Texas' National Butterfly Center Makes Comeback After Right-Wing Attacks
"The wildlife sanctuary’s conservation work has been overshadowed by political drama over its location on the border."
Source: Texas Observer, 11/15/2022
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US Talks Forest Protection at COP27 -- But Mulls Old-Growth Logging at Home
"The U.S. Center at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh hosted a panel Monday focused on ending global deforestation by 2030, but the reality on the ground in the nation’s forests looks quite different."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022
"Manchin FERC Shake-Up May Stymie Biden’s Clean Energy Plans"
"The prospect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Richard Glick losing his job by year’s end could derail policies critical for President Joe Biden’s clean energy and climate agenda."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2022
Weak GOP Showing in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda
"Even if Republicans eke out a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, the fossil fuel industry will need to win Democrats to advance their top agenda item—speeding permitting of pipelines, ports."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022
"U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks"
"President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on Monday to restart talks between their countries as part of international climate negotiations, a breakthrough in the effort to avert catastrophic global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2022
New Kolbert Volume Addresses Value of Human Efforts To Control Nature
When engineers reversed the Chicago River, they also upended a hydrologic system that years later required electrification to repel an invasive species threatening a major fishery. This is but one example from the latest book by New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert of the unintended consequences of human actions to dominate nature that may solve one problem only to create another. BookShelf contributor Gary Wilson has a review.
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World
As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.
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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories
The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.
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Renewables on the Rise Dashboard
Journalists can use this online tool from Environment America and PIRG to track the growth of clean energy state-by-state for wind and solar energy; electric vehicle sales and charging ports; energy savings; and battery storage capacity. Data sources and methodology are provided.
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"Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project"
"A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have helped to clear the way for a project to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. The court said it would rehear the case, which involves a land swap that was approved by the Trump administration."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022
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