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Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals [1]

"Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across the United States is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, according to testing data released on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [9], 08/18/2023
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"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years" [10]

"Lahaina is plagued by hazardous debris, chemicals and undrinkable water. A big storm could worsen and spread the wildfire contamination."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 08/18/2023
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"Books For Our New, Climate-Changed Summers" [17]

"After the daunting heatwaves and storms of this summer, our cheery visions of the season seem at odds with our climate-changed reality."

Climate Change [12]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [19], 08/17/2023
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Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home [20]

"One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat."

Agriculture [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [23]
Source: LA Times [24], 08/17/2023
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"US Launches Program To Provide Electricity To More Native American Homes" [25]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday unveiled a new program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward climate and renewable energy projects."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [22]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [29], 08/17/2023
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"Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout" [30]

"Icebreaker would be North America’s first ever freshwater offshore wind project – but locals express concerns over wildlife and potential oil leaks".

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/17/2023
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New Study Finds More Hurricane Deaths In US, Especially Among Vulnerable [33]

"Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally calculate and a disproportionate number of those victims are poor, vulnerable and minorities, according to a new epidemiological study."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [34], 08/17/2023
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"What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?" [35]

"They're tearing up rangeland and riparian areas—and also our ideas about wildness".

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [38]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Source: Sierra [40], 08/16/2023
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"Alarm At Exodus Of Climate Voices On Twitter After Musk Takeover" [41]

"Half of regular green tweeters abandoned platform after its sale and cuts to moderation, analysis finds".

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 08/16/2023
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Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water [44]

"As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [22]
Infrastructure [27]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Grist [45], 08/16/2023
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