"As Seas Rise, U.S. Coastal Landowners Urged To Let The Water In"
"Led by Maryland, governments and green groups are offering incentives to allow threatened saltwater marshes to 'migrate' inland".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/12/2022
Climate Change
"As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way"
"Across the Western United States, wildfires are growing larger and more severe as global warming intensifies. At the same time, new data shows, more Americans than ever are moving to parts of the country more likely to burn, raising the odds of catastrophe."
Source: NYTimes, 09/12/2022
Will Congress Pass Manchin’s Energy Permitting 'Side Deal'?
In the fine print of the historic Biden climate bill is a controversial commitment to pass legislation on fossil fuel permitting, a measure deeply opposed by the environmental community and calling for heavy political muscle to move through Congress this month. Issue Backgrounder details what’s in it, and what’s not, and takes the measure of the measure’s prospects.
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Burgeoning National EV Trend Helps Drive Local Environment, Climate Stories
The auto market is getting supercharged by California’s recent decision to require all-electric vehicle sales in a little over a decade. The latest TipSheet looks at how this big national trend will affect climate change by cutting CO2 emissions, how California came to have such an outsized impact on the U.S. market and how local environmental reporters can plug in for stories around their communities.
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"Carbon Capture Has A Long History. Of Failure"
"Carbon capture and storage is an old technology, first commercialized in the 1970s. Back then it was called enhanced oil recovery, because the carbon dioxide recovered from oil and gas production was injected into depleted oil and gas reservoirs to re-pressurize them and extract more hydrocarbons."
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/09/2022
"Energy Majors Exaggerating Green Performance: Analysis"
"Energy majors are exaggerating their green credentials in public messaging while continuing to allocate the majority of new investment to oil and gas projects, according to an industry analysis released Thursday."
Source: AFP, 09/09/2022
"No September On Record In The West Has Seen A Heat Wave Like This"
"The heat wave that’s been gripping California and other parts of the West for 10 days and counting is the most severe ever recorded in September, weather experts have said... ."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2022
"Rising Seas Could Swallow Millions Of U.S. Acres Within Decades"
"New research finds an estimated 25,000 properties in Louisiana could slip below tidal boundary lines by 2050. Florida, Texas and North Carolina also face profound economic risks."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2022
"US Farmers Face Plague Of Pests As Global Heating Raises Soil Temperatures"
"Milder winters could threaten crop yields as plant-eating insects spread northwards and become more voracious, researchers say".
Source: Guardian, 09/09/2022
"Study: Four Major Climate Tipping Points Close To Triggering"
"Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered with a lot more looming as the planet heats more after that, a new study said."
Source: AP, 09/09/2022
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