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"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’" [1]

"Student organizers at 50 different high schools across the country are banding together to launch the “Green New Deal for Schools Campaign.”

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 09/26/2023
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"The Human Limit: The Inequality Of Heat" [10]

"After the third day without power, the residents of Kasia Bagan had had enough. Their city of Kolkata was in the midst of a blistering heat wave, with temperatures rising to 105 degrees, making life in the narrow lanes and in their tiny one-room homes nearly unbearable."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 09/26/2023
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Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [17]

As hurricane season ramps up, how are the disaster planners considering those with disabilities in your community? Texas-based journalist Greg Harman shares the story of one group that sued their city over claims it failed to properly prepare. And he extracts some rules of thumb to help determine if emergency planners are taking those with disabilities into consideration where you are.

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Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Diversity [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Policy [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
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"Malaria Is On The Ropes In Bangladesh. But The Parasite Is Punching Back" [27]

"The soft footfalls of thousands of moccasins along unpaved rural roads across Bangladesh could be considered the soundtrack to this country's astonishing success in its battle against malaria."

Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
Asia [15]
Source: NPR [28], 09/22/2023
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"The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say" [29]

"Heads of climate-vulnerable nations gathered on the sidelines of a United Nations climate summit to call for new policies and agreements to manage the millions of people who are being forced from their homes by extreme weather."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 09/22/2023
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"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps" [31]

"Congressional Democrats are vowing to defend President Joe Biden’s new federal green jobs program from future Republican attacks."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [33]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [35], 09/22/2023
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Earth HQ [36]

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Latest news, science and solutions from across the globe in real time with interactive maps. A joint project of Global Commons Alliance, Resource Watch, earth.nullschool.net and NowThis Earth, powered by environmental news site Mongabay.

Useful Links [37]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [14]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
People & Population [6]
Technology [38]
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"Wildfire Fighters Describe A Mental Health Crisis On The Frontlines" [39]

"Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires. Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll — from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [33]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [40]
Source: The Narwhal [41], 09/21/2023
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"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World" [42]

"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [11]
Forests [33]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
California [43]
Source: NPR [44], 09/20/2023
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Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [45]

"Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’s most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [46], 09/19/2023
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