'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems
"Rewilding teams are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry".
Source: Guardian, 01/24/2022
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"White House Tees Up Historic $1B Everglades Funding"
"The Biden administration today [Wednesday] announced it will spend an unprecedented $1 billion from a recently passed infrastructure package to restore and protect South Florida’s sprawling Everglades."
Source: E&E News, 01/21/2022
Florida’s Red Tides Worsened by Pollution, Climate Change
"A task force appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for research and investment in mitigation. Environmentalists say the real fix is cracking down on polluters."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/20/2022
How Utility Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater
"Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage. After a ProPublica investigation exposed this practice, the EPA is trying to block the move."
Source: ProPublica, 01/19/2022
"Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near New Orleans"
"A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records."
Source: AP, 01/17/2022
Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond
Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.
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"Manatee Feeding Experiment Starts Slowly As Cold Looms"
"An unprecedented, experimental attempt to feed manatees facing starvation in Florida has started slowly but wildlife officials expressed optimism Thursday that it will work as cold weather drives the marine mammals toward warmer waters."
Source: AP, 01/14/2022
"Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On"
"Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does the climate and ecological crisis play a central role. That is, until now, in Chile, where a national reinvention is underway. After months of protests over social and environmental grievances, 155 Chileans have been elected to write a new constitution amid what they have declared a “climate and ecological emergency.”"
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Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2022
"$475M Settlement Proposed In Longest-Running US Oil Spill"
"A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay an additional $43 million to settle a federal lawsuit over cleaning up abandoned wells leaking since 2004, federal prosecutors said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 12/23/2021
"60 Minutes: Americans Fighting For Access To Sewage Disposal"
"Lowndes County, Alabama, which sits between Selma and Montgomery, was once called Bloody Lowndes for its central role in the struggle for civil rights. Today people in Lowndes are fighting for another basic right: access to sewage treatment."
Source: CBS News, 12/21/2021
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