Storm Likely To Slam Florida Gulf Coast As Hurricane Helene On Thursday
"Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 could become a landfalling major hurricane for the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/24/2024
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Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects as Federal Aid Surges
"Many dams in the Midwest do not meet grant eligibility requirements, leaving safety officials and residents worried about how they’ll prevent future collapses as flood risks increase."
"MINNEAPOLIS—A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under increasing pressure as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/24/2024
"The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food"
"Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat."
Source: NYTimes, 09/24/2024
"California Sues Exxon Over ‘Deceptive’ Plastic Recycling Claims"
"The landmark lawsuit is the first time a state has targeted an oil company over claims that recycling could solve the plastic pollution crisis."
Source: E&E News, 09/24/2024
Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Large: SEJ 23rd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Large winners of the 2024 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read/watch the stories.
Coequal Catastrophes — Quammen on Climate Change, Extinction and Epidemics
Biodiversity loss can seem like a remote and abstract problem that pales in comparison to climate worries. But award-winning author David Quammen sees them as coequal threats, along with emerging diseases, and encourages journalists to illuminate the relationships between them. His advice includes getting out of big cities to see the extinction crisis firsthand and weaving humor and hope into your writing.
"Who’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered."
"A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird."
Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2024
House Backs Measure To Overturn Biden Auto Emissions Rule That Promotes EVs
"The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want."
Source: AP, 09/23/2024
"Mystery Of Disappearing Ospreys Might Have Controversial Explanation"
"A new study suggests osprey chicks are starving in parts of the Chesapeake Bay because of a lack of menhaden, a primary source of food but also a major industry."
Source: Washington Post, 09/23/2024
Hotter Summers Are Making High School Football A Fatal Game For Some Players
"Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had gotten a call that 17-year-old Phillip Laster Jr., a lineman who played for a top Mississippi high school, had collapsed on the field during an August 2022 practice."
Source: AP, 09/23/2024
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