"How The Forest Dies"
"The Amazon is going dry. In one parched corner, a desperate wait for water is only just beginning."
Source: Washington Post, 11/22/2022
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"In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations"
"After 30 years of deadlock, a new U.N. climate agreement aims to pay developing countries for loss and damage caused by global warming. But huge questions remain about how it would work."
Source: NYTimes, 11/21/2022"'Landmark Vote' Gives Boost To Threatened Sharks"
"More than 50 species of sharks are to be given protection from over-exploitation in what's being seen as a milestone for shark conservation."
Source: BBC News, 11/21/2022Black Communities In Louisiana Far More Exposed To Industrial Pollution
"Louisiana communities containing industrial plants and high percentages of Black residents experienced seven to 21 times more toxic air emissions than similar locations with higher percentages of White residents, according to a new study by researchers with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic."
Source: Nola.com, 11/21/2022Investigations Of Chemical Incidents Hampered By Board's Staff Shortages: IG
"Staffing shortages and infighting among a dwindling number of decision-makers are hampering investigations of chemical fires, explosions and other petrochemical industry accidents in Louisiana and across the country, according to a new federal inspector’s report."
Source: Nola.com, 11/21/2022Monterey Bay Desalination Plant OKd Despite Environmental Injustice Concerns
"In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community."
Source: LA Times, 11/21/2022"Multinationals Opening New Gas Sites, Despite Climate Change Warnings"
"Although scientists keep insisting that the planet needs to move away from its dependence on oil, gas and coal to effectively combat climate change, hydrocarbon development projects continue to emerge. Several countries, cities and NGOs are calling for a non-proliferation treaty on fossil fuels."
Source: France24, 11/21/2022"Leak At Pennsylvania Gas Storage Well Spewing Methane"
"A vent at an underground natural gas storage well in Western Pennsylvania has been spewing massive amounts of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere for more than 11 days and attempts to plug the leak have thus far failed."
Source: AP, 11/21/2022"White House Announces $13 Billion In Grid Resilience Funds"
"The Biden administration on Friday morning announced $13 billion in funds to modernize the U.S. power grid using allocations from the bipartisan infrastructure law."
Source: The Hill, 11/21/2022Soaring West Virginia Electricity Prices Trigger Standoff Over Coal Power
"West Virginia regulators accuse American Electric Power of driving up costs with skimpy use of its coal plants. Others say the high costs of those aging plants are a growing burden to citizens in one of the nation's poorest states."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/21/2022"How Russia Is Weaponizing The Ukrainian Winter"
"The gas line was punctured by shrapnel. Plastic sheets now hang where the windows were. A single electric heat lamp is all there is to keep the home from freezing."
Source: NPR, 11/21/2022"Confusion, Finger-Pointing, Opposing Views At Egypt’s COP27"
"A day before UN climate talks were supposed to wrap up, negotiators appeared to be far apart on all the major issues being discussed."
Source: AP, 11/18/2022"What the Unusual Midterm Elections Mean for Climate Action"
"The Democrats’ strong showing in the midterm elections — both their defense of their Senate majority and their gains in important state races — essentially ensures that President Biden’s signature climate change law, passed in August, will be fully implemented despite threats from some Republicans to block or undo it."
Source: NYTimes, 11/18/2022"‘Momentous:’ US Advances Largest Dam Demolition In History"
"U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward."
Source: AP, 11/18/2022"EPA Orders Costly Upgrades At Troubled St. Croix Refinery"
"EPA will not allow the shuttered St. Croix refinery to reopen until the owners obtain a new Clean Air Act permit accompanied by upgraded pollution controls."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2022
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