"Scientists Say They’re Closer To Reviving Mammoths. What Could Go Wrong?"
"The plan to bring back the woolly mammoth — or at least a version of it — is ambitious but raises hairy questions".
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2024
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The 2024 Next Challenge for Media & Journalism is offering $150,000 in grants available to both nonprofit and for-profit startups transforming local news, building technology to power newsrooms, and pioneering new ways of distributing content around the globe. Deadline is Mar 25.
"Storms Recharge California Snowpack, Easing Drought Fears"
"The snowstorms were a ‘tremendous boon’ to the state’s water supply, officials said".
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2024
"The Fossil-Fuel-Promoting Agency That Biden Seems Powerless To Stop"
"The federally created body that promotes U.S. exports is continuing to finance fossil fuel projects abroad — even after advisers aligned with President Joe Biden’s climate goals pointed out those investments’ risks."
Source: Politico, 03/07/2024
"Big Meat Is Lying About Sustainability. These Media Outlets Are Helping."
"In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed last week, the New York Attorney General accused JBS USA—the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacking company—of “fraudulent and illegal environmental marketing practices” surrounding its claims of sustainability."
Source: HEATED, 03/07/2024
"New Data Details the Risk of Sea-Level Rise for U.S. Coastal Cities"
"A new study of sinking and rising land along American coasts offers a more specific understanding of potential flooding in 32 coastal cities."
Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2024
Norway And Sami People End Dispute Over Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm
"Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer."
Source: AP, 03/07/2024
Industry Poisoned A Black Neighborhood In Houston. Is Buyout The Solution?
"Leisa Glenn spent decades living in the Fifth Ward, a historically Black neighborhood in Houston, known for having one of the city’s best views of downtown. Every July 4th, Glenn, 65, and her neighbors would stream out of their houses into the summer heat and crowd onto front porches to watch the fireworks display."
Source: Grist, 03/07/2024
Prisoners In Texas, Florida Face Biggest Risk Of Increasingly Deadly Heat
"Deadly heat is threatening the lives of America’s ageing incarcerated population, who are trapped in increasingly hot and humid conditions as the climate emergency escalates, new research has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/07/2024
Record Heat, Rising Sea Levels: High Stakes For Climate In 2024 Elections
"From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests." "In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel production increasing and sea levels rising, the stakes for the climate couldn’t be higher in this year’s elections."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 03/07/2024
