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Texas Heat Deaths Climb After Beryl Left Millions Without Power For Days [1]

"As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool."

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Source: LA Times [11], 07/22/2024
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Greenhouse Heat: Touted Climate Solution Threatens Agricultural Workers [12]

"To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some collapse. Some hover on the brink of exhaustion, backs straining, breathing heavily."

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Source: AP [14], 07/22/2024
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"What Would A Harris Presidency Mean For The Climate?" [15]

"A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House."

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Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [16]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Grist [17], 07/22/2024
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DOI Names Former Site Of Texas ‘Mexican School’ As Newest National Park [18]

"The Biden administration has named the site of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a segregated school for Mexican American children, as the country’s newest national park, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday."

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Source: The Hill [21], 07/19/2024
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How Geothermal Fracking Could Unlock A Clean Energy Future [22]

"Technology pioneered by the oil and gas industry is fueling a new type of carbon-free power plant."

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Source: Washington Post [24], 07/19/2024
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Hawaiian Electric, Others Agree To Proposed $4B Maui Wildfire Deal: Report [25]

"Hawaiian Electric Industries and other defendants in lawsuits over the Maui wildfires in Hawaii have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlement amount, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter."

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Source: Reuters [28], 07/19/2024
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"US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale In A Win For Environmentalists" [29]

"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."

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Source: Reuters [30], 07/19/2024
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"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill" [31]

"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday."

Agriculture [13]
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Source: E&E News [34], 07/19/2024
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"How A Republican Election Sweep Could Transform U.S. Climate Policy" [35]

"President Biden’s signature environmental actions could be reversed if the GOP takes control of the House, Senate and White House. The EPA and other agencies could see their budgets slashed."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [37], 07/19/2024
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#SEJSpotlight: Luis Joel Méndez González, Investigative Reporter, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo [38]

Meet SEJ member Luis Joel Méndez González! Luis is a climate change and post–disaster recovery reporter for Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism through Report for America. He is a passionate, data-driven, investigative and multimedia reporter with an interest in stories about Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised.

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