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Mishmash Of How US Heat Deaths Are Counted Complicates Safety Efforts [1]

"Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died."

Climate Change [2]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 08/15/2023
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Young Activists Win First-Of-Its-Kind Climate Change Trial In Montana [8]

"Young environmental activists scored what may be a groundbreaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Source: AP [14], 08/15/2023
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Bear Known As 'Hank The Tank' To Sanctuary After Breaking Into 21 Homes [15]

"The large female, now called Henrietta, will live out her days at the Wild Animal Refuge in Colorado."

"A female black bear who wildlife authorities say broke into at least 21 California homes has been relocated to an animal sanctuary in Colorado.

Henrietta is now getting used to her new digs at the Wild Animal Refuge near Springfield, according to a Facebook post shared Friday.

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Public [5]
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Source: HuffPost [17], 08/14/2023
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‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword [18]

"At a conference in Seattle this summer, Coca-Cola set up shop in an exhibition hall to show off one of its most recent sustainability initiatives. A six-foot-tall interactive jukebox invited passersby to listen to “recycled records” — seven audio tracks that, according to Coca-Cola, represent the world’s first album made with recordings of the plastic recycling process."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [23], 08/14/2023
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"South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge" [24]

"Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean."

Activism [25]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
Asia [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 08/14/2023
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"Playing Matchmaker for Corals" [32]

"Along Florida’s coast, multiple coral restoration projects have hundreds of people painstakingly attaching thousands of coral fragments to acres of endangered reefs. These efforts are yielding impressive results, but they won’t be enough — especially now, in the face of unprecedented high sea temperatures, as some projects scramble to rescue corals from in-water nurseries."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
International [36]
Source: The Revelator [37], 08/14/2023
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"We're In For An 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts" [38]

"The rest of the 2023 hurricane season will be busier than previously thought, according to new projections from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Earther [39], 08/14/2023
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"EPA Launches Civil Rights Probe Over Calif. Water Fight" [40]

"EPA is probing California’s water department over accusations of discrimination against Native tribes and people of color, launching a significant environmental justice investigation that could affect how the state oversees water."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 08/14/2023
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"Mi’kmaw Nation, Lobster Harvesters Suing Feds For Treaty Violations" [43]

"Mi’kmaw has a treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from the fishery. It’s a right that was enforced by the Supreme Court of Canada. But Canada hasn’t moved to protect those rights – or fishers from benefiting from them".

Environmental Justice [10]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
Canada [44]
Source: APTN [45], 08/14/2023
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"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case" [46]

"Facing a pivotal federal investigation into Louisiana’s relationship with petro-chemical companies, the state’s attorney general hired lawyers who were simultaneously representing one of the main corporations at the center of the investigation, documents reveal."

Chemicals [19]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Guardian [48], 08/14/2023
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