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"Wildfire Fanned By Gales Menaces Athens Suburbs As Residents Flee" [1]

"Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
Europe [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 08/13/2024
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"Most Tree Planting Campaigns Fail. What Has To Change?" [8]

"Dozens of tree planting campaigns are launched in different countries annually to help suck CO2 out of the air. But often, there is no real climate benefit. What is going wrong and how can it be done better?"

Activism [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: DW [12], 08/12/2024
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"Avocado Goldrush Links US Companies With Mexico’s Deforestation Disaster" [13]

"On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico’s Michoacan state."

Agriculture [14]
Consumer [15]
Food [16]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
Mexico [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 08/08/2024
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Illinois Trees, Plants Damaged By Renewed Use Of Weedkillers On Farms [22]

"Patsy Hirsch and her husband moved to an Elgin subdivision nearly three decades ago, drawn by a backyard thicket of oak, hickory and cherry trees so dense the canopy blotted out the sun."

Agriculture [14]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Chicago Tribune [28], 08/08/2024
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"All-Night Streetlights Make Leaves Inedible To Insects, Study Finds" [29]

"Scientists believe artificial light may be affecting natural ecology of plant life by creating extended photosynthesis"

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [4]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [25]
Science [31]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/07/2024
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Reclusive Tribe Attacks Encroaching Loggers In Peru’s Amazon [33]

"Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization."

Activism [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [36]
Public [5]
South America [37]
Source: AP [38], 08/06/2024
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US Forest Service Failing To Protect Old Growth Trees From Logging: Critics [39]

"Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists"

Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [40], 08/02/2024
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water" [41]

"Over the weekend, the Park Fire grew to more than 360,000 acres, prompting evacuation orders and warnings around Chico, Calif. in Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties. In the days ahead, Cal Fire will seek to contain the blaze to reduce harm to people, structures and the environment. However, months from now when the rains come and the fires are extinguished, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [42], 07/30/2024
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"Hotter Temperatures Are Causing Trees to Have Heat Strokes" [43]

"How climate-change-driven drying of the air is leading to tree deaths the world over".

Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [11]
Source: Sierra [44], 07/30/2024
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"World's Forests Failed To Curb 2023 Climate Emissions, Study Finds" [45]

"Forests and other land ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hampered their natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide, according to a study presented on Monday."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
International [11]
Source: Reuters [46], 07/30/2024
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