Deluged by Floods, America’s 'Oldest City' Struggles To Save Landmarks
"St Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers. Flooding has been a threat for centuries and is worsening with rising tides"
Source: Guardian, 10/29/2020
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Conservative Court To Consider Upcoming Environment Cases
Amy Coney Barrett’s swearing-in as associate justice this week brings a solidifying conservative majority to the Supreme Court. That likely means environmental issues coming before the justices will face new legal tests. The latest TipSheet explores four prominent cases coming to the high court this term that will help shed light on its evolving views on climate, water and public information.
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"Trump Environmental Rollback Spurs Mining Near Okefenokee"
"A mining company said Tuesday that it plans to dig for minerals without a federal permit at the edge of the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp, a big step for a once-embattled project that’s now benefiting from the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental rules."
Source: AP, 10/21/2020
Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’
A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.
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Feds Continue To Raise Concerns About Proposed Mine Near Georgia Swamp
"Federal officials are continuing to express concerns about the potential environmental impacts of a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia while the company behind it has allegedly pushed back against the idea of a major government assessment of those impacts."
Source: The Hill, 10/12/2020
"Hurricane Delta Inflicts New Damage On Storm-Weary Louisiana"
"LAKE CHARLES, La. — Ripping tarps from already damaged roofs and scattering debris piled by roadsides, Hurricane Delta inflicted a new round of destruction on Louisiana as it struck communities still reeling after Hurricane Laura took a similar path just six weeks earlier."
Source: AP, 10/12/2020
"Still Recovering From Last Storm, Louisiana Braces For Hurricane Delta"
"Louisiana on Thursday steeled itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm."
Source: Reuters, 10/08/2020
How Europe’s Wood Pellet Appetite Worsens Environmental Racism In South
"In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner's community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what to expect."
Source: Daily Climate, 10/07/2020
Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall In Yucatan As Cat 2, Heads For Louisiana
"Hurricane Delta made landfall early Wednesday morning on the Yucatan peninsula as a Category 2 storm, forecasters said. The storm is now heading into the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to strengthen on its path toward Louisiana."
Source: Nola.com, 10/07/2020
Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide
When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.
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