"Night-Time Attack On Controversial Canadian Gas Pipeline Site"
"Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups".
Source: Guardian, 02/25/2022
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DEADLINE: Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute offers a grant of $12,500 to support the work of a promising early-career nonfiction writer on a story that uncovers truths about the human condition, especially for a project that otherwise would not come to fruition. Deadline: Feb 19, 2025.
DEADLINE: Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications
This National Academies program will award $640,000 in prizes to science journalists, communicators and scientists whose work will help society meet the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change, future pandemics and more. Plus training and professional development opportunities. April 3, 2026 deadline.
"Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters"
"With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska’s storied salmon runs in recent years, officials have resorted to sending emergency food shipments to affected communities while scientists warn that the industry’s days of traditional harvests may be numbered."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2022
"U.S. Environmental Enforcement Activity Has Dropped, Study Shows"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activities have dropped sharply since 2018, as criminal fines and civil penalties paid by polluters dropped to new lows, a Washington D.C. watchdog group said Friday in a report."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2022
"In Antarctica, Does A Burgeoning Krill Fishery Threaten Wildlife?"
"A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year."
Source: Reuters, 02/25/2022
Greenhouse Gases From Oil and Gas Far Exceed Regulators' Estimates
"The greenhouse gas emissions from “venting” and “flaring” excess natural gas over a decade is equal to those of nearly 42 million cars annually."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/25/2022
"European Renewables Stocks Surge as Ukraine War Fuels Energy Reckoning"
"In a sea of stock market losses amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, renewables are outperforming as power prices jump and investors mull the rising need for energy alternatives."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/25/2022
"The U.S. Proves It's Finally Ready for Offshore Wind"
"The Biden Administration received record-setting bids on its first offshore wind lease sale this week, a promising sign showing U.S. money makers are ready to invest heavily in the long hyped but underdelivered renewable energy source."
Source: Earther, 02/25/2022
"IPCC: Climate Change Report To Sound Warning On Impacts"
"A new report on the impacts of climate change will likely be the most worrying assessment yet of how rising temperatures affect every living thing."
Source: BBC News, 02/25/2022
