Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of Clean Energy Transition in Minnesota
"Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/22/2023
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"Mucus-Covered Jellyfish Hint at Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining"
"A treasure trove of metal is hiding at the bottom of the ocean. Potato-size nodules of iron and manganese litter the seafloor, and metal-rich crusts cover underwater mountains and chimneys along hydrothermal vents. Deep-sea mining companies have set their sights on these minerals, aiming to use them in batteries and electronics. Environmentalists warn that the mining process and the plumes of sediment it would dump back into the sea could affect marine life."
Source: NYTimes, 11/22/2023"All the Fish We Cannot See"
"In a dark, unexplored layer of ocean, a hidden cache of fish might play an unexpected role in our climate’s future. It seems like a bad time for a new fishery."
Source: Hakai, 11/22/2023"Climate Change Is Hastening The Demise Of Pacific Northwest Forests"
"Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley stands a dead “Tree of Life.” Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether."
Source: Columbia Insight, 11/22/2023"Why ‘Climate Havens’ Could Be Closer to Home Than You’d Think"
"According to a recent survey, nearly a third of Americans named climate change as a motivation to move.Some are headed to “climate havens,” the places experts say will be relatively pleasant to live in as the world heats up, like Duluth, Minnesota; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Burlington, Vermont."
Source: Grist, 11/22/2023Musk’s X Sues Media Matters Over Its Report On Ads Next To Hate Posts
"Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.” Media Matters, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, called the lawsuit “frivolous.”"
Source: AP, 11/22/2023"Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters"
"Hotshot fire crews work on the front lines of the biggest wildfires in the American West. We rode along with them."
Source: NYTimes, 11/22/2023"The Instagram Wellness Influencers Spreading Climate Misinformation"
"A new report details a growing fad among a certain sect of conspiracy-minded health and lifestyle influencers on Instagram: climate denial".
Source: HEATED, 11/21/2023Gulf Oil Leak Could Have Spilled More Than 1 Million Gallons: Coast Guard
"Authorities were using skimmers and remote vehicles to respond to an oil leak off the coast of Plaquemines Parish on Monday, with more than a million gallons having potentially been spilled, the Coast Guard said."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11/21/2023"How Electricity Is Changing Around the World"
"Carbon-free electricity has never been more plentiful. Wind and solar power have taken off over the past two decades, faster than experts ever expected. But it hasn’t yet been enough to halt the rise of coal- and gas-burning generation."
Source: NYTimes, 11/21/2023Climate On Track To Warm By Nearly 3°C Without Aggressive Actions: UN
"Countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released Monday."
Source: Reuters, 11/21/2023New Study Says Global Toll Of Lead Exposure Is Even Worse Than We Thought
"According to a new study in the journal Lancet Planetary Health, an estimated 5.455 million adults worldwide died in 2019 from cardiovascular disease (CVD) attributable to lead exposure — a toll more than six times higher than a previous estimate."
Source: NPR, 11/21/2023Richest 1% Account For More Carbon Emissions Than Poorest 66%: Report
"The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says."
Source: Guardian, 11/21/2023Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Rail Dangers
"Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and family in peril."
Source: ProPublica, 11/21/2023"Column: California Strikes Another Blow Against Rooftop Solar"
"Just a few weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom returned from a trip to China that he claimed was focused on tackling the climate crisis, his appointees back home voted to slash financial incentives for rooftop solar power — for the second time."
Source: LA Times, 11/21/2023
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