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Hotter Summers Are Making High School Football A Fatal Game For Some Players [1]

"Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had gotten a call that 17-year-old Phillip Laster Jr., a lineman who played for a top Mississippi high school, had collapsed on the field during an August 2022 practice."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 09/23/2024
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Americans Most Affected By Climate Crisis Head To Midwest [8]

"Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere"

"As a Rust belt town of 65,000 people in eastern Indiana, Muncie may not be the most exciting place in the world. It doesn’t have beaches, year-round warm weather or much in the way of cosmopolitanism.

But for Laura Rivas, a cybersecurity engineer formerly of North Miami Beach, Florida, Muncie is perfect.

Before she moved there in 2022, life in Florida had become unbearable.

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [10]
Source: Guardian [11], 09/23/2024
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October 1, 2024

2024 Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities — Dr. Nick Estes [12]

The University of Utah will confer this year's award on Dr. Nick Estes, noted historian who focuses on global Indigenous histories, environmental justice and decolonization, followed by a conversation with Estes about the relationships between his work and environmental humanities. Free and open to the public. 7:30 p.m.

Other Events [13]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [4]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]

California Insurers Begin Giving 'Discounts' For Fire-Proofed Homes [19]

"Under a new state program, property insurers must provide discounts for home wildfire mitigation. But some discounts are miniscule."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [23]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/20/2024
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"Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover" [25]

"The bare hot asphalt schoolyard of the American past is getting a redo." "Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [26]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [27], 09/20/2024
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"The Haida Fought Logging In Canada. Now They Control Its Future" [28]

"Guardians of ancient Canadian cedars are divided over the future of logging on their windswept island outpost"

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Justice [15]
Forests [30]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Canada [32]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [33], 09/19/2024
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Calif. Mountain Towns Are Too Risky for Insurers, but Residents Want to Stay [34]

"In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Forests [30]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
California [23]
Source: NYTimes [35], 09/19/2024
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"States Own Lands On Reservations. To Use Them, Tribes Have To Pay" [36]

"How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [30]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: HCN/Grist [38], 09/19/2024
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September 24, 2024

Taking Action: The Growing Criminalization of Climate Activism in Western Democracies [39]

During Climate Week in New York, Summer of Heat, Climate Rights International (CRI) and Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) invite you to this open and in-depth discussion on the future of climate activism. 7:00 p.m. ET. The event will also be livestreamed.

Other Events [13]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [40]
Climate Change [2]
People & Population [4]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]

Antibiotic Resistance Could Cause Over 39 Million Deaths By 2050: Study [42]

"More than 39 million people could die of antibiotic-resistant infections between now and 2050, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [44]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
International [10]
Source: Washington Post [46], 09/18/2024
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