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Extreme weather events-
UK weather: Thunderstorms warning as heavy rain hits and roads flood | BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62558667?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis | Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082022/texas-water-mexico-drought/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
US spares Western states from Colorado River water cuts - for now | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-western-states-deadlocked-cutting-colorado-river-use-2022-08-16/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220817&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Climate studies-
Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau | Nature Climate Change: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01443-0?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Rise in extreme heat will hit minority communities hardest | E&E News: https://www.eenews.net/articles/rise-in-extreme-heat-will-hit-minority-communities-hardest/
Climate victories-
Biden signs massive climate and health bill | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/biden-signs-climate-health-bill-9a7f349fa7b07387d20ad603f2ff4875?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
The signature is only the beginning | Axios: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-generate-ec24b4df-5390-457b-8e5e-924f1f2636f0.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0
The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland | Axios: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/electric-cars-vehicles-batteries-battery-belt-biden?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top
One EV advantage: cheaper fuel costs | Axios: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-generate-ec24b4df-5390-457b-8e5e-924f1f2636f0.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story
Los Angeles Homeowners Are Removing Lawns During Drought | The NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/us/los-angeles-lawn-watering-drought.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Climate fails-
Shell and BP’s plans to reduce carbon emissions will overshoot Paris Agreement targets, study says | Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11116489/Fossil-fuel-firms-projections-dont-fit-Paris-Agreement-targets-study-says.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220817&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Oil giant Esso wins High Court injunction to stop Runnymede pipeline protest | The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/esso-oil-pipeline-injunction-protest-b2145689.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220816&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter