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Hibernating Fat Bears Are Complex. They May Hold Lessons For Human Health.

"Hibernating bears stay healthy despite being very fat and sedentary. New research is focusing on what humans can learn from them."

"Fat bear week starts today, that glorious autumn tradition when anyone with an internet connection can vote for the plumpest brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Last year, more than 800,000 people weighed in during Fat Bear Week, crowning Otis, an enormous, dimpled ursine, Fat Bear champion for the fourth time.

Source: Washington Post, 10/06/2022

"Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat"

"Reggie Carrillo knows firsthand that where you live can determine how hot your neighborhood gets. The environmental activist and educator resides in a largely Mexican American area of south-central Phoenix, where segregation once forced Black and Hispanic people to live south of the railroad tracks."

Source: AP, 10/06/2022

"Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid."

"Hurricane Ian’s wrath made clear that Florida faces some of the most severe consequences of climate change anywhere in the country. But the state’s top elected leaders opposed the most significant climate legislation to pass Congress — laws to help fortify states against, and recover from, climate disasters, and confront their underlying cause: the burning of fossil fuels."

Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2022

"U.S. Acknowledges Child Labor in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain"

"The federal government has, for the first time, included crucial raw materials needed for the clean energy transition under a list of goods that have child or forced labor in their supply chains."

Source: Earther, 10/06/2022

"The E.U. Is Preparing For Blackouts This Winter, Amid An Energy Crisis"

"An energy supply crunch tied to the war in Ukraine could cause widespread blackouts in the European Union this winter, an official in charge of managing crises within the bloc has warned."

Source: Washington Post, 10/06/2022

"The Climate Economy Is About to Explode"

"A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks."

Source: Atlantic, 10/06/2022

"World Bank ‘Has Given Nearly $15Bn To Fossil Fuel Projects Since Paris Deal’"

"The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found."

Source: Guardian, 10/06/2022

"‘Forever Chemicals’ In Deer, Fish Challenge Hunters, Tourism"

"Wildlife agencies in the U.S. are finding elevated levels of a class of toxic chemicals in game animals such as deer — and that’s prompting health advisories in some places where hunting and fishing are ways of life and key pieces of the economy."

Source: AP, 10/06/2022

"Florida’s Waterways Contaminated Post-Ian, Posing Health Risks"

"Sewage pipelines overflowed into waterways. Toppled portable toilets spilled into floodwaters. Gasoline and motor oil leaked from partly submerged vehicles. Downed trees have started decomposing on waterlogged roads."

Source: Washington Post, 10/06/2022

"OPEC+ Makes Big Oil Cut To Boost Prices; Pump Costs May Rise"

"The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically sensitive pump prices for U.S. drivers just ahead of key national elections."

Source: AP, 10/06/2022

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