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"USDA Working With Ranchers Toward Indigenous Food Sovereignty" [1]

"Since the near extinction of the buffalo mostly by White settlers, the animal has become a symbol of both Indigenous resilience and food sovereignty. Now, buffalo are central to a new pilot program to improve food distribution on Native land."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ICT [8], 10/20/2023
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"Norma And Tammy Gain Strength En Route To Mexico, Leeward Islands" [9]

"Two potentially impactful tropical cyclones, both of which could reach land areas as hurricanes over the next several days, were roiling the waters on Thursday west of Mexico and east of the Leeward Islands: Hurricane Norma in the eastern Pacific and Tropical Storm Tammy in the Atlantic."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [13]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [14], 10/20/2023
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"How Tourism Threatens One Of The World’s Only Bioluminescent Bays" [15]

"Every year, tourists from across the globe flock to the south-west corner of Puerto Rico to witness a phenomenon found in only a few select locations worldwide."

Economy & Business [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [5]
Planning & Growth [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 10/19/2023
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"No Shade, No Water, And Record Heat: More Migrants Die In U.S. Desert" [21]

"Veteran firefighter Daniel Medrano got out of his truck somewhere in the barren outskirts of Sunland Park, New Mexico, where a vast expanse of yellow sand is dotted by stubby bushes. Under one, he found a body."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [4]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 10/16/2023
  • Read more about "No Shade, No Water, And Record Heat: More Migrants Die In U.S. Desert" [21]

"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands" [25]

"Crop failures are one reason an unprecedented number of migrants are heading to the U.S. border."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Food [26]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
South America [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 10/16/2023
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November 3, 2023

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshop on Traditional Ecological Knowledge [30]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by Nov 3 for this virtual workshop, Nov 13-14, 2023, exploring how Tribes and First Nations are joining discussions over environmental policy and resource management – and the challenges and opportunities TEK can bring to conservation and restoration efforts.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]
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Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [23]

"Extreme Heat Risks Rise For Pregnant Women And Babies" [34]

"As a health worker in South Sudan, Night Stella Elias sees from year to year how rising temperatures are adding to the dangers faced by pregnant women and their babies."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [22]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
International [23]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [35], 10/13/2023
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"USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat" [36]

"Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [4]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Source: Texas Observer [38], 10/13/2023
  • Read more about "USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat" [36]

"The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger" [39]

"In war-torn Yemen, malnourished children are struggling to survive as temperatures rise".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [22]
Food [26]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
Africa [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 10/13/2023
  • Read more about "The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger" [39]

"How Incarcerated People Are Helping To Restore A Fragile Ecosystem" [42]

"In prisons across Western states, incarcerated people are raising tens of thousands of plants to restore sagebrush habitat, a vanishing ecosystem home to the iconic endangered greater sage-grouse and hundreds of other species."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [43]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [44], 10/10/2023
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usda-working-ranchers-toward-indigenous-food-sovereignty [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://ictnews.org/news/usda-working-with-ranchers-toward-indigenous-food-sovereignty [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/norma-and-tammy-gain-strength-en-route-mexico-leeward-islands [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico [14] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/norma-and-tammy-gain-strength-en-route-to-mexico-leeward-islands/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-tourism-threatens-one-world-s-only-bioluminescent-bays [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [20] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/09/la-parguera-lajas-puerto-rico-tourism-bioluminescent-bay [21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/no-shade-no-water-and-record-heat-more-migrants-die-us-desert [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [24] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/no-shade-no-water-record-heat-more-migrants-die-us-desert-2023-10-13/ [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/warming-world-hunger-stalks-guatemalas-mayan-highlands [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america [29] https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GUATEMALA-CLIMATECHANGE/HUNGER/jnvwwbjzyvw/ [30] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ijnr-virtual-workshop-traditional-ecological-knowledge [31] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/extreme-heat-risks-rise-pregnant-women-and-babies [35] https://www.reuters.com/article/global-climate-change-women/rpt-extreme-heat-risks-rise-for-pregnant-women-and-babies-idINL8N3BG4CB [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usps-falsifying-safety-docs-its-workers-die-heat [37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [38] https://www.texasobserver.org/usps-worker-heat-death-safety/ [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/human-limit-where-heat-worsens-hunger [40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa [41] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/yemen-extreme-heat-hunger-malnourishment/ [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-incarcerated-people-are-helping-restore-fragile-ecosystem [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [44] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/how-incarcerated-people-are-helping-to-restore-a-fragile-ecosystem/ [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=134 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=131 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=132 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=133 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=136 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=137 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=138 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=139 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=322