"What’s Green, Soggy and Fights Climate Change?"
"Protecting intact peatlands and restoring degraded ones are crucial steps if the world is to counter climate change, European researchers said Friday."
Source: NYTimes, 10/12/2020
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New Study Casts Doubt On Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants
"The emissions and methane leaks from new gas plants zero out the CO2 cuts achieved from closing coal plants, a peer-reviewed analysis found."
Source: HuffPost, 10/12/2020
Trump's Public Lands Chief Refuses To Leave Post Despite Judge's Order
"A controversial environment chief in the Trump administration has said he has no intention of leaving his post after a US district court judge deemed his tenure and ongoing occupation of the position illegal."
Source: Guardian, 10/12/2020
"Inside The Climate Battle Quietly Raging About US Homes"
"Away from the headlines, there’s an important fight happening that is pitting real estate developers and utilities against efforts to make America’s new homes more climate friendly".
Source: Guardian, 10/12/2020
CA Exide Battery Recycling Plant Left Big Toxic Mess. Could It Walk Away?
"For decades, families across a swath of southeast Los Angeles County have lived in an environmental disaster zone, their kids playing in yards polluted with brain-damaging lead while they wait on a state agency to remove contaminated soil from thousands of homes. Now, the cleanup faces even greater uncertainty."
Source: LA Times, 10/12/2020
Feds Continue To Raise Concerns About Proposed Mine Near Georgia Swamp
"Federal officials are continuing to express concerns about the potential environmental impacts of a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia while the company behind it has allegedly pushed back against the idea of a major government assessment of those impacts."
Source: The Hill, 10/12/2020
"Florida Sees Signals of a Climate-Driven Housing Crisis"
"Home sales in areas most vulnerable to sea-level rise began falling around 2013, researchers found. Now, prices are following a similar downward path."
Source: NYTimes, 10/12/2020
"Hurricane Delta Inflicts New Damage On Storm-Weary Louisiana"
"LAKE CHARLES, La. — Ripping tarps from already damaged roofs and scattering debris piled by roadsides, Hurricane Delta inflicted a new round of destruction on Louisiana as it struck communities still reeling after Hurricane Laura took a similar path just six weeks earlier."
Source: AP, 10/12/2020
"Supreme Court: 4 Climate Questions For Barrett"
"Senators are getting ready to grill Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett next week on a wide variety of issues including reproductive rights and health care access. It's unclear if she will face questions on climate, but at 48, Barrett is poised for a lifetime appointment on a bench that could eventually grapple with major legal battles over rising temperatures, swelling seas and rampant wildfires."
Source: E&E News, 10/12/2020
BEJournal's International Short Story Contest
Earth Endeavours, publisher of BEJournal, announces its first International Short Story Contest for storytellers who love nature! BEJournal is calling on writers of all ages to share their original short stories for a chance to be published in a special volume of the Journal inset with an image by an award-winning photographer, as well as receive mentoring from international bestselling author Michelle Worthington.
