"How Young Californians Cope To Beat Climate Anxiety and Doom"
"When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares of floods pouring through his South Los Angeles home."
Source: LA Times, 08/09/2022
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"Study Connects Climate Hazards To 58% Of Infectious Diseases"
"Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says."
Source: AP, 08/09/2022
"Electric Cars Too Costly for Many, Even With Aid in Climate Bill"
"Policymakers in Washington are promoting electric vehicles as a solution to climate change. But an uncomfortable truth remains: Battery-powered cars are much too expensive for a vast majority of Americans."
Source: NYTimes, 08/09/2022
"Biden Surveys Flood Damage In Kentucky, Pledges More US Help"
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday witnessed the damage from deadly and devastating storms that have resulted in the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history, as they visited the state to meet with families and first responders."
Source: AP, 08/09/2022
"Peter Dykstra: The Birth of Greenwashing"
"When I was growing up, I had a fascination with phonies – that certain brand of phonies that make millions off a gullible public by offering a warped reality."
Source: EHN, 08/08/2022
Five More Arrested In Brazil Over Murders Of Phillips And Pereira
"Brazilian police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira on Saturday, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia based in the Amazon region."
Source: Guardian, 08/08/2022
Mexico Desperate For Water While Drinks Companies Use Billions Of Litres
"As drought grips cities like Monterrey, people queue with buckets for brackish water. But Coca-Cola and other firms are still extracting groundwater".
Source: Guardian, 08/08/2022
Tijuana Sewage Spill Shutters Calif. Beach And Shoreline, Yet Again
"Adam Wraight pulled a blue sewage "warning" sign out of the sand near Imperial Beach Pier on Thursday morning, replacing it with the more ominous yellow and red placard telling beachgoers that waters were officially closed."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, 08/08/2022
"After Rockets Strike Near Nuclear Plant, Ukraine and Russia Trade Blame"
"Moscow accused Ukraine of striking near spent-fuel storage at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, while Ukrainian intelligence said it was a move by Russia to destroy infrastructure."
Source: NYTimes, 08/08/2022
Swamped By Public Outcry, Oregon Withdraws Controversial Wildfire Risk Map
"Oregon Department of Forestry has been inundated with complaints after releasing a map of wildfire risk on every tax lot in the state."
Source: OPB, 08/08/2022
