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Extreme weather events-
China issues first national drought alert, battles to save crops in extreme heatwave | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-issues-first-national-drought-alert-battles-save-crops-extreme-heatwave-2022-08-19/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Flooding caused by the heavy rain kills 16 in western China | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/flooding-caused-by-heavy-rain-kills-16-western-china-2022-08-18/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in Northern Algeria | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/people-killed-injured-tornado-fire-rage-northern-algeria-el-tarf-province?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Forest fire smoke drifts into Russian capital amid heatwave | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/forest-fire-smoke-drifts-into-russian-capital-amid-heatwave-2022-08-18/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Europe storms: Children among dead in France, Austria and Italy | BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62598573?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
All of Massachusetts now in drought amid alarming expansion of dry conditions in Northeast | CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/18/weather/drought-expands-northeast-texas-climate/index.html
Climate studies-
Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use | Communications Earth & Environment: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00497-4?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Burying just 5 percent of power lines can improve resilience in hurricane-prone regions | The Hill: https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/natural-disasters/3606490-burying-just-5-percent-of-power-lines-would-improve-resilience-in-hurricane-prone-regions/
Climate victories-
Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/science-miami-florida-corals-coral-reefs-38dd28e9ef546e8081b6ec6d4d54d2e9?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20220819&instance_id=69745&nl=climate-forward®i_id=83007827&segment_id=101852&te=1&user_id=67e1fa5e9e1c2e5cdb1b62bca3aaeb35
Kentucky coal company faces federal charges for faking coal dust tests | Ohio Valley Resource: https://ohiovalleyresource.org/2022/08/18/kentucky-coal-company-faces-federal-charges-for-faking-coal-dust-tests/
Climate fails-
Tennessee Valley Authority is dumping coal ash on Black south Memphis | The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/19/tennessee-valley-authority-memphis-coal/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Science+news%3A&utm_campaign=Science+Saturday+Email
‘We’ve been sold out’: Enviro justice advocates slam Biden’s climate compromise | Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/18/weve-been-sold-out-enviro-justice-advocates-slam-bidens-climate-compromise-00052048