"Racial minorities in the United States will bear a disproportionate burden of the negative health and environmental impacts from a warming planet, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, including more deaths from extreme heat and property loss from flooding in the wake of sea-level rise."
"Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday, as the House Natural Resources Committee rejected more than a dozen changes sought by Republicans."
"Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida following the publication of aerial photos by The Associated Press."
"Neisha Perrilloux sat in 93 degree heat outside her powerless, storm-damaged apartment on Thursday trying to catch a breeze and wishing she were anywhere but LaPlace."
"Three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, its weakened remnants tore into the Northeast and claimed at least 43 lives across New York, New Jersey and two other states in an onslaught that ended Thursday and served as an ominous sign of climate change’s capacity to wreak new kinds of havoc."
Join the Pew Research Center and a panel of distinguished experts on the opening day of the UN General Assembly for an exploration of new international polling data on global views of climate change and confidence in the international community to address it. 12:30 p.m. ET.
Harlo Holmes, Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation, will be providing guidance to journalists on what they can do to keep themselves safe and improve their knowledge and skills on digital security. 10 a.m. ET.
The Allen Coral Atlas will host a virtual press conference with a 10-minute presentation that includes a demonstration of the Atlas, followed by Q&A with partner representatives. 11 a.m. ET. Embargoed press materials are available upon request through the registration page.
"Several years ago, a mysterious coral disease began decimating the Florida Reef. The only way to save the animals from extinction? An unprecedented mission to relocate them to facilities across the country."
"Across the U.S. West this summer, helicopters buzz low, herding thousands of wild horses into gated areas. The roundups, made necessary by the devastating effects of wildfire and drought, show how climate change is endangering the iconic wild horses, livestock and other wildlife, according to ranchers, activists and the U.S. government."
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