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"Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says" [1]

"Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
South America [8]
Source: Reuters [9], 06/26/2024
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"How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats" [10]

"A fading coal town in Pennsylvania is struggling to replace the jobs and money that the fossil fuel industry once offered."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 06/25/2024
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"Climate-Proofing India's Daily Bread: The Race For Resilient Wheat" [16]

"Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground"

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [2]
Food [18]
People & Population [4]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Asia [20]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [21], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [22]

"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 clean energy jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, according to a detailed new analysis from an environmental advocacy group."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: HuffPost [26], 06/25/2024
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Billions Of People Just Felt The Deadly Intensity Of Climate-Fueled Heat Waves [27]

"Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [28]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [7]
Source: Washington Post [29], 06/24/2024
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What Makes Communities More Survivable in Extreme Heat Events? [30]

When heat waves hit your area, as they did for much of the United States in June, local responses can (and should) go well beyond individual behaviors to address broader area actions — from cool pavements to urban trees. For environmental journalists, that means community-level heat response is an important climate story angle. TipSheet explains, then offers a dozen story ideas, along with reporting resources.

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Climate Change [2]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [3]
Health [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
People & Population [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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September 1, 2024

DEADLINE: Climate Change and Labour Film Grant [36]

The Pulitzer Center, the Financial Times and One World Media seek an experienced filmmaker who wants to explore, through a short documentary, how climate change is affecting lives and work in the global south. Receive funding, commission, global promotion, mentoring and more. Deadline is Sep 1, 2024.

Awards and Grants [37]
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Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [35]
People & Population [4]
Region: 
International [7]
Mexico [38]
Africa [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
South America [8]

"Four In Five People Want Stronger Climate Action, Says UNDP Survey" [41]

"Four in five people want their governments to take stronger action to tackle climate change, according to a United Nations survey. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published the poll on Thursday, said that 72 per cent of people across the 77 countries surveyed said they supported a quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [23]
People & Population [4]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: Business Standard [42], 06/21/2024
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Judge Orders BNSF To Pay Tribe $400 Million For Trespassing With Oil Trains [43]

"BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [4]
Transportation [45]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
Source: AP [47], 06/21/2024
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"Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report" [48]

"Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday."

Air [49]
Environmental Health [28]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [50]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: AFP [51], 06/20/2024
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