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Two Hurricanes Expected In Gulf Of Mexico; Florida In Path Of One [1]

"The National Hurricane Center is forecasting for two tropical depressions to reach hurricane strength, with both sharing the Gulf of Mexico at the same time."

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Source: USA TODAY [7], 08/21/2020
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California Wildfires Kill At Least 4 People As Evacuees Weigh Virus [8]

"At least four people have died as a result of wildfires fueled by a heat wave and a blitz of lightning strikes in [California's] northern areas. The clusters of fires merged into orange infernos that are creeping up on residential areas, turning neighborhoods into ash and smoldering ruins."

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California [11]
Source: CNN [12], 08/21/2020
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"Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking, And Climate Change May Be To Blame" [13]

"Alaska’s highly prized salmon - a favorite of seafood lovers the world over - are getting smaller, and climate change is a suspected culprit, a new study reported, documenting a trend that may pose a risk to a valuable fishery, indigenous people and wildlife."

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Source: Reuters [16], 08/20/2020
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"How Trump's NEPA Overhaul Hits Offshore Wind" [17]

"Offshore wind — a multibillion-dollar industry poised to go up along the Atlantic seaboard — seemingly is the optimal candidate to benefit from President Trump's overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act last month."

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Laws & Regulations [19]
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Source: E&E News [20], 08/20/2020
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Mangroves Could Help Save Us From Warming. But It's Killing Mangroves [21]

"Coastal mangrove forests help protect communities and habitats from storm surges, but sea-level rise could wipe them out."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [22]
Source: Revelator [23], 08/20/2020
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Climate Change Hits Colorado With Wildfires, Drought, Record Heat [24]

"Climate change hit home in Colorado this week, exacerbating multiple environmental calamities: wildfires burning across 135,423 acres, stream flows shrinking to where state officials urged limits on fishing, drought wilting crops, and record temperatures baking heat-absorbing cities."

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Fish & Fisheries [14]
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Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Source: Denver Post [27], 08/20/2020
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"How Weather Detectives Scrutinize Would-Be World Records" [28]

"When a weather station in Death Valley, Calif., registered an astonishing 130 degrees Fahrenheit this week, it got meteorologists' attention. After all, there's a possibility that this is the highest such temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth — if it's for real."

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Source: NPR [30], 08/20/2020
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Farming Releases Carbon From Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back? [31]

"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.'"

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International [22]
Source: NPR [32], 08/20/2020
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"Sponsor of Climate Language Blasts DNC For Stripping It From Platform" [33]

"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.”"

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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Politico [35], 08/20/2020
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Wildfires Rage in California [36]

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

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California [11]
Source: CNN [38], 08/20/2020
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