"The European Union’s plan to phase out imports of Russian oil could have the added benefit of reducing the fossil-fuel-based emissions that are rapidly warming the planet."
"A Senate committee voted yesterday to send the most important climate treaty in years to the floor for ratification. Not a single Republican opposed it."
"Science journalist Erica Gies found that many innovative projects working to solve our most challenging water problems all have a central premise in common: slowing water down. She explains how that’s done in her new book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (available to U.S. readers in June), which tracks the work of “water detectives” enacting these changes across the world."
"The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century."
"Public developments on the California coast would be required to capture carbon in wetlands or other natural systems under an Assembly bill that calls for projects to add “blue carbon” measures to their mitigation plans."
"When beavers are allowed to do what beavers do, it’s good for us and the climate. That’s the conclusion of Northwest researchers who are looking to improve water quality and curb our carbon output."
"In the summer of 1984, investigators peered into a cave dug beneath the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and found dozens of rusted 55-gallon barrels filled with toxic chemicals."
The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by May 25 for an expenses-paid workshop in northern Minnesota, Jun 26-28, 2022, to learn about — and how to report on — Traditional Ecological Knowledge that informs conservation and restoration efforts, climate adaptation strategies and water quality.
"Data analysis by DW reveals many Brazilians live near dams that, without proper maintenance and governmental oversight, could be deadly in the case of failure."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $40 million on Monday to help restore the Chesapeake Bay."
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