"The East Coast Is Sinking"
"New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater."
Source: NYTimes, 02/15/2024
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"Google To Share Oil And Gas Methane Leaks Spotted From Space"
"Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite."
Source: Reuters, 02/15/2024"In $100 Million Colorado River Deal, Water and Power Collide"
"The new owners of the water right intend to make no changes to its flow, leasing it to the hydropower plant currently using it and then sending it downstream to communities, farmers and fish in western Colorado."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/15/2024As Carbon-Intensive Farms Grow, Vilsack Urges Climate Action
"The new Census of Agriculture shows carbon-intensive farms and large, factory-scale animal operations are only getting bigger."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/15/2024"Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns"
"A study published today in Science Advances suggests that, if global warming isn’t curbed, west India and west central Asia could become locust hotspots in the decades ahead, raising new challenges for control efforts, and further threatening food security and livelihoods in already vulnerable regions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/15/2024"The Plastics Industry Would Like A Word With Your Kids"
"Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student. It hurts the environment, said another. But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”"
Source: Washington Post, 02/15/2024"Trinidad And Tobago Cleans Up Beaches Following 12-Kilometer Oil Spill"
"First responders and volunteers from Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday sought to contain an oil spill detected last week in the Caribbean country's waters and clean areas of Tobago island's coast already affected by the incident."
Source: Reuters, 02/14/2024"Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few"
"More than 125 million Americans will be exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution by the middle of the century, largely because of increased smoke from wildfires, according to estimates released on Monday."
Source: NYTimes, 02/14/2024Biden EPA Expands Funds For Sewers In Underserved Communities
"The Biden administration is expanding its efforts to help underserved communities get access to sewage infrastructure. The administration said Tuesday it would expand a pilot initiative to 150 additional communities, up from 11 at its start, to help them get access to federal wastewater funds."
Source: The Hill, 02/14/2024"Redfin Adds Air Quality Scores To Listings As Climate Concerns Rise"
"After a year of record-breaking air pollution from wildfire smoke, real estate brokerage Redfin has begun publishing air quality data in its home listings. Now, buyers can see how many days a year on average a particular area will experience poor air quality, and whether that number is projected to increase over time."
Source: Washington Post, 02/14/2024Horseshoe Crabs, Living Fossils Of The Sea, Draw Endangered Species Petition
"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a "living fossil" under threat from commercial harvests for bait and biomedical use as well as from habitat loss and climate change."
Source: Reuters, 02/14/2024"U.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key."
"As soon as next year, the United States’ fossil fuel industry will gain its first foothold on a valuable shortcut to sell natural gas to Asia. The shortcut goes straight through Mexico."
Source: NYTimes, 02/14/2024Canadian Watchdog Gets Complaints About Green Claims By Shell, RBC, Enbridge
"The list of companies whose marketing is being accused of deceiving Canadians about their environmental commitments continues to grow".
Source: The Narwhal, 02/14/2024"Arizona Monument Created By Biden Faces Volley Of Lawsuits"
"Opponents of a sprawling national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park on Monday launched a pair of lawsuits challenging the site, opening another front in a Republican effort to roll back presidential authority to protect federal lands."
Source: E&E News, 02/14/2024"Biden Administration Urges Court to Scrap Youth Climate Trial"
"The Department of Justice wants an appellate court to quash the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US, which was greenlit last year for trial in Oregon."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/14/2024
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