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WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded [1]

"When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. “When there’s smoke or there’s a fire, they lock you in,” Whitman said. Whitman, president of the advocacy group Black Prisoners’ Caucus, is incarcerated at Airway Heights Corrections Center."

Air [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Source: Washington State Standard [9], 09/27/2023
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"Indigenous Brazilians Celebrate Land Claims Win - But Fight Goes On" [10]

"A few days ago, hundreds of Xokleng Indigenous people gathered around a screen in Ibirama-La Klãnõ territory in southern Brazil to watch the Supreme Court vote on Indigenous land rights."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Justice [4]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [6]
South America [13]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [14], 09/27/2023
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"How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere" [15]

"Generous federal tax credits are driving the onrush of carbon capture and storage projects being proposed in the U.S. But like a game of whack-a-mole, there’s a chance the planet-warming emissions could seep back up into the atmosphere after they are injected underground."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Floodlight [18], 09/27/2023
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"Cars Are A Major Predator For Wildlife. How Is Nature Adapting To Our Roads?" [19]

"In his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, Goldfarb explains how roads and cars are changing the lives of wildlife all over the world — and how roadkill has created a "crisis for biodiversity.""

Biodiversity [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [23], 09/27/2023
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After Summer’s Extreme Weather, More Americans See Climate Change As Culprit [24]

"New polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States, is bolstering Americans’ belief that they’ve personally felt the impact of climate change."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [26], 09/27/2023
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"Can the U.S. Make Solar Panels? This Company Thinks So." [27]

"First Solar kept producing them in Ohio after most of the industry moved to China. President Biden wants many more domestic manufacturers."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [29], 09/27/2023
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"Antarctica Just Hit A Record Low In Sea Ice — By A Lot" [30]

"Sea ice levels around Antarctica just registered a record low — and by a wide margin — as winter comes to a close, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). This significant milestone adds worry that Antarctic sea ice may be entering a state of decline brought on by climate change."

Climate Change [16]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
International [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 09/27/2023
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"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes" [34]

"Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water".

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Canada [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 09/27/2023
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"‘Staggering’ Green Growth Gives Hope For 1.5C, Says Global Energy Chief" [39]

"The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Public [6]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [40], 09/27/2023
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Outstanding Feature Story, Small: SEJ 22nd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment [41]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Feature Story, Small winners of the 2023 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read the stories and hear from the first-place winner.

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