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Fungal Disease Spreading Fast In US. A Hotter Climate Could Be To Blame. [1]

"A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases to jump by 1,200 percent since 2017."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [6], 08/01/2023
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"Big Business Lobbies Against Heat Protections For Workers As US Boils" [7]

"Big-business lobbyists, including big agricultural and construction groups, are pushing to water down or stymie efforts at the federal and state levels to implement workplace heat protection standards."

Agriculture [8]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [14], 08/01/2023
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"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks" [15]

"Congressional Republicans are seething about the Biden administration’s plans to change how the government reviews major energy infrastructure projects ranging from oil and gas pipelines to solar installations."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E News [17], 08/01/2023
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Heat Illuminates Plight Of Poorest Americans Without Air Conditioning [18]

"As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat. Gallegos, like many in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, doesn’t have air conditioning."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [19], 07/31/2023
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"‘Vicious Cycle’: Heat Waves Ramp Up Global Burning Of Fossil Fuels" [20]

"Residents of the U.S. and other countries, cranking up their air conditioners, are helping to set records for consumption of fuels contributing to climate change".

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [3]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
International [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 07/31/2023
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"As El Nino Fuels Fire Risk, Southeast Asia Braces For Haze Crisis" [26]

"Southeast Asian nations are gearing up to tackle the threat of a tougher-than-usual "haze" season together, as the El Nino climate phenomenon raises the risk of soaring temperatures."

Air [27]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [4]
Asia [31]
Australia & Oceania [32]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [33], 07/28/2023
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"A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says" [34]

"As many as 450,000 Americans may be living with alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy that has been linked to tick bites, with many of those people going undiagnosed, according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [36], 07/28/2023
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Senate Appropriators Spare Interior, EPA From Deep Cuts [37]

"Senate appropriators approved legislation Thursday morning for agencies paramount to President Joe Biden’s climate and environmental justice priorities."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E&E News [38], 07/28/2023
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"Biden Announces Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat" [39]

"President Biden directly linked recent record heat waves with climate change on Thursday and announced new measures aimed at helping communities endure extreme weather, as rising temperatures scorch much of the country and amplify alarms about global warming."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [40]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [41], 07/28/2023
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22 Attorneys General Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS In Water Systems [42]

"Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [45], 07/27/2023
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