"Laying out her economic agenda this week, Vice President Harris backed increasing domestic minerals production and creating a minerals stockpile."

"Hurricane Helene has made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Perry, Florida, bringing devastating storm surge, severe winds and heavy rain. At least three people have died as a result."

Tim Harris and Jan Wesner Childs report for the Weather Channel September 27, 2024. [11]

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"Heat has long threatened migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Now, amid the hottest years on record, it is putting missions to recover their bodies in jeopardy."

"In a bipartisan vote, the House approved a forestry bill opposed by the Biden administration."

"While many young climate voters are rallying around Harris, her backpedaling on a fracking ban and support of President Biden’s oil and gas policies leave some disenchanted."

"Using EPA funds, Colorado will deploy cutting edge technology for detecting methane emissions from its 80 landfills, making it a leader among states."

"Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares (400 square kilometers) of Argentina's central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields in their wake."

"The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators from climate-vulnerable small islands to attend the event, a senior COP29 official told Reuters."

"In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a federal district court said teeth-strengthening chemicals added to drinking water pose an “unreasonable risk,” a designation prompting EPA regulations under the nation’s premier toxics law."

"Officials were working Wednesday to assess the scene the day after a chemical leak from a railcar prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents in southwestern Ohio."