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"How Incarcerated People Are Helping To Restore A Fragile Ecosystem" [1]

"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 [2]
Climate Change [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [9], 10/10/2023
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"Uncontrolled Logging Puts New Sahel Reforestation Projects At Risk" [10]

"Reforestation projects to restore degraded lands in Chad and Cameroon, like the “Great Green Wall” and the “Reforestation 1400” projects, are facing increasing pressure from logging activity."

Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
Africa [11]
Source: Mongabay [12], 10/10/2023
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‘Without Water, There Is No Life’: Drought In Brazil’s Amazon [13]

"Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [7]
South America [17]
Source: AP [18], 10/10/2023
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"Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change" [19]

"A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [20], 10/10/2023
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"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?" [21]

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Justice [22]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [23]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Wildlife [24]
Public [7]
Canada [25]
Source: The Narwhal [26], 10/09/2023
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"In Baltimore, Yellow Buses Are Going Green" [27]

"Cities all over the country are beginning to transition their school bus fleets to electric — a boon for the climate, and for students’ health."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [30]
Technology [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Grist [34], 10/09/2023
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Gas Storage Plant and New Pipeline Disrupt Life for Texas Black Community [35]

"The environmental health crisis ruminating in Houston’s Southwest Crossing neighborhood is the product of climate change and an unstable energy grid."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [30]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Source: Capital B [38], 10/09/2023
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Millions Of Children Displaced Due To Worsening Extreme Weather Events [39]

"Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [14]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
International [40]
Source: AP [41], 10/09/2023
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Indigenous Peoples Day: A Day Of Celebration, Protest And Reclaiming History [42]

"From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience on Monday with ceremonies, dances and speeches."

Environmental Justice [22]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [43], 10/09/2023
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Home Insurance Likely To Be a 2024 Climate Story Near You [44]

In the first of a two-parter for our 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment & Energy, TipSheet looks at what climate-driven disasters mean for the home insurance market. Storms, floods and fire rip through communities, yet a federal insurance program falls short, lawmakers shy away from real reform and insurers grow hesitant to cover the risks, while homeowners often attempt to rebuild in the same problematic locales. Plus, see part two [45] on extreme weather and insurance.

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Consumer [47]
Disasters [14]
Economy & Business [48]
Environmental Politics [49]
Government [50]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [52]
People & Population [6]
Planning & Growth [53]
Policy [54]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [55]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-incarcerated-people-are-helping-restore-fragile-ecosystem [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [9] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/how-incarcerated-people-are-helping-to-restore-a-fragile-ecosystem/ [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uncontrolled-logging-puts-new-sahel-reforestation-projects-risk [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa [12] https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/cut-down-once-again-uncontrolled-logging-puts-new-sahel-reforestation-projects-at-risk/ [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/without-water-there-no-life-drought-brazil-s-amazon [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america [18] https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-drought-environment-climate-rivers-4152b5e288e1b85abc4e5d4af64db67d [19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/heat-high-water-hurricanes-schools-are-not-ready-climate-change [20] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/us/schools-climate-change-buildings.html?unlocked_article_code=MnXqXG0eFGK0cQe531QdZ3c2v1FO7cu-QUWZ8YmzryELEfZRpzwFKpk_4YlhR6nKiJ4hIOHR-FTRmZt9uPUlNMWeeSCTQ7BpevnhgoEibFNuNSPNJ5Sn_X5cTfJzB-6AdeX1SDhjAZhouKv-cFPLhEc25hdx_2P6d2L78YzfS8fVvl9Aw8vKCJsIS7oi2jqP9dTgL6WQZDi6zW8oKXHqOhOGNl3kb_T-2sWOZM1G8bbUuDf44fopNg7P4zfDN3KikLV2QXYMOBFZVdbFsMf90C9v37Div8yZXT0cwa3tGwAQVJj-73luXEF4k5JIxy2_CxVB7KmP7lK_Mcm6SmJpt2XA&smid=url-share [21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-will-it-take-make-traditional-foods-thrive-again [22] 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