"The Muscogee Get Their Say In National Park Plan"
"'Our history is here. Our ancestors are here. Our stories started here. And we are committed to ensuring that this cherished site is protected'".
Source: AP, 09/27/2022
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Toolbox on Nature-Based Solutions and Native/Indigenous Perspectives
As concerns over global warming, the endangerment of plant and animal species, and water rights escalate, many environmentalists are turning to Indigenous people for guidance. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists special initiative focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at nature-based solutions and Indigenous people with reporter Brian Bull. Check out a resource toolbox and stay tuned for a reporting tipsheet in coming weeks. Plus, be sure to register for a Sept. 28 webinar on covering Indigenous communities and nature-based climate solutions.
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"Minnesota Ojibwe Harvest Sacred, Climate-Imperiled Wild Rice"
"Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up."
Source: AP, 09/23/2022
Dutch Meuse River Rewilding Project Turns Back The Clock 500 Years
"Europe’s largest river restoration is making changes across the entire landscape, bringing benefits to wildlife and people".
Source: Guardian, 09/21/2022
"Fury Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ as US States Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge"
"States are continuing to allow sewage sludge to be spread on cropland as fertilizer and in some cases increasing the amount spread, even as the PFAS-tainted substance has ruined farmers’ livelihoods, poisoned water supplies, contaminated food and put the public’s health at risk."
Source: Guardian, 09/21/2022
"Louisiana Takes Big Step Toward Unprecedented Land-Building Project"
"Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion project to divert water and sediment from the Mississippi River into Barataria Basin as part of an unprecedented plan to fight coastal land loss moved a major step forward on Monday with the release by the Army Corps of Engineers of a final environmental impact statement."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 09/21/2022
Author Shares Unorthodox Look at the Ways of Water
How water moves through the global ecosystem and shapes our landscapes is the subject of a must-read new book by writer Erica Gies, according to BookShelf editor Tom Henry. A significant part of water’s story is how humanity invariably fails when trying to manipulate it. But hope may reside with Gies’ various “water detectives,” who explore how to “let water go where it wants to go.”
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Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations
Carbon dioxide may get more attention, but the second-most damaging greenhouse gas, methane, is now the focus of a global pledge to cut emissions 30% by 2030. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at methane with energy reporter Nushin Huq. A primer on the climate-related problems of methane and the promise of methane-based solutions. Plus, watch a recent SEJ methane solutions webinar and see our Methane and Climate Change Toolbox.
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"New Atlas of Bird Migration Shows Extraordinary Journeys"
"A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey. The tiny songbird flies nearly 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) between Canada’s spruce forests and its wintering grounds in northern South America."
Source: AP, 09/16/2022
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