"Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought"
"The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them."
Source: Eos, 02/07/2023
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"Making Sense of Menhaden"
"In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance."
"Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: schools of hand-sized silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, their carcasses floating in the surf in the summer’s heat. By the week’s end, as the fish liquefied in a dumpster at a nearby wharf, circulating petitions were gaining signatures.
Source: Hakai, 02/07/2023"Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive"
"Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/202350-Car Hazmat Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations In Ohio
"A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored air quality from the various hazardous chemicals in the train."
Source: AP, 02/06/2023"At Least 24 Dead In Chile As Wildfires Expand; Foreign Help On The Way"
"Firefighters were battled dozens of raging wildfires in Chile on Sunday, seeking to gain control of one of the country’s worst natural disasters in years as the death toll rose to at least 24 with nearly 1,000 more injured."
Source: Reuters, 02/06/2023U.S. Includes Dam Emissions in UN Climate Reporting for the First Time
"For the first time, the U.S. government in 2022 included methane emissions from dams and reservoirs in its annual report of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to the Inventory of Greenhouse Gases and Sinks required by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."
Source: The Revelator, 02/06/2023"Sens. Cruz, Manchin Team Up To Fight A Nonexistent Gas Stove Ban"
"Two of Congress’ biggest beneficiaries of fossil fuel industry money have introduced legislation to block a federal gas stove ban that does not exist and has not been proposed."
Source: HuffPost, 02/06/2023"Adani’s Crisis Points to the Big Risk in India’s Net Zero Plan"
"The crisis facing billionaire Gautam Adani has revealed a potential pitfall in India’s ambitious plan to reduce emissions: its reliance on the country’s most affluent and powerful private citizens."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 02/06/2023Cutting Red Tape For Clean Energy: The Pros And Cons Of Permitting Reform
"Last year permitting reform emerged as one of the most divisive climate policy debates in the United States. During my own reporting on geothermal energy, an underutilized source of renewable power, industry representatives insisted that the onerous permitting process is the single biggest challenge to expanding geothermal development."
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 02/06/2023As SE States Warm, TVA Criticized On Prep For Dealing With Climate Hazards
"Extreme weather patterns have sparked several improvements to the climate resiliency of Tennessee Valley Authority electrical infrastructure over the past two decades. However, a report from a government watchdog found the huge utility still has work to do in mitigating climate hazards to the regional power grid."
Source: NC Policy Watch, 02/06/2023"The Colorado River Drought Crisis: How Did This Happen? Can It Be Fixed?"
"The Colorado River is in crisis. The problem has been building for decades but has come to a head in recent years because the major manufactured reservoirs on the river have fallen to dangerously low levels, prompting the Biden administration to call for unprecedented cuts in water usage among the 40 million people who rely on the river."
Source: Washington Post, 02/06/2023'Modern-Day Slavery' In The Congo Powers Rechargeable Battery Economy
"Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
Source: NPR, 02/06/2023Comment: Caledonian Pinewoods Face Extinction As Humanity Reshapes Planet
"Once they dominated much of the landscape but after centuries of deforestation their dwindling remains – just two per cent of the original – are now believed to be facing an existential threat from a combination of factors, including climate change, the planting of non-native species, and artificially high numbers of deer."
Source: The Scotsman, 02/06/2023"Bird Flu 'Spills Over' To Otters And Foxes in UK"
"The largest ever outbreak of bird flu is spilling over into mammals, including otters and foxes in the UK."
Source: BBC News, 02/03/2023"Manchin, Westerman Plot New Push For Permitting Reform"
"Capitol Hill’s permitting reform effort got new life Wednesday as two top Senate and House lawmakers held an initial summit on reviving the overhaul bid. This time, the House could take the lead."
Source: E&E News, 02/03/2023
