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Farming Releases Carbon From Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back? [1]

"Traditional farming depletes the soil and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But decades ago, a scientist named Rattan Lal helped start a movement based on the idea that carbon could be put back into the soil — a practice known today as 'regenerative agriculture.'"

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: NPR [6], 08/20/2020
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"Sponsor of Climate Language Blasts DNC For Stripping It From Platform" [7]

"The sponsor of an amendment to the Democratic Party policy platform calling for ending fossil fuel tax breaks and subsidies said the Democratic National Committee stripped the text without his permission, calling the DNC’s explanation for its removal “100 percent false.”"

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Politico [10], 08/20/2020
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Wildfires Rage in California [11]

"Wildfires raced toward populated areas of Northern California's wine country, as dozens of blazes burned in other parts of the state."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [12]
Forests [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [4]
California [15]
Source: CNN [16], 08/20/2020
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Renewable Energy Firms Fight Endangered Species Status For Joshua Trees [17]

"Renewable energy corporations have launched an eleventh-hour campaign to derail a petition seeking endangered species protection for Joshua trees, saying it could hinder development of the solar and wind power projects California needs to wean itself off fossil fuels."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [13]
Public [4]
California [15]
Source: LA Times [20], 08/19/2020
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"Brazil Fires Threaten World's Largest Wetland" [21]

"Flames are ravaging Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, approaching the region’s main highway and threatening endangered species amid a near-record number of fires."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [12]
Forests [13]
Public [4]
South America [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 08/19/2020
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"‘Climate Donors’ Flock to Biden to Counter Trump’s Fossil Fuel Money" [24]

"In 2009, the Obama administration’s environmental team called a group of climate activists to the White House to deliver a message: Climate change doesn’t sell and only provokes economic attacks from the right that are too difficult to counter."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [27], 08/19/2020
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"Democrats Drop Demand To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies From Party Platform" [28]

"Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris each ran on axing subsidies, but the party said including that in the final draft of the platform was an “error.”"

"The Democratic National Committee this week quietly dropped language calling for an end to fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks from its party platform, HuffPost has learned.

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: HuffPost [29], 08/19/2020
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"Green Groups See Legal Flaws In Trump's Plan For Arctic Refuge Drilling" [30]

"The Trump administration’s effort to open up drilling across more than a million acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) faces significant legal hurdles, according to experts who are likely to assist in challenging the newly announced plan.

The Interior Department on Monday finalized plans to move ahead with a longstanding item on the GOP’s wishlist: allowing drilling in the Alaskan wilderness. The move could have dire consequences for polar bears, caribou, birds and other species that live in the coastal area in the northern part of ANWR.

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [14]
Wildlife [33]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: The Hill [35], 08/19/2020
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"Walls or Wetlands? How Southeast Cities Are Grappling With Rising Seas" [36]

"Climate change is already leaving Southeast cities swamped. Experts from the Southern Environmental Law Center explain how communities are planning for a wetter future."

Climate Change [3]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Revelator [39], 08/18/2020
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"U.S. Air Conditioning Use Could Surge Nearly 60 Percent by 2050" [40]

"A new analysis from Climate Central shows that the U.S. will see a shocking 59% increase in home air conditioning use over the next 30 years."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [41]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Technology [42]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Earther [43], 08/18/2020
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