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The Battle To Protect Congo’s Vast Peatlands [1]

The Congo Basin is home to the biggest network of tropical peatlands in the world, a vast carbon storehouse central to combating the challenge of climate change. A team of reporters made the journey to this little-covered region and returned with an award-winning feature that told the tale not just of the peatlands, but of the people that protect it. The latest Inside Story Q&A.

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Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
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International [11]
Africa [12]
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Public [13]
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Feeding Seaweed Supplement To Cattle Halved Methane Emissions In Aussie Study [14]

"Cattle at a Queensland feedlot were fed red seaweed for 200 days in one of the longest trials of the additive – but experts say it’s not farm-ready"

Agriculture [15]
Climate Change [3]
Food [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [13]
International [11]
Australia & Oceania [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 08/19/2024
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"Keeping The Homeless Hydrated In America's Hottest Big City" [20]

"A Context photographer rode along with medics bringing vital heat relief to people living on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona"

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [23], 08/19/2024
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"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide" [24]

"The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [13]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [25], 08/19/2024
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"EPA Solidifies Plans For $27B In Climate Funds Targeted By Republicans" [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is solidifying its use of $27 billion in climate funds that have been in GOP crosshairs. The agency announced that Friday, the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which designated the money, it was officially obligating the funds to recipients."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [29], 08/19/2024
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"Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action" [30]

"Although President Joe Biden already has cemented an unmatched legacy of climate change action, Vice President Kamala Harris raised the bar the moment that she entered the presidential race on July 21."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 08/19/2024
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"Hurricane Ernesto Knocks Out Power In Bermuda But Major Damage Avoided" [32]

"Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have escaped major injuries or property damage, officials said after an initial assessment."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 08/19/2024
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"Wind Beat Coal Two Months in a Row for U.S. Electricity Generation" [36]

"Wind turbines generated more electricity than coal-burning power plants across the United States in March and April, outstripping the dirtiest fuel for two consecutive months for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [38], 08/16/2024
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As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say USFS Has Left Them With Shortages [39]

"The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially for experienced firefighters."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Forests [7]
Government [40]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: ProPublica [41], 08/16/2024
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"Record-Setting Heat Waves Are Baking The Arctic Region" [42]

"Parts of the Arctic are enduring exceptionally high temperatures — up 30 to 40 degrees above normal — because of multiple intense heat domes."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [43]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Antarctica & Arctic [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 08/16/2024
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