Floating Turbines Could Open Up Vast Ocean Tracts For Wind Power
"Technology could help power a clean energy transition if it can overcome hurdles of cost, design and opposition from fishing"
Source: Guardian, 08/30/2021
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SciLine Media Briefing on Wildfires: Climate Connections and Community Impacts
Learn how climate, vegetation and other factors play a role in wildfire activity; how forest managers can assess vulnerability, and increase resilience, to wildfires; and what scientists know about the health effects of proximity to wildfires. Scientific experts will brief reporters and take questions on the record. 3:00 p.m. ET.
"1,500 Murder Hornets Murdered in Washington State"
"The Washington State Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced that it located and eradicated the first nest of Asian giant hornets, better known by the much more catchy murder hornets, in the state this year."
Source: Earther, 08/30/2021
Minn. Cops Shared Intelligence on Protest Organizers With Pipeline Company
"Documents reveal Enbridge’s close relationship with police, including offering training on responding to protests."
Source: The Intercept, 08/30/2021
"Line 3 Protesters Arrested At Minnesota Capitol"
"Minnesota troopers on Friday arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the state Capitol."
Source: AP, 08/30/2021
"California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs"
"A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2021
"Environmental Group Outbids Rancher For Idaho Grazing Lease"
"An environmental group that wants to end public-land grazing has outbid a rancher in central Idaho for a grazing lease on state land that includes habitat for bull trout and steelhead."
Source: AP, 08/30/2021
91% Of Pa. Schools That Tested Water Found Lead. Only 9% Removed It
"Many Pennsylvania school districts have detected lead and other contaminants in their drinking water and documented problems with mold and radon in school buildings—but not all of them removed the hazards, according to a new report."
Source: EHN, 08/30/2021
"Group’s Allegations of Destroying Records Spur EPA Investigation"
"The EPA says it will fully investigate allegations from a public interest group that it illegally destroys the original versions of its internal communications and draft documents once they’re edited, according to an agency spokesman."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/30/2021
"Trump EPA Ignored Scientists’ Warnings On Miss. Project: Docs"
"EPA senior scientists say they were shoved aside last year by Trump appointees racing to revive a massive Mississippi flood control project vetoed in 2008 by the George W. Bush administration, according to documents obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2021
