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"Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection"
"In the Sundarbans, an ecological treasure straddling India and Bangladesh that is now on the front lines of climate change, local women are leading an effort to mitigate the dangers of rising waters."
Source: NYTimes, 04/12/2022
"Energy Company To Pay Up To $35 Million After Turbines Killed Eagles"
"An American wind energy company has admitted to killing at least 150 bald and golden eagles, most of which were fatally struck by wind turbine blades, federal prosecutors said."
Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2022
"Ukraine Conflict Hurts Russian Science, As West Pulls Funding"
"Dozens of international scientists have arrived each year since 2000 at Russia's remote Northeast Science Station on the Kolyma River in Siberia to study climate change in the Arctic environment. Not this year, though."
Source: Reuters, 04/12/2022
"Company Proposes Largest Offshore Wind Farm On West Coast"
"A company is proposing to build what could be the West Coast’s biggest floating offshore wind farm, suggesting the expansion of a technology that has yet to find footing in the U.S."
Source: E&E News, 04/12/2022
"Farms, Fish On Dry California-Oregon Border See Scant Water"
"Farms that rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake on the California-Oregon border, along with a Native American tribe fighting to protect fragile salmon, will both receive extremely limited amounts of water this summer as a historic drought and record-low reservoir levels drag on in the U.S. West."
Source: AP, 04/12/2022
"Brightmark, Georgia County Cancel $680 Million Plastic-To-Fuel Project"
"Brightmark Energy and a county in the U.S. state of Georgia scrapped plans to build “the world’s largest” facility to turn plastic waste into fuel, according to a termination agreement published on Monday, a blow to a technology the petrochemical industry has promoted heavily."
Source: Reuters, 04/12/2022
"Rural Arizonans Might Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year
"Residents in the Sulphur Springs Valley in southeastern Arizona are tired of waiting for the state legislature to protect groundwater in rural Arizona, where water security is increasingly at risk from over-pumping and a longstanding drought."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/12/2022
"White House Launches $1B Program To Boost Conservation Goal"
"The Biden administration has launched a $1 billion program to advance its goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030." "The program will allow states, tribes and NGOs to access numerous federal conservation and restoration grants all in one place."
Source: HuffPost, 04/12/2022
"Majorities in US Back Climate Change Proposals: Gallup"
"The majority of Americans are in favor of six recent climate change proposals from the Biden administration, according to the annual Gallup environment poll released Monday."
Source: The Hill, 04/12/2022
