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Brazil Top Court Says Bolsonaro Recognized Election Loss By OKing Transition [1]

"Brazil's Supreme Court said in a statement on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro recognized the result of the election he lost by authorizing the start of a transition to a government by President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 11/02/2022

"Lula Cheered For New Climate Policies After Brazil Election" [8]

"Environmentalists, world leaders and sustainable investors on Monday cheered the victory of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has promised to protect the Amazon rainforest and restore Brazil's leadership on climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Reuters [9], 11/01/2022

Could Biodiversity Be Bee’s Knees for Environmental Journalists This Fall? [10]

While a global gathering on biodiversity this winter will be news in itself, enterprising reporters can also find many biodiversity stories in their own backyards. The latest TipSheet offers insight into the domestic U.S. battle over endangered species, with a tale of a Tennessee dam, and a better understanding of the biodiversity-habitat connection. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Forests [4]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
International [25]
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Public [5]

Lula Stages Comeback To Beat Far-Right Bolsonaro In Brazil Election [26]

"Brazil’s former leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has sealed an astonishing political comeback, beating the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most significant and bruising elections in the country’s history."

Biodiversity [13]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
South America [6]
Source: Guardian [28], 10/31/2022

"Why Experts Say You Shouldn't Bag Your Leaves This Fall" [29]

"As leaves across America make their annual autumn pilgrimage from the treetops to the ground, lawn and wildlife experts say it's better to leave them around than to bag them."

Biodiversity [13]
Consumer [30]
Forests [4]
Waste [31]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NPR [32], 10/28/2022

"Forest Service Backs Arrested ‘Burn Boss’" [33]

"The Forest Service is defending the manager of a prescribed fire that went astray in Oregon, resulting in the employee’s arrest by a local sheriff."

Forests [4]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 10/26/2022

"Western Wildfires Are Making Far Away Storms More Dangerous" [36]

"In late July of 2018, massive wildfires blazed across Northern California. At the same time in Colorado, weather alerts went out warning of heavy thunderstorms and baseball-sized hail. The two disasters were separated by a thousand miles, but scientists are now finding they're connected."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [37]
Forests [4]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NPR [38], 10/25/2022

"Deforestation Slowed Last Year — But Not Enough To Meet Climate Goals" [39]

"Countries are failing to meet international targets to stop global forest loss and degradation by 2030, according to a report. It is the first to measure progress since world leaders set the targets last year at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK."

Biodiversity [13]
Climate Change [2]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
International [25]
Source: Nature [40], 10/25/2022

"Arrest Of Forest Service Employee Sparks Tension In Rural Oregon" [41]

"When U.S. Forest Service personnel started a prescribed burn in a national forest in rural Oregon on Wednesday, Tonna and Mandy Holliday were scared. The sisters, who run the Windy Point Cattle Co., lived nearby and knew conditions were dry."

Disasters [37]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/24/2022

Seattle And Portland Have World's Worst Air Quality Due To Wildfire Smoke [43]

"Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, were the two major cities with the worst air quality in the world Thursday due to wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest."

Air [44]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [14]
Forests [4]
Pollution [45]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Canada [47]
Source: HuffPost [48], 10/21/2022

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