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"In New Scramble for Africa, an Arab Sheikh Is Taking the Lead" [1]

"A company established by a Dubai sheikh is finalizing agreements with African nations to manage vast tracts of their forests and sell the carbon credits. Critics are concerned the deals will not benefit Africans and will just help foreign governments perpetuate high emissions."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Africa [12]
Middle East [13]
Source: YaleE360 [14], 08/31/2023
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Scrapping Housebuilder Pollution Rules Is A Regression: UK Watchdog [15]

"Office for Environmental Protection chair tells ministers plan will degrade England’s rivers and demands that they explain it to MPs".

Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
Europe [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 08/31/2023
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"Exxon Says Global Climate Goals Are Destined To Fail" [21]

"The company’s researchers predict that an expanding population and worldwide economy will drive up energy demand for fossil fuels."

"Exxon Mobil projected that greenhouse-gas emissions and the efforts to keep the planet’s temperature from rising beyond an increase of 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 is destined to fail in a report released by the oil giant on Monday.

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [11]
Source: Grist [26], 08/31/2023
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"Invasive Species Have Created A Cycle Of Wildfire In Hawaiʻi" [27]

"Planting native flora could help prevent the island's next wildfire."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [29]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: Grist [31], 08/31/2023
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Reporter Sues Marion Police Chief, Alleging Retaliation In Newsroom Raid [32]

''Police Chief Gideon Cody arrived at the Marion County Record and handed a copy of a search warrant to Deb Gruver, the veteran reporter who had questioned him about alleged misconduct at his previous job."

Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Source: States Newsroom [34], 08/31/2023
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"Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters" [35]

"Misattributed videos, recycled lies and warped fears are fueling unfounded claims about the recent record-breaking heat, floods and wildfires."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [24]
Science [36]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [37], 08/31/2023
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"Hurricane Idalia: How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes" [38]

"Hurricane Idalia's arrival on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday signaled activity in the Atlantic's hurricane alley might not be as quiet this year as meteorologists had once predicted."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [29]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Reuters [40], 08/31/2023
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"For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives" [41]

"America’s birds are in trouble. Since 1970, nearly 3 billion birds have vanished from the skies over North America. Most of those losses have been in migratory species, which may breed in the United States or Canada in the summer before heading elsewhere for the winter."

Biodiversity [2]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [42]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [43], 08/30/2023
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"A Deadly Tick-Borne Epidemic Is Raging" [44]

"The boy came home from school weakened by fever, his ears burning-hot. ... Then, the telltale red spots appeared on his hands. But none of the doctors in this rural community along Mexico’s Pacific coast recognized the warning sign for one of the most lethal infectious diseases in the Americas — Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A week later, the boy was dead."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Health [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mexico [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 08/30/2023
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Study: Damage Would Cost Corporations 44% If They Paid For Their Emissions [47]

"The world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it, according to a study by economists of nearly 15,000 public companies."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [4]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: AP [48], 08/30/2023
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