Air Pollution From Farms Leads To 17,900 U.S. Deaths Per Year: Study
"The first-of-its-kind report pinpoints meat production as the leading source of deadly pollution"
Source: Washington Post, 05/11/2021
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"F.B.I. Identifies Group Behind Pipeline Hack"
"President Biden said on Monday that the United States would “disrupt and prosecute” a criminal gang of hackers called DarkSide, which the F.B.I. formally blamed for a huge ransomware attack that has disrupted the flow of nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel supplies to the East Coast."
Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2021
"Final OK Expected for Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm"
"The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce its final approval of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, a major step toward President Biden’s goal of expanding renewable energy production across the United States, according to two people familiar with the matter."
Source: NYTimes, 05/11/2021
Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes
Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.
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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy
The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.
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Native Tribal Nations Push for Changes in Public Lands
As Native tribal nations successfully exert ancestral rights to land stewardship across the West, journalists covering these developments must first grasp the legal principles that underpin Native governmental sovereignty. But also key is to create and sustain relationships with Native community members. Veteran environment and Indigenous affairs reporter Debra Krol lays out the basics for effective reporting from Indian Country.
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"US Stops Trump-Era Effort To Loosen Safety Rules For Arctic Drilling"
"The United States on Friday said it had revoked a last-minute effort by the Trump Administration to loosen safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2021
"3 Arrested Can Challenge Louisiana Pipeline Trespass Law"
"Protesters from New Orleans and Mississippi and a journalist from New York arrested during a protest against pipeline construction may continue their challenge of a Louisiana law carrying a possible five-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of trespassing in the area of a pipeline, a federal judge has ruled."
Source: AP, 05/10/2021
$63-Billion Plan Banks On Hydropower To Help Solve The Climate Crisis
"Conservationists in California and across the West are deeply skeptical of hydropower, and it’s not hard to see why. ... But despite the environmental damage they’ve done, many dams also generate electricity that is free of planet-warming carbon emissions."
Source: LA Times, 05/10/2021
Hacked Pipeline May Stay Shut for Days, Raising Concerns About Supply
"The operator of the largest petroleum pipeline between Texas and New York, which was shut down after a ransomware attack, declined on Sunday to say when it would reopen, raising concerns about a critical piece of infrastructure that carries nearly half of the East Coast’s fuel supplies."
Source: NYTimes, 05/10/2021
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