Water & Oceans

"World’s Largely Unprotected Peatlands Are Ticking ‘Carbon Bomb’, Warns Study"

"The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction, a study has warned."

Source: Guardian, 02/14/2025

"Coca-Cola Says It May Use More Plastic Due To Trump Tariffs"

"Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company's chief executive, James Quincey, said in a call with investors."

Source: BBC News, 02/14/2025

Trump Funding Freeze Could Leave Communities On Their Own To Face Climate

"Removing lead paint and pipes. Cleaning up contaminated land. Monitoring pollution. Making houses more energy efficient. Installing solar panels in low-income neighborhoods. Those are some of the projects across the country that were cut off from federal funding when the Trump administration paused spending approved earlier by Congress."

Source: NPR, 02/13/2025

"NOAA Imposes Limits On Scientists, Sparking Concerns Over Global Forecasts"

"The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed onerous new restrictions on its scientists that people within the agency say could hamper the quality and availability of the world’s weather forecasts, among other key services."

Source: Guardian, 02/13/2025

Calif. Loves Dungeness Crab, But Whale Safety Concerns Put Industry In Peril

"The Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing regulation as California tries to prevent whales from getting entangled in fishing gear. Facing a truncated season and sharp limits on how many pots they can throw, crabbers wonder whether the industry can survive. Experiments with a new form of pop-up crabbing gear show promise and could offer a solution."

Source: LA Times, 02/12/2025

"NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears"

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s leading climate science agencies, has been ordered to identify grants related to global warming and other topics targeted by President Trump’s executive orders, raising fears that those grants are at risk of being canceled."

Source: NYTimes, 02/12/2025

Black Alabamians Have Lived for Years Without Public Water or Hope For It

"As aging private wells fall into disrepair, residents are left traveling miles to access or buy clean drinking water. Public officials say it’s a humanitarian crisis but argue there’s little they can do."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/12/2025

"Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway."

"The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”"

Source: NYTimes, 02/11/2025

"Study Finds Microplastic Contamination In 99% Of Seafood Samples"

"Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances’ ubiquity in the nation’s food system, and a growing threat to human health."  "The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp".

Source: Guardian, 02/10/2025

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