"Can Oysters Save New York City From The Next Big Storm?"
"A new project aims to shore up the disappearing coastline of New York City’s Staten Island, while reviving a once famously thriving oyster population".
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2022
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"Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Climate-Cost Rules Restored, for Now"
"The federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday granted the White House’s request to temporarily let federal agencies use Biden’s new cost-benefit analysis rules, which aim to slow climate change by making activities that emit greenhouse gases sharply more expensive."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/17/2022"Appeals Court Clears Path For Izembek Road"
"A federal appeals court today [Wednesday] upheld the Trump-era approval of a land exchange agreement that could lead to the construction of a hotly contested road through congressionally designated wilderness within Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2022"Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices"
"After weeks of inconsistent messaging on rising energy costs, congressional Democrats and the White House are uniting behind a strategy of blaming oil companies for high prices at the pump."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2022Citing Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports
"A top Ukrainian official criticized companies in the United States and Greece for helping Russia continue to profit from oil despite its attack on Ukraine."
Source: NYTimes, 03/17/2022"Report: Climate Change Threatens These 29 Michigan Chemical Sites"
"Climate change is likely to bring more catastrophes to Michigan, and a new federal report warns that 29 sites that use hazardous chemicals are in the pathway of worsening floods driven by a changing planet."
Source: Bridge Michigan, 03/17/2022"Lake Powell Hits Historic Low, Raising Hydropower Concerns"
"A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold on Tuesday raising new concerns about a source of power that millions of people in the U.S. West rely on for electricity."
Source: AP, 03/17/2022"Covid Exposed The Cracks in the US Food System"
"Food banks were inundated, restaurants folded, farmers had to dump produce – but the pandemic also created space for fresh thinking"
Source: Guardian, 03/17/2022"Texas And Other States Want To Punish Fossil Fuel Divestment"
"Ivan Frishberg says his job is just smart financial policy. He's chief sustainability officer at New York-based Amalgamated Bank, which focuses on socially responsible investment. That includes steering investments away from things like fossil fuels that contribute to global warming."
Source: NPR, 03/17/2022"$75 Million For Residents Whose Homes Were Built On Landfill"
"A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement against the city, its housing authority and the local school board."
Source: AP, 03/17/2022"Why We Still Don’t Yet Know How Bad Climate Migration Will Get"
"As sea levels rise, temperatures become unbearable, and disasters grow more severe, tens of millions of people may not be able to stay where they are. Beyond the human toll it will exact, this climate-driven migration is poised to disrupt economic and political stability, which could fuel conflict."
Source: Vox, 03/17/2022SEC Plans To Force Public Companies To Disclose Greenhouse Emissions
"The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to require all publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and the climate risks their businesses face, part of the Biden administration’s broader push to force the private sector to reckon with the dangers of a warming world."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2022"Raskin Withdraws From Fed Nomination After Support Crumbles"
"Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew as President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair of supervision Tuesday after it became clear she didn’t have the votes to be confirmed."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/16/2022"Somalia's Worst Drought In Four Decades Means Millions Need Aid"
"It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman's farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are dead; her crops failed."
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2022Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Gas and Oil Wells, New Study Finds
"So much methane is released from coal mining, the Global Energy Monitor says, that it exceeds the carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal at over 1,100 coal-fired power plants in China."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/16/2022
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