News items for August 12, 2024
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1. Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned
The fires have prompted the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to issue air quality alerts.
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2. Group of Alaska Tribes demands pause on BC mining project upstream of ‘ecological hotspot’
A group of Indigenous communities in Alaska are calling for a stop to a “reckless” mining plan across the Canadian border that they say will threaten their water, food supply and way of life.
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3. ‘It feels suffocating’: Experts say wildfire smoke is bad for our brains
A growing body of research shows short-term and long-term health impacts on people exposed to wildfire smoke, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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4. How do climate activists feel about the Harris campaign?
Endorsements for Vice President Harris are rolling in from environmental groups who see her as a strong potential ally on issues like climate change.
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5. Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
Avangrid Renewables said they plan to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
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6. Portland forecast to have fewest new apartments on tap since 2009
The city’s apartment-construction slump is deepening to a level it hasn’t experienced since the global financial crisis.
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7. Forests around Stehekin, WA, have always burned. What lessons do they hold for a smoldering West?
Already, flames surround the small resort town of Stehekin, and some residents are asking how — after it sparked more than two months ago — the slow-moving fire was ever allowed to reach this point.
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8. Amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide that OR farmland absorbs overinflated, study finds
State and federal leaders have put millions into improving crops and soils so they absorb more carbon dioxide, but across the U.S. that would only cut 3% of agricultural emissions, researchers found.
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9. How the 2024 Paris Olympics handled the heat — and didn’t
The summer games can’t compete with rising temperatures. Here’s what that means for the future of the Olympics.