"Biden To Dish Out $7.3 Billion For Clean Rural Power"
"The administration called it the “largest investment in rural electrification” since the New Deal."
Source: HuffPost, 09/10/2024
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"10,000 Feet Up, Scientists Found Hundreds of Airborne Germs"
"In 10 flights over Japan, researchers found a host of bacteria and fungi. These high-altitude germs could help spread disease around the world."
Source: NYTimes, 09/10/2024
"Why New York’s Animal Wet Markets Unnerve Some Scientists"
"Urban wet markets are fertile grounds for viral transmission, experts say. Outbreaks of bird flu have already occurred."
Source: NYTimes, 09/10/2024
Tribe Reels From Illness And Cancer. What Role Did The US Government Play?
"The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that his story ended like so many others on the remote Duck Valley Indian Reservation. He was healthy for decades. They found the cancer too late."
Source: AP, 09/10/2024
"TVA Helped Electrify The South — But Now Its Plans Are Sparking Backlash"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority is coming under fire from energy experts and environmentalists for building gas plants instead of renewables."
Source: Washington Post, 09/10/2024
‘Sustainable’ Logging Clear-Cutting Canada’s Climate-Fighting Forests
"Nonprofit environment watchdogs put their stamps of approval on countless wood products that get touted as responsibly produced. But Reuters found that the timber firms these groups certify are harvesting large swaths of Canada’s older forests, which are critical to containing global warming."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2024
Francine Strengthens In Gulf, Is Expected To Hit Louisiana As A Hurricane
"Tropical Storm Francine formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and was expected to drench the Texas coast with rain before coming ashore in Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday night."
Source: AP, 09/10/2024
#SEJSpotlight: Virginia Gewin, Freelance Journalist
Meet SEJ member Virginia Gewin! Virginia is an independent science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her reporting now explores the impacts of wildfires, dust storms, and oil and gas development on public health, often in environmental justice communities. Virginia is currently developing a series of stories from sacrifice zones, those on the frontlines of hazardous pollution.
"What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?"
"The island is struggling to build a more stable electrical grid. What’s taking so long?"
Source: Sierra, 09/09/2024
"Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval"
"Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June."
Source: DeSmog, 09/09/2024
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