Watchdog Group Warns Of Big Ongoing Flaw In A Montreal Ozone Treaty
"Findings by the Environmental Investigation Agency point to a perceived loophole in the Montreal Protocol".
Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2023
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Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can Ships Slow Down?
"Rising ocean temperatures and marine heat waves are pushing whales closer to busy shipping lanes. Flexible speed reduction areas could help prevent ship collisions, scientists say."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/11/2023
Pennsylvania Community Sues to Stop Disposal Well for Toxic Fracking Waste
"Attorneys representing Plum Borough and an environmental group opposed to fracking said in arguments on Tuesday before Commonwealth Court in Pittsburgh that a proposed second “injection” well for disposing of toxic fracking wastewater would violate the borough’s zoning code."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/11/2023
Tensions Rise in Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to US
"In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/11/2023
"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study"
"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."
Source: Reuters, 10/11/2023
Groups Ask EPA To Intervene In An Alabama Water System Plagued By Leaks
"Environmental groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in a south Alabama water system they said has been plagued by leaks, contamination and financial mismanagement, endangering residents in the low-income community."
Source: AP, 10/11/2023
CJF Webcast: Is Climate Solutions Journalism the Solution?
This virtual Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk event will bring together climate journalists, academics and editors who are telling the climate story to discuss how to make climate journalism more engaging and impactful with global audiences. 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET.
"How Incarcerated People Are Helping To Restore A Fragile Ecosystem"
"In prisons across Western states, incarcerated people are raising tens of thousands of plants to restore sagebrush habitat, a vanishing ecosystem home to the iconic endangered greater sage-grouse and hundreds of other species."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 10/10/2023
"Uncontrolled Logging Puts New Sahel Reforestation Projects At Risk"
"Reforestation projects to restore degraded lands in Chad and Cameroon, like the “Great Green Wall” and the “Reforestation 1400” projects, are facing increasing pressure from logging activity."
Source: Mongabay, 10/10/2023
‘Without Water, There Is No Life’: Drought In Brazil’s Amazon
"Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface."
Source: AP, 10/10/2023
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