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61 Indicted In Georgia On RICO Charges Connected To ‘Stop Cop City’ Movement

"ATLANTA — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.”

In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the defendants are “militant anarchists” who supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests.

Source: AP, 09/07/2023

"A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water"

"Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline."

Source: NYTimes, 09/07/2023

This Summer Broke World Record For The Highest Temperature Ever Measured

"Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization."

Source: AP, 09/07/2023

"States Withhold Cooling Aid For The Poor As Heat Gets Deadlier"

"More than 30 million low-income households that are eligible for federal funding to defray the cost of air conditioning have not received any money from a government program that was created to protect vulnerable people from dangerous temperatures, an E&E News analysis shows."

Source: E&E News, 09/07/2023

Why Extreme Heat Is So Dangerous For Those With Schizophrenia

"On July 12, 2022, Stephan Goodwin left his home with a drawstring bag and a gallon of water, fleeing the voices in his head. He never came back."

Source: Washington Post, 09/07/2023

"African Leaders Call For New Global Taxes To Fund Climate Change Action"

"African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November's COP28 summit."

Source: Reuters, 09/07/2023

"Biden To Cancel ANWR Leases, Expand Arctic Drilling Protections"

"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."

Source: E&E News, 09/07/2023

Indian Trans Woman No Longer Begging After Donated Electric Rickshaw

"When Preethi moved to Bengaluru in southern India 10 years ago after being kicked out of her family home for being transgender, she hoped for a better future."

Source: AP, 09/06/2023

"Climate-Linked Ills Threaten Humanity"

"The floods came, and then the sickness.

Muhammad Yaqoob stood on his concrete porch and watched the black, angry water swirl around the acacia trees and rush toward his village last September, the deluge making a sound that was like nothing he had ever heard. “It was like thousands of snakes sighing all at once,” he recalled.

Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2023

West Texas Residents Forge Their Own Solution To Undrinkable Water

"The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems."

Source: Texas Tribune, 09/06/2023

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