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Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Park Fire Destruction [1]

"California’s latest historic wildfire serves as a stark reminder of the regenerative promise of Indigenous cultural burning, practitioners say."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 09/03/2024
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"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections" [11]

"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central [16], 09/03/2024
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Carbon Credits: How One Company’s Plan To Help The Planet Went Off The Rails [17]

"C-Quest Capital claimed it could improve people’s lives in Africa with cleaner cookstoves. But an investigation by The Post shows it promised more than it could deliver."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [20]
Africa [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 09/03/2024
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Making Sense of Jewish Perspectives on the Climate Story [23]

American Jews are heavily involved in climate action in both the political and civic realms. But current events in Israel and Gaza can make it hard for U.S. journalists to cover environmental stories important to Jews at home or abroad. Jewish freelancer Ethan Brown on differences and synergies between Israeli and American Jewish environmentalism and how to approach stories within each community.

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Activism [25]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [4]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Military [29]
People & Population [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [30]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [20]
Middle East [31]
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"Troubled Waters" [32]

"In an iconic corner of the Grand Canyon, a uranium mine may threaten a tribe’s sole water source"

Environmental Justice [13]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [30]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Science [34], 08/27/2024
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"Tanzania's Maasai Protest Eviction In The Name Of Conservation" [35]

"For a week, the green hills around Tanzania's famous Ngorongoro crater have been chequered with the blood red shuka cloths of tens of thousands of Maasai herdsman protesting their eviction from their land - all in the name of conservation."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
Africa [21]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [36], 08/27/2024
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Heat Kills 1000s in U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track? [37]

"As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [38]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [39], 08/26/2024
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Apache Group Carrying Petition to Supreme Court to Stop Mine on Sacred Land [40]

"The prayer journey will pass through other tribal communities threatened by resource extraction while trying to stop a mine that claims it could satisfy a quarter of the U.S. demand for copper."

Activism [25]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 08/23/2024
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"Some of Arizona’s Most Valuable Water Could Soon Hit the Market" [42]

"A small tribal community along the Colorado River could become a major player in the state’s water supply."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Circle of Blue [43], 08/23/2024
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Microplastics Are Infiltrating Brain Tissue, Human Organs, Studies Show [44]

"Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight"

"A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution.

Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [46]
Public [7]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [47], 08/22/2024
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