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Mayflies warn of the unseen dangers lurking after urban wildfires

Mayflies and other tiny stream organisms are revealing alarming signs about the impact of urban wildfires on waterways, showing how toxic metals released by fires may disrupt ecosystems for years.

Lauren Magliozzi reports for The Washington Post and The Conversation.

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Senator Whitehouse & climate change

Senator Whitehouse puts climate change on budget committee’s agenda

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.

Humpbacks face new challenges as the oceans heat up

Humpback whales have made a comeback in the North Pacific, but climate change now threatens their breeding and feeding grounds, potentially disrupting decades of recovery.

Riley Farrell reports for the BBC.

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Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer

PITTSBURGH — More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells.

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Fossil fuel companies spend $5.6 billion to improve public image through sports deals

Fossil fuel firms have invested billions in global sports sponsorships, using these deals to improve their reputation amid growing concerns about their role in climate change.

Damien Gayle reports for The Guardian.

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The Bad River Tribe continues its fight to remove Line 5 pipeline from their land

A long-standing legal dispute between the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Enbridge over the Line 5 oil pipeline threatens the tribe's wetlands and water supply.

Kiley Price reports for Inside Climate News.

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Fracking opponent fights to reclaim her life after years of threats

At 23, Colombian environmental activist Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco, a leading voice against fracking, continues her battle for mental health after enduring years of harassment and death threats.

María Paula Rubiano A. reports for Grist.

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Somalia's climate crisis is worsening long-standing challenges

Despite being one of the world's poorest and most conflict-ridden nations, Somalia's top climate advisor remains hopeful for the country's future despite the impacts of climate change.

Justin Rowlatt reports for theBBC.

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The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately harming low-income and minority women: Report

The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately harming low-income and minority women: Report

“Women, in all of their diversity, must be at the center of climate and energy decision-making.”

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Op-ed: People need shelter from climate change — their health hangs in the balance

The discourse on climate resilience must include affordable housing policy solutions.

U.S. Steel Pennsylvania pollution

As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania

“Pennsylvania steel communities have lived with dangerous air quality for generations. That needs to end.”

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LISTEN: Elijah Hutchinson on New York City’s push for climate justice

"Environmental justice itself is for the first time in the title of the climate office."

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A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding

CNX Resources is slated to receive Justice40 dollars for self-monitoring. Health and justice advocates are outraged.

Cancer Alley Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.

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