"Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica"
"The country’s banana industry is heavily reliant on chemical pesticides that threaten the environment and public health".
Source: Sierra, 01/18/2024
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"Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine"
"The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change."
Source: E&E News, 01/18/2024
"Greenland Losing 30 Million Tonnes Of Ice An Hour, Study Reveals"
"The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought."
Source: Guardian, 01/18/2024
SciLine Crash Course: Stats Essentials for Math-Averse Reporters
SciLine's free, one-hour “crash course” — designed for reporters who cover science, health or environment issues but lack statistics or data training — aims to take the stress out of reporting on the numbers that could be crucial to your next story. Includes Q&A. 2-3:15pm ET.
SciLine Media Briefing: Renewable Energy and the Grid
SciLine’s next media briefing will summarize progress towards U.S. renewable energy goals and address hurdles that remain for communities—including technical and economic challenges, and ways that everyday life may change for individuals in a renewable future.
"Earthlings Take Note: The Sun Will Be Its Most Active In Two Decades"
"Solar flares, eruptions on the sun’s surface and sunspots are expected to multiply and intensify throughout this year, as our yellow star enters its most active period in two decades. For Earthlings, that could lead to more beautiful dancing aurora far and wide, but also radio blackouts and satellite disruptions."
Source: Washington Post, 01/17/2024
"A Huge Battery Has Replaced Hawaii’s Last Coal Plant"
"Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy."
Source: Grist, 01/17/2024
Shell To Sell Nigeria Oil Business; Greens Want Pollution Cleaned Up First
"Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry."
Source: AP, 01/17/2024
First US Uranium Mines in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon
"The push for more nuclear energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spiked uranium prices, leading mines for the element to begin operating again in the U.S. despite long-term environmental and health impacts."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/17/2024
Crop-Killing Weeds Advance Across US Farms As Chemicals Lose Effectiveness
"Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer and Corteva can develop new ones to fight them."
Source: Reuters, 01/17/2024
