"EPA Orders Costly Upgrades At Troubled St. Croix Refinery"
"EPA will not allow the shuttered St. Croix refinery to reopen until the owners obtain a new Clean Air Act permit accompanied by upgraded pollution controls."
Source: E&E News, 11/18/2022
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Enviros Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Okefenokee Swamp Protections
"The Southern Environmental Law Center is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its summer decision to remove Clean Water Act protections from almost 600 acres of wetlands next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: Savannah Morning News, 11/16/2022
New Kolbert Volume Addresses Value of Human Efforts To Control Nature
When engineers reversed the Chicago River, they also upended a hydrologic system that years later required electrification to repel an invasive species threatening a major fishery. This is but one example from the latest book by New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert of the unintended consequences of human actions to dominate nature that may solve one problem only to create another. BookShelf contributor Gary Wilson has a review.
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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories
The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.
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Nicole Makes Landfall In Florida As Hurricane With Surge, Winds, Flooding
"Nicole made landfall in Florida as a hurricane early Thursday and has now weakened to a tropical storm. Coastal flooding, strong winds, flooding rain and tornadoes are expected along the Southeast coast."
Source: Weather Channel, 11/10/2022
Storm Nicole Poses Wind, Rain, Flood Threats To Florida, Southeast
"Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed in the Atlantic and is forecast to push toward the Bahamas, Florida and the Southeast this week. Strong winds, high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, beach erosion and heavy rain are expected along parts of the Eastern Seaboard."
Source: Weather Channel, 11/07/2022
"The Marine Lab in the Path of Fury"
"At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time."
Source: Hakai, 11/03/2022
ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird
The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken.
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Could Biodiversity Be Bee’s Knees for Environmental Journalists This Fall?
While a global gathering on biodiversity this winter will be news in itself, enterprising reporters can also find many biodiversity stories in their own backyards. The latest TipSheet offers insight into the domestic U.S. battle over endangered species, with a tale of a Tennessee dam, and a better understanding of the biodiversity-habitat connection. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.
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