Boiling Point: This California Desert Oasis Has Lessons For Climate Change
"Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is so green right now it’s hard to believe it’s in the middle of the desert."
Source: LA Times, 11/01/2023
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"Global Discord Threatens COP28 Climate Talks, EU Commissioner Says"
"The need for agreement to tackle global warming is "higher than ever", but it has never been harder as the geopolitical backdrop complicates international cooperation, the European Union's climate chief said on Monday ahead of next month's COP28 summit."
Source: Reuters, 10/31/2023"White House Warns Biden Would Veto House Appropriations Measures"
"The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November."
Source: The Hill, 10/31/2023"Dramatic Plan To Expand Flood Areas Could Force Millions To Buy Insurance"
"It’s a glaring weak spot in climate protection: Millions of U.S. residents don’t have flood insurance and face financial ruin if their home is inundated. But the nation’s insurance gap would shrink under a dramatic proposal that could require millions of property owners to buy flood coverage for the first time, potentially costing them thousands of dollars a year."
Source: E&E News, 10/31/2023"New Fines Aim To Stem The Tide Of 'Orphan' Oil And Gas Wells In Louisiana"
"Louisiana has increased fines for inactive oil and gas wells in an effort to reduce the number of polluting and dangerous wells that are eventually abandoned and made the responsibility of the state."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/31/2023"Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Claims Already Top $3 Trillion, US Says"
"Compensation claims filed by veterans and others who say they were sickened by toxic water at Camp Lejeune already total nearly $3.3 trillion, US Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/31/2023Deadly Explosion Off Nigeria Shows Global Threat From Aging Oil Ships
It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. ... Five workers were killed and two others presumed dead in the blast on the Trinity Spirit, a rusting converted oil tanker anchored 15 miles (24 km) off the coast of Nigeria that pulled crude oil from the ocean floor."
Source: AP, 10/31/2023Here Are Costly Options To Fix New Orleans Saltwater Intrusion For Good
"Thanks to a changing climate and a deeper navigation channel in the Mississippi River, the saltwater intrusion that has threatened New Orleans area drinking water supplies this year is expected to become more frequent. The scale of the crisis has sparked calls for a permanent solution. While there is no shortage of ideas, they all come with a huge price and no certainty about who will pay for them."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/31/2023"Nepal's Mountains Have Lost One-Third Of Their Ice, UN Chief Says"
"Nepal's snow-capped mountains have lost close to one-third of their ice in over 30 years due to global warming, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday after a visit to the area near Mount Everest, the world's highest peak."
Source: Reuters, 10/31/2023Navajo Sheep Herding At Risk From Climate Change. Youth Maintain Tradition
"WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was given what she considered easy tasks — holding the legs and catching the blood with a bowl. She was never given the knife. That changed recently."
Source: AP, 10/31/2023In Benin, Voodoo’s Birthplace, Believers Bemoan Shrinkage Of Sacred Forests
"For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get pregnant. Others were brought as newborns by parents seeking to ward off evil spirits."
Source: AP, 10/31/2023"Court Indefinitely Blocks Gulf Oil Leasing Deadline Set For Nov. 8"
"A federal appeals court on Thursday indefinitely stayed an earlier order requiring the Biden administration to hold a November oil lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, though it’s unclear whether the administration will immediately proceed with the sale."
Source: The Hill, 10/30/2023"Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?"
"EPA’s annual greenhouse gas report for large emitters show some facilities slashed their emissions while others polluted more than ever."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/30/2023Virgin Islands Warns St. Croix Tap Water Contaminated With Lead And Copper
"The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday warned that people on the island of St. Croix should not drink their tap water because officials found high levels of lead and copper."
Source: AP, 10/30/2023Four Tracts In Gulf Of Mexico Are Designated For Wind Power Development
"The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy."
Source: AP, 10/30/2023
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