Water & Oceans

IMO Keeps Working On Global Fee On Ship Emissions, But Keeps Options Open

"The world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting Friday. However, they also agreed to continue discussing alternative proposals and entertain new ones, which could change the plan substantially."

Source: AP, 05/04/2026

FEMA Aims To Rehire Most Disaster-Response Employees It Fired Months Ago

"The agency is planning to bring back most of the staffers from the Cadre of On-Call Response and Recovery who were terminated as part of Kristi Noem’s plans to cut the agency."

Source: Washington Post, 05/01/2026

Calif. Will Soon Have 300+ Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?

"A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/30/2026

Wind Farms Bloom Along Rhode Island Coast, As Trump Wants To Stop Them

"Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry. He often talks about his hatred of wind power and calls turbines ugly."

Source: AP, 04/29/2026

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