"It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate Denial"
"The electricity industry knew about the dangers of climate change 40 years ago. It denied them anyway."
Source: Atlantic, 09/12/2022
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Enviros Seek To List Rare NV Springsnail As Endangered Due To Lithium Mine
"A group of conservationists are seeking to get a tiny rare Nevada springsnail listed as an endangered or threatened species, arguing that the species is threatened by a planned lithium mine in Thacker Pass."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/12/2022
"Air Conditioning Has A Climate Problem. New Technology Could Help"
"Researchers and start-ups are racing to develop innovative air conditioning units fit for a hotter future".
Source: Washington Post, 09/12/2022
Will New Indiana Plant Recycle Plastic Waste or Just Incinerate It?
"After two years, Brightmark Energy has yet to get the factory up and running. Environmentalists say pyrolysis requires too much energy, emits greenhouse gases and pollutants, and turns plastic waste into new, dirty fossil fuels."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/12/2022
"As Seas Rise, U.S. Coastal Landowners Urged To Let The Water In"
"Led by Maryland, governments and green groups are offering incentives to allow threatened saltwater marshes to 'migrate' inland".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/12/2022
"As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way"
"Across the Western United States, wildfires are growing larger and more severe as global warming intensifies. At the same time, new data shows, more Americans than ever are moving to parts of the country more likely to burn, raising the odds of catastrophe."
Source: NYTimes, 09/12/2022
Will Congress Pass Manchin’s Energy Permitting 'Side Deal'?
In the fine print of the historic Biden climate bill is a controversial commitment to pass legislation on fossil fuel permitting, a measure deeply opposed by the environmental community and calling for heavy political muscle to move through Congress this month. Issue Backgrounder details what’s in it, and what’s not, and takes the measure of the measure’s prospects.
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Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories
Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.
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Burgeoning National EV Trend Helps Drive Local Environment, Climate Stories
The auto market is getting supercharged by California’s recent decision to require all-electric vehicle sales in a little over a decade. The latest TipSheet looks at how this big national trend will affect climate change by cutting CO2 emissions, how California came to have such an outsized impact on the U.S. market and how local environmental reporters can plug in for stories around their communities.
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US Lobster Put On ‘Red List’ To Protect Endangered N. Atlantic Right Whales
"Lobster nets and pots have become such a threat to the survival of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales that the crustaceans have been “red-listed” as seafood to avoid by a major fish sustainability guide."
Source: Guardian, 09/09/2022
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