"The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Is a Climate Liability"
"As massive ships like Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas tack on more energy-intensive amenities, emissions from the cruise industry are climbing."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 01/23/2024
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"Sludge Compost Is An Increasing Source Of Microplastics, Researchers Say"
"A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic “Dust in the Wind” — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up microplastics from human-sewage-based fertilizers at higher concentrations than previously known, and may be an “underappreciated” source of airborne plastic bits, flakes and threads."
Source: LA Times, 01/23/2024
Memphis Endures Day 4 Of Water Problems As Freezing Weather Bursts Pipes
"Memphis residents spent their fourth day boiling water for drinking, brushing their teeth and preparing food on Monday as repair crews worked to fix broken pipes in hopes of easing the stress caused by a week of subfreezing temperatures, snow and ice in this southern city."
Source: AP, 01/23/2024
"Exxon Sues Over Investors’ Climate Proposal"
"Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit Sunday against two of its own shareholders, asking the court to block a proposal by activist investors aimed at cutting the oil giant’s emissions."
Source: The Hill, 01/23/2024
Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It?
"The former U.N. Ambassador touts her role in pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord and pledges to roll back clean energy incentives."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/23/2024
"Energy Efficiency: The Net-Zero No-Brainer That Has Come Of Age"
"Energy efficiency has been recognised as a key piece of the net-zero puzzle but faster uptake of existing technologies is needed".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 01/23/2024
"Does Sackett Clip EPA’s Wings On Permits, Water Rules?"
"Months after the Supreme Court stripped federal protections for over half the nation’s wetlands, scientists and legal experts are raising new concerns about how the ruling could affect permits for pollutants in rivers and streams."
Source: E&E News, 01/23/2024
Louisiana Court Upholds Permits For Petrochemical Complex In Cancer Alley
"A Louisiana appellate court has upheld air permits for a giant proposed petrochemical complex in a region known as Cancer Alley, enraging local advocates. The decision, issued on Friday, will help clear a path for Formosa Plastics to build the nation’s largest petrochemical complex of its kind. The project has long faced staunch opposition from local and national environmental justice groups."
Source: Guardian, 01/23/2024
"Cameroon Starts World’s First Malaria Vaccine Program For Children"
"Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa."
Source: AP, 01/23/2024
What’s Ahead on Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Beat
What environment stories will matter most in 2024 to communities of color and Indigenous communities? Columnist Yessenia Funes sheds light on concerns ranging from the environmental damage in Gaza and extreme weather across the United States to the fallout from the U.S. presidential election to the local impacts of the clean energy transition. Insights in the latest Voices of Environmental Justice.
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