"Is it Too Late to Save ‘America’s Amazon’?"
"Alabama’s Mobile River basin has the most aquatic biodiversity in the country. But we’re in danger of losing it before we even know what’s there."
Source: The Revelator, 12/01/2020
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Reporter, Wearing Two Hats, Journeys Into Filmmaking
For Boston Globe environment reporter David Abel, a side project shooting video of the 2013 Boston Marathon sealed his passion for nonfiction filmmaking, one that has since yielded four high-profile nature documentaries. In EJ InSight, Abel traces that path and details how he balances his environment reporting and filmmaking. Plus, view images from Abel’s documentary work.
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16 Georgia Superfund Sites Threatened by Climate-Linked Extreme Weather
"With climate a major issue in two Senate runoff elections, the state’s voters need look no further than coastal Brunswick for potential risks."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/30/2020
"Trump Rule Eases Effort To Strip-Mine Near Okefenokee Swamp"
"When an Alabama company called Twin Pines Minerals proposed to strip mine for titanium just outside the fragile Okefenokee Swamp, environmental groups and even federal agencies went up in arms."
Source: Washington Post, 11/27/2020
"Charleston Weighs Wall As Seas Rise And Storms Strengthen"
"Vickie Hicks, who weaves intricate sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, South Carolina’s historic city market, remembers climbing onto the table at her grandmother’s booth downtown when the floodwaters rushed by."
Source: AP, 11/23/2020
"Court Upholds Hog Verdict; Smithfield Announces Settlement"
"A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation for smells and noise they said made living nearby unbearable."
Source: AP, 11/23/2020
For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs
The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.
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"Analysis: Mississippi Pump Proposal Evokes Strong Reactions"
"Farmers, rural shopkeepers and Mississippi politicians from both major parties are speaking out to support a proposed flood control project that would pump water from parts of the south Delta. Environmental groups remain opposed to the Yazoo Backwater Project."
Source: AP, 11/16/2020
"Tropical Storm Eta Makes Landfall In Florida Keys"
"A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Florida’s Lower Matecumbe Key on Sunday night, days after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America."
Source: AP, 11/09/2020
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