"A Cash Crop That Never Runs Out"
"Supplemental income from 50 wind turbines helps a fourth-generation family ranch stay viable."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 01/22/2024
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Billions Of Cicadas Will Buzz This Spring As Two Broods Emerge At Once
"Much of the eastern United States can prepare for what one entomologist described as a "spectacular, macabre Mardi Gras" this spring. The event Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist at the University of Kentucky, is referring to is the simultaneous emergence of two cicada broods that will erupt in states from Virginia to Illinois come late April through June."
Source: NPR, 01/22/2024"House Passes PRESS Act To Shield Journalists From Revealing Sources"
"The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to strengthen journalists’ protection of confidential sources from federal investigation. The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act would protect reporters from being compelled by the government to give up confidential sources and information.. It passed on a voice vote."
Source: McClatchy, 01/19/2024"As Big 2024 Elections Loom, What's At Stake For Climate Action?"
"With millions voting this year from the US to India and the EU, more extreme weather could bump climate change up the agenda".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 01/19/2024"Interior Department Adds Six States To Western Solar-Development Plan"
"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Wednesday announced an update to its 2012 plan for solar power development in the western U.S., adding five states to the original six."
Source: The Hill, 01/19/2024Forest Service Pulls Permit For Construction Of Utah Oil Railroad
"The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday withdrew its approval of a right-of-way permit that would have allowed the construction of a railroad project through about 12 miles (19 kilometers) of roadless, protected forest in northeastern Utah."
Source: AP, 01/19/2024Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef To Date Mapped By Scientists Off Atlantic Coast
"Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor."
Source: AP, 01/19/2024"Climate Crisis Fuels Bangladesh’s Worst Dengue Epidemic"
"Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as higher rainfall and heat lead to fivefold rise in cases in a year, with children the hardest hit".
Source: Guardian, 01/19/2024"There’s New Data On Alberta’s Massive Oil And Gas Cleanup Problem"
"Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells dot the Albertan landscape. The province’s energy regulator just released new information about the time and money being spent to clean it all up".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/19/2024St. Croix Tap Water Remains Unsafe To Drink As US Virgin Islands Seek Fix
"With no date in sight for when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St. Croix, officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday night that they would distribute water filters and provide free lead and copper testing as they work on long-term solutions."
Source: AP, 01/19/2024Calif. Water-Saving Plan Slammed As Costly, Complicated And Unrealistic
"In a scathing review, advisors to the state Legislature have found that California's proposed regulations for urban water conservation would be costly, overly complicated and difficult to implement."
Source: LA Times, 01/19/2024Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests
"Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: “This forest is your mother.”"
Source: AP, 01/19/2024"Greenland Losing 30 Million Tonnes Of Ice An Hour, Study Reveals"
"The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought."
Source: Guardian, 01/18/2024"Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine"
"The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change."
Source: E&E News, 01/18/2024"Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica"
"The country’s banana industry is heavily reliant on chemical pesticides that threaten the environment and public health".
Source: Sierra, 01/18/2024
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