"Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River"
"A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River."
Source: The Revelator, 12/18/2023
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"People Are Leaving Some Neighborhoods Because Of Floods, A New Study Finds"
"Hundreds of thousands of neighborhoods in the United States are seeing population decline as a result of flooding, new research suggests. Those neighborhoods are often located in areas that are growing in population overall, including parts of Florida, Texas and the region around Washington, D.C."
Source: NPR, 12/18/2023"Opinion: Could The Local News Crisis Get Any Worse? Look At Scranton."
"Chris Kelly writes a twice-weekly column for the Scranton Times-Tribune, his place of work for the past 27 years. For all but a few months of that tenure, his bosses have been the Lynett family, descendants of E.J. Lynett, a breaker boy in the coal mines of northeastern Pennsylvania who went on to buy the newspaper in 1895. Over four generations, the Lynetts reminded staffers and their community alike of their commitment to both local journalism and local ownership."
Source: Washington Post, 12/18/2023B.C. Said Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Could Withstand ‘Extreme Weather. Nope.
"An internal briefing note reveals BC Energy Regulator inspectors did not find any problems with Coastal GasLink’s emergency plans a few months before soaring temperatures led to flooded pipeline sites, slope failures and damage to sensitive creeks and wetlands".
Source: The Narwhal, 12/18/2023"Why The U.S. Needs A Grid That’s ‘Bigger Than The Weather’"
"Abe Silverman’s Christmas Eve quickly went from low-key to frantic when Winter Storm Elliott brought a power grid emergency to "much of the Eastern seaboard."
Source: E&E News, 12/18/2023"Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest."
"The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America."
Source: NYTimes, 12/18/2023"Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’"
"The small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens has a colorful history but an uncertain future because of climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 12/18/2023EPA Begins Formal Review Of Toxic Chemical That Burned In Ohio Derailment
"The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio."
Source: AP, 12/15/2023"Biden Administration Supports Removal of Four Dams on the Snake River"
"Decommissioning the dams is the first step toward restoring salmon runs and respecting Native treaties".
Source: Sierra, 12/15/2023"Advocates Demand US Suspend Weed-Killing Chemical That May Cause Cancer"
"Citing new scientific research, a coalition of farm worker, public health and environmental advocates on Wednesday filed a legal petition with US regulators demanding they immediately suspend authorization for the controversial weed-killing chemical called glyphosate."
Source: Guardian, 12/15/2023"Brazil Congress Overturns Lula Veto On Limit To Indigenous Land Claims"
"Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court."
Source: Reuters, 12/15/2023Greens Sue BNSF For Grizzlies Killed By Trains Without Safety Measures
"Wildlife groups aren’t sure what is worse: That trains have killed more than 63 grizzly bears in northern Montana since 2018, or that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has seemed to ignore requests to help alleviate the problem."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/15/2023"California Gas Tax Revenue Will Drop By $6 Billion, Threatening Roads"
"California’s funding from gas taxes will drop by nearly $6 billion in the next decade due to the state’s electric car rules and other climate programs, “likely resulting in a decline in highway conditions for drivers,” according to a new state analysis released today."
Source: CalMatters, 12/15/2023"Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First."
"The story of California’s water wars begins, as so many stories do in the Golden State, with gold."
Source: NYTimes, 12/15/2023"In EPA’s New Methane Rule, An Innovative Way To Stop ‘Super Emitters’"
"Scientists with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were flying a plane equipped with a visible-infrared imaging spectrometer over an oil field in California’s San Joaquin Valley when they made a worrisome discovery. Images produced by the device revealed a large plume of methane lingering in the air."
Source: Grist, 12/15/2023
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