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"Unhoused in Phoenix’s Perilous Heat: ‘If I Don’t Keep Cool, I’ll Die’" [1]

"Phoenix is the US’s deadliest city for heat fatalities while its urban sprawl makes it a concrete heat island".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [8], 06/21/2022
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Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find [9]

The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.

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Environmental Justice [5]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
International [14]
Africa [15]
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Public [6]
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"Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances" [16]

"Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson deployed to Iraq and Kosovo with the Ohio National Guard, but the battle didn’t end when he returned home."

Chemicals [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [20], 06/14/2022
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Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings? [21]

"California is a good laboratory to explore women’s impact on environmental policy and the hurdles they continue to face."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: LA Times [23], 06/10/2022
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"Alaska Tribe Nominates Pribilof Islands Area For Sanctuary" [24]

"An Alaska Native tribe has nominated for consideration as a national marine sanctuary an area around the Pribilof Islands that supports Stellar sea lions, northern fur seals and other marine life."

Biodiversity [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [27]
Public [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
Source: AP [29], 06/10/2022
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August 8, 2024

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Virtual Public Meeting [30]

The U.S. EPA's next NEJAC virtual public meeting will run approximately 1:00-6:30 pm (ET), with a focus on several topics including, but not limited to, NEJAC recommendations for cumulative impacts and presentations from EPA programs. The meeting is free to attend; registration is required.

Other Events [31]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Justice [5]
Government [32]

"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster" [33]

"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Forests [34]
Government [32]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: Searchlight N.M. [37], 06/08/2022
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"Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges" [38]

"Cleanups of polluted urban sites are in line for billions of dollars in funding following last year’s infrastructure law—money that advocates of disadvantaged communities say should help steer redevelopment into much-needed grocery stores, affordable housing, and better-paying jobs."

Chemicals [17]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 06/08/2022
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"Vulnerable Nations Demand Funding For Climate Losses, Fearing UN 'Talk Shop'" [41]

"Loss and damage" caused by more extreme weather and rising seas is a key issue at mid-year U.N. climate talks in the German city of Bonn, as negotiators launched a three-year dialogue this week on a topic that has long divided rich and poorer economies."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [6]
International [14]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [42], 06/08/2022
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1st Nation Reclaims Territory By Declaring Indigenous Protected Area In B.C. [43]

"The Mamalilikulla First Nation has declared part of its traditional territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast that it lost to colonialism to be an Indigenous protected and conserved area (IPCA)."

Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [12]
Public [6]
Canada [44]
Source: Mongabay [45], 06/07/2022
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