"Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse."
"Most of the Florida homes in the path of Hurricane Ian lack flood insurance, posing a major challenge to rebuilding efforts, new data show."
Source: NYTimes, 09/30/2022
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"How Climate Change Is Rapidly Fueling Super Hurricanes"
"As Hurricane Ian barreled toward Florida this week, it did what six other storms did over the past six years as they approached the United States: It intensified, quickly."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2022"Revealed: Huge Gas Flaring Emissions Never Reported"
"Major oil companies are not declaring a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, a BBC News investigation has revealed."
Source: BBC News, 09/30/2022"In A First, U.S. Appoints A Diplomat For Plants And Animals"
"As temperatures rise and habitats shrink, hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species around the world are at risk of vanishing. For the first time, the United States is designating a special diplomat to advocate for global biodiversity amid what policymakers here and overseas increasingly recognize as an extinction crisis."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2022Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes: Study
"In a large proportion of the metropolitan areas along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, at least half of the hospitals are at risk of flooding even from relatively weak hurricanes, a new study found."
Source: NYTimes, 09/30/2022Experts Decry ‘Funny Math’ Of Plastic Industry ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims
"Environmental experts say there’s a strong possibility that a federal bill will be introduced in the U.S. that seeks to strengthen an industry known as “advanced recycling,” or “chemical recycling.” While proponents of advanced recycling tout it as a solution to the ever-growing plastic pollution issue, critics say that it’s not recycling at all, but a highly polluting incineration process that converts plastic into fuel."
Source: Mongabay, 09/30/2022US Strikes Partnership With Pacific Island Leaders At Historic Summit
"The United States said at a summit with Pacific island leaders that it had agreed on a partnership for the future with them and held out the prospect of “big dollar” help to a region where it hopes to stem China’s expanding influence."
Source: Guardian, 09/30/2022Corps Plans Underwater Levee To Stem Saltwater in La. Drinking Water
"Saltwater moving up the Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Plaquemines Parish, triggering a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to build an underwater levee in the channel."
Source: Nola.com, 09/30/2022"Veteran Service Officer: Be Wary Of Camp LeJeune Ads"
"We've all see the ads on television or social media in the last few weeks. If you or your family were stationed in Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, you may have been exposed to drinking water that was heavily contaminated with toxins," one ad reads. "You may be able to qualify for significant compensation for your medical costs or lost loved ones.""
Source: New Philadelphia Times-Reporter, 09/30/2022Arizona Tribe And Biologists Rescue The Apache Trout From Near Extinction
"The White Mountain Apache reservation stretches across about 1.24 million acres in eastern Arizona, rising at its highest point to 11,000 feet above sea level. It is the only place in the world where the state fish of Arizona lives in its natural habitat ."
Source: Arizona Republic, 09/30/2022"Maps Show How Millions Of People Have Moved Into Hurricane Ian’s Path"
"As Stephen Strader has watched Hurricane Ian barreling toward Florida’s west coast, he cannot stop thinking about all that lies in its path."
Source: Washington Post, 09/29/2022"Key Takeaways From Biden's Conference On Hunger And Nutrition In America"
"President Biden pushed for Congress to permanently extend the child tax credit, raise the minimum wage and expand nutrition assistance programs to help reduce hunger rates as he opened the second-ever conference on food insecurity and diet-related diseases. But the administration faces a sharp uphill battle."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022"Mexico Is World's Deadliest Spot For Environmental Activists"
"Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, and the Yaqui Indigenous people of northern Mexico are still mourning the killing of water-defense leader Tomás Rojo found dead in June 2021."
Source: AP, 09/29/2022"Pivotal Supreme Court Term Begins With WOTUS War"
"After a summer marked by massive upheavals to abortion access, gun safety and climate regulation, the Supreme Court’s newly empowered six-justice conservative majority appears poised to undercut longstanding approaches to environmental protection and racial equity."
Source: E&E News, 09/29/2022"Federal Court Finds 3rd Iowa Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional"
"A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed last year violates free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution."
Source: AP, 09/29/2022
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