"Rare, heavy rainfall started to hit New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona on Wednesday. Since then, brown-colored floodwaters have led to road closures, mandatory evacuations and emergency declarations across the four states."
"About a month after three Florida counties declared states of emergency over what officials described as a “wildly unusual” dengue outbreak, infections of the mosquito-borne disease have continued to climb."
"Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her husband and daughter and is continuing her research — studying how fish, shellfish and seaweed that humans eat are responding to climate change — at the University of Helsinki."
"The White House is using federal disaster relief as leverage while Republicans fight to keep power in Washington, with President Trump saying on one occasion that voting for Democrats could mean less money for states."
As a critical Election Day approaches, WatchDog Opinion considers how journalism might benefit from a shift in congressional power — whether through control over appropriations, oversight and confirmations, or through passage of press freedom bills. But much remains unknown, and other things are unlikely to change, like the presidential animus toward the press. A look at some of the possibilities.
When the Society of Environmental Journalists offered a platform for freelancers to have their voices heard, they showed up — and so did editors willing to lend advice and support. In the new Freelance Files column, co-editor Elyse Hauser takes a look at outcomes from a daylong connection space dedicated to freelance environmental journalists and their needs.
"The trial, which starts Monday, comes as Canada rolls back climate policies. A new government report warns the country could experience 5 degrees Celsius of warming under current emissions trajectories."
"“The numbers that matter most are still secret,” said Monika Gerhart of the Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association."
"Researchers found that treating PFAS measurements below laboratory reporting limits as “zero” may underestimate how widespread the chemicals are in U.S. drinking water."
