"Gas Could Mean Billions for Indigenous People in Canada. Some Fear a Cost."
"New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship."
Source: NYTimes, 12/16/2024
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"How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West"
"In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, the projects are controversial."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/16/2024Malaria Cases Rise For 5th Year As Disasters, Resistance Hamper Control
"Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Biological threats such as rising resistance to drugs and insecticides, and climate and humanitarian disasters continue to hamper control efforts, world health leaders warned."
Source: Guardian, 12/16/2024"Industrial And Business Groups Send Trump A Deregulatory Wish List"
"More than a hundred industrial trade groups and chambers of commerce are urging President-elect Donald Trump to weaken or eliminate numerous Biden administration regulations on energy, air pollution, recycling, worker heat protections, consumer safeguards and corporate financing, claiming that the rules are “strangling” the nation’s economy."
Source: LA Times, 12/16/2024"As Wolf Populations Rebound, an Angry Backlash Intensifies"
"The reintroduction of endangered wolves to Yellowstone National Park 30 years ago was a major conservation victory. But as wolves have spread across the West, anger and resentment at the apex predator has escalated, with hunters in some states increasingly targeting them."
Source: YaleE360, 12/16/2024"‘Bioweapons’ And Cover-Ups: The Untruths Behind RFK Jr.’s Disease Claims"
"Kennedy has spread misinformation about the deadliest and most debilitating diseases of the modern era."
Source: E&E News, 12/13/2024Global Food Production At Increased Risk From Excess Salt In Soil, UN Warns
"The extent of the world’s land affected by excess salt is set to increase rapidly with potentially devastating impacts on food production, research has found."
Source: Guardian, 12/13/2024"As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What?"
"Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second."
Source: NYTimes, 12/13/2024"Biden's Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Auction Ripe for Challenge"
"The Biden administration’s decision to include restrictions in the auction of oil drilling rights in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is legally vulnerable as the state looks to the next administration to allow more oil development."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/13/2024Hemorrhagic Disease Could Limit Take For Iowa Deer Hunters This Season
"The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is monitoring the spread of epizootic hemorrhagic disease and chronic wasting disease in Iowa deer and says Iowa hunters can play an important role."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/13/2024"‘Forever Chemical’ Found In Mineral Water From Several European Countries"
"Mineral water from several European nations has been found for the first time to be contaminated with TFA, a type of PFAS “forever chemical” that is a reproductive toxicant accumulating at alarming levels across the globe."
Source: Guardian, 12/13/2024"20 Environmental Books to Inspire You in the Year Ahead"
"Here are 20 environmental books published in 2024 for readers of all ages and experience. They offer vision, knowledge, and a sense of wonder — necessary to help us build a better planet no matter who’s in the White House in the year to come."
Source: The Revelator, 12/13/2024"How Trump Could Bring Fish Farms To The Gulf Of Mexico"
"Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month."
Source: Grist, 12/13/2024"Whale Makes Epic Migration, Astonishing Scientists"
"A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say."
Source: BBC News, 12/13/2024"The Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week. Here's What To Expect"
"If you're stargazing this week, you have a chance to see brilliant streaks across the sky as the Geminid meteor shower peaks."
Source: NPR, 12/13/2024
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