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Monday, Sept. 6, 2021

The Hill: Three new wild fires ignite in California as Caldor fire slows

Seattle Times: Texas anti-abortion law turns everyday citizens into bounty hunters

NY Times: Ex-Marine Sharpshooter Kills 4 and Fires at Deputies in Florida, Sheriff Says

NY Times: An Unsung Pit Crew of California’s Wildfires: Hotel Workers Left Behind

Washington Post: Millions in U.S. lose jobless benefits as federal aid expires, thrusting families and economy onto uncertain path

KOMO News: Tourists to be fined $3,500 for stealing sand from popular Italian beaches

AP News: Treasured US West trout streams wither amid heat, drought

AP News: Evacuations lifted for thousands in Tahoe as wildfire stalls today

The Guardian: ‘No point in anything else’: Gen Z members flock to climate careers

The Guardian: ‘Sex isn’t difficult any more’: the men who are quitting watching porn

Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021

NY Times: Opinion: We Are Becoming a Nation of Vigilantes

Politico: Automakers gear up for an all-electric future

Washington Post: Before and after: Photos show once-pristine South Lake Tahoe smothered in Caldor Fire’s smoke

Washington Post: Why America has 8.4 million unemployed when there are 10 million job openings

The Guardian: How a Tahoe refuge saved owls, coyotes and raccoons from wildfire

The Guardian: Toxic algae leads to closure of river areas near where California family died

The Guardian: Taliban break up Afghan women’s rights march with gunfire

The Guardian: Hurricane Ida death toll nears 60 as states begin to comb through debris

The Oregonian: Cops: 14 arrested, 1,400 pounds of pot seized at illegal Oregon marijuana grow operations

The Oregonian: Mexican drug cartel’s illegal marijuana grow operation raided in Deschutes County

The Oregonian: 4.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off Oregon coast

LA Times: Drought has farmworkers dreaming of escape from California’s breadbasket

LA Times: The big change coming to California neighborhoods

Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021

BBC: Why China's bitcoin miners are moving to Texas

NPR: Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout

NPR: Curtis Flowers Sues The DA Who Put Him On Trial 6 Times

The Atlantic: What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity

NY Times: Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?

NY Times: Satellite Images Find Oil Spill in Gulf Left in Ida’s Wake

Washington Post: Burying power lines isn’t the only way to weatherproof the grid

The Guardian: ‘You’re poisoning us’: Ida brings fresh hell for Cancer Alley residents already battling pollution

The Guardian: UK politicians may defy vaccine board and go ahead with Covid jabs for all 12- to 15-year-olds

LA Times: U.S. appeals court says L.A. can’t seize and discard homeless people’s bulky property

LA Times: CSU to create an immersive tech hub to recruit Latinos, others into STEM fields

LA Times: Security of some ballot-marking devices could be vulnerable in California recall, researchers say

LA Times: L.A. firefighters, police officers dig in heels over vaccination mandate

Press Democrat: North Coast lawmakers gearing up to battle coal export proposal tied to Humboldt

KRCR: U.S. Army deployed to Dixie Fire, commander says chances of putting it out now more likely

KRCR: Monument Fire 35% contained after burning over 178,000 acres

Mt. Shasta News: California fire update: 2020 fires could reach 2M acres; Dixie Fire sprawls over 870 miles

SFGate: Nearly 500,000 gallons of water and retardant dumped on Caldor Fire

Friday, Sept. 3, 2021

MIT Reader: Opinion: How American Environmentalism Failed

Jalopnik: Here's Another Reminder That The Police Can Just Steal Your Money

Gizmodo: This Normal-Looking Lightning Cable Actually Steals All of Your Data

The Oregonian: After Idaho governor asks people to get COVID vaccine, his lieutenant governor calls the suggestion ‘shameful’

The Guardian: What I learned visiting Alaska’s only maximum-security prison

The Oregonian: Rural Oregon school superintendent fired after enforcing state mask mandate

KRCR: Ivermectin flying off shelves in Redding despite warnings from health officials

Press Democrat: As drought-parched summer vanishes in a shroud of wildfire smoke, so does peace of mind

LA Times: First the flames, then the fees: Caldor fire evacuees report price-gouging