Water Increasingly At The Center Of Conflicts From Ukraine To Middle East
"In countries including India, Kenya and Yemen, disputes over water have triggered bloodshed."
Source: LA Times, 01/03/2024
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"Biden Administration Grants Louisiana Power To Approve Carbon Capture Wells"
"The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry.'
Source: AP, 01/02/2024"Contrary To Politicians’ Claims, Offshore Wind Farms Don’t Kill Whales"
"Scientists say there is no credible evidence linking offshore wind farms to whale deaths. But that hasn’t stopped conservative groups and ad hoc “not in my back yard”-style anti-development groups from making the connection."
Source: AP, 01/02/2024"How 2023 Changed The Way States Do Climate Policy"
"Minnesota Democrats, newly in control of the state government, began 2023 by enacting a clean electricity standard. Michigan lawmakers followed suit months later — as one of their final acts before gaveling out for the year."
Source: E&E News, 12/22/2023"COP29 Climate Summit Host Azerbaijan Touts Country's Gas Potential"
"After winning a fraught bid to host next year's United Nations climate talks in Baku, a senior Azerbaijani official promoted the country's gas reserves in aiding the global the energy transition."
Source: Reuters, 12/20/2023Colorado Releases First 5 Wolves In Reintroduction Plan Approved By Voters
"Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado’s Rockies, a latch flipped on a crate and a wolf bounded out, heading toward the tree line. Then it stopped short. For a moment, the young female looked back at it’s audience of roughly 45 people who stared on in reverential silence. Then she disappeared into the forest."
Source: AP, 12/20/2023Former Official Says EPA Fails To Protect Public From Toxic Pesticides
"Federal regulators are discouraged from speaking up about potentially dangerous pesticides, according to a former agency official."
Source: Guardian, 12/20/2023"Why People Still Fall For Fake News About Climate Change"
"It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off."
Source: Grist, 12/19/2023"Biden Admin Approves Smallest Offshore Oil Program In History"
"The Biden administration approved the smallest offshore oil program in U.S. history Friday, a move that’s already provoked both outrage from Republicans and disappointment from climate activists who had urged the president to take more dramatic action."
Source: E&E News, 12/18/2023"Biden Administration Supports Removal of Four Dams on the Snake River"
"Decommissioning the dams is the first step toward restoring salmon runs and respecting Native treaties".
Source: Sierra, 12/15/2023"Brazil Congress Overturns Lula Veto On Limit To Indigenous Land Claims"
"Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court."
Source: Reuters, 12/15/2023"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out"
"Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to leading climate experts at the conference."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/14/2023"Virginia County Approves Data Center Project After 27-Hour Public Hearing"
"County supervisors in northern Virginia approved one of the world’s largest data center projects after a public hearing that ran through the night and lasted more than 24 hours."
Source: AP, 12/14/2023COP28 Delegates Agree To ‘Transition Away’ From Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels
"United Nations climate negotiators directed the world on Wednesday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries about loopholes."
Source: AP, 12/13/2023"Americans Like Home Electrification — But Also Still Love Their Gas Stoves"
"Most Americans would prefer to live in a home where almost all major appliances run on electricity — but only if they can keep their gas stoves. Just 31 percent want to go fully electric."
Source: Grist, 12/13/2023
