"A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms"
"Spend some time around the shell-shocked journalists at the Tribune these days, and you’ll hear the same question over and over: How did it come to this?"
Source: The Atlantic, 10/15/2021
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White House Unveils Plans For Massive Expansion Of Offshore Wind Farms
"The Biden administration unveiled plans to develop large, grid-transforming offshore wind farms along much of the U.S. coastline in the coming years, a major effort to invest in renewable energy and combat the growing impacts of climate change."
Source: HuffPost, 10/14/2021"Over 100 Nations To Adopt 'Kunming Declaration' To Boost Biodiversity"
"As of Wednesday, more than 100 countries have signed on to the so-called Kunming Declaration to protect biodiversity."
Source: DW, 10/14/2021Calif. Alisal Fire Has Prompted Evacuations, Road And Amtrak Closures
"California firefighters are battling flames and strong winds as they tackle the Alisal Fire, which has shut down a section of the iconic Highway 101 and Amtrak lines in Santa Barbara County."
Source: CNN, 10/14/2021"Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push To Cut Emissions"
"The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. climate summit, warning the world is not on track to meet environmental goals and that new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”"
Source: AP, 10/14/2021Pollution From N.C.’s Poultry Farms Unduly Harms Communities Of Color
"The legislation aimed at regulating North Carolina’s huge and largely unregulated poultry industry seemed modest in scope, ... But as the legislative session in Raleigh came to a close in July, the bill had moved not an inch—and no one was surprised."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2021"Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil"
"These secretive investment companies have pumped billions of dollars into fossil fuel projects, buying up offshore platforms, building new pipelines and extending lifelines to coal power plants."
Source: NYTimes, 10/14/2021"Nickel Shortage Spells Trouble For EVs — Report"
"The auto industry’s move to electric cars could encounter hiccups caused by a shortage of nickel — one of the most widely used minerals for EV batteries — as soon as 2026, according to research from consultancy Rystad Energy."
Source: E&E News, 10/14/2021Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas"
"EPA is set to ramp up scrutiny of facilities that do not currently report releases of a toxic gas as the Biden administration beefs up its environmental justice agenda."
Source: E&E News, 10/14/2021"Solving Bali's Rivers of Trash"
"A hardworking nonprofit uses simple tech, a team of volunteers, and a grand vision to harness garbage from the rivers of Bali, Indonesia."
Source: Hakai, 10/14/2021"With a Warming Climate, Coastal Fog Around the World Is Declining"
"In California, dissipating “June gloom” could bring a dismal future for some of the state’s redwoods and Torrey pines."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/14/2021Majority-Black Mich. City Has Water Problem That Rivals Flint Crisis
"The state of Michigan has told a majority-Black city not to use tap water for drinking, bathing, or cooking “out of an abundance of caution” because of lead contamination. Residents of Benton Harbor, three hours west of Detroit, have been dealing with poisoned water for at least three years, and experts say that state and local officials have not done enough to help...."
Source: The Root, 10/13/2021"An Empire of Dying Wells"
"Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/13/2021"Inside the Fight Against the Dixie Fire"
"In the past two years, California has found itself under siege from more large-scale fires burning with greater intensity than at any time on record. Giant blazes are tearing across the state with greater speed and frequency, destroying towns and sending smoke hurtling hundreds of miles away. Nine of California’s 20 largest fires have occurred since 2020, according to Cal Fire, the state’s firefighting agency."
Source: NYTimes, 10/13/2021"Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Roads Vulnerable To Flooding — Report"
"Nearly a quarter of the nation’s road miles are at risk of becoming impassable during a flood, according to a groundbreaking new study that documents the surprising vulnerability of key U.S. facilities such as roads, hospitals and power plants."
Source: E&E News, 10/13/2021
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