Indigenous Peoples in Perú, Kenya, India and China discuss resilient food systems.

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