"Brazil Dams: 1 Million Live Close To Danger"
"Data analysis by DW reveals many Brazilians live near dams that, without proper maintenance and governmental oversight, could be deadly in the case of failure."
Source: DW, 05/04/2022
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Forgotten Toxic Dump Site Raises New Worries For This L.A. Neighborhood
"In the summer of 1984, investigators peered into a cave dug beneath the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and found dozens of rusted 55-gallon barrels filled with toxic chemicals."
Source: LA Times, 05/04/2022"Scientists Believe Beavers Can Build Resilience In Northwest Waterways"
"When beavers are allowed to do what beavers do, it’s good for us and the climate. That’s the conclusion of Northwest researchers who are looking to improve water quality and curb our carbon output."
Source: OPB, 05/04/2022Calif. Bill Could Require 'Blue Carbon' To Offset Coastal Development
"Public developments on the California coast would be required to capture carbon in wetlands or other natural systems under an Assembly bill that calls for projects to add “blue carbon” measures to their mitigation plans."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, 05/04/2022"Condors Soar Again Over Northern California Coastal Redwoods"
"The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century."
Source: AP, 05/04/2022"Why We Need Slow Solutions to Solve Our Water Problems"
"Science journalist Erica Gies found that many innovative projects working to solve our most challenging water problems all have a central premise in common: slowing water down. She explains how that’s done in her new book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (available to U.S. readers in June), which tracks the work of “water detectives” enacting these changes across the world."
Source: The Revelator, 05/04/2022"Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries"
"The Biden administration is planning a major shift to electric vehicles, but experts say it requires a secure, resilient supply of critical minerals."
Source: NYTimes, 05/03/2022"Progressives Seize On Quarterly Oil Profits To Call For Windfall Tax"
"Progressives and environmentalists pointed to huge first-quarter profits posted by major oil companies to argue in favor of a windfall profits tax on oil companies amid the ongoing energy crunch."
Source: The Hill, 05/03/2022"A Longer Life For Diablo Canyon? Newsom Touts Nuke Extension"
"Facing possible electricity shortages, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday raised the possibility that the state’s sole remaining nuclear power plant might continue operating beyond a planned closing by 2025, an idea that could revive a decades-old fight over earthquake safety at the site."
Source: AP, 05/03/2022Florida Black Woman Fights Polluting Landfills Made From Sand Pits
"Late last summer, LaFanette Soles-Woods carefully made her way to the podium to address the Escambia County commissioners. Normally, she rode a mobility scooter because she so easily lost her breath. But she thought this occasion was vital enough to make an exception."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/03/2022Gas Giants Ghostwrote Letters Of Support From Elected Officials
"Internal emails show pipeline firms provided North Carolina and Virginia leaders with draft letters and talking points praising their own projects."
Source: HuffPost, 05/03/2022"Texas Stumbles In Its Effort To Punish Green Financial Firms"
"For years, fossil fuel producing states have watched investors shy away from companies causing the climate crisis. Last year, one state decided to push back."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2022"Pandemic, War, Politics Hamper Global Push For Climate Action"
"The promises arrived at a rapid clip over two weeks in Glasgow last fall. There, along the banks of the River Clyde, leaders from nearly 200 nations vowed to do more — and move faster — to combat climate change. ... But nearly six months later, no large nation has come forward with a bolder climate plan, and none of the world’s top emitters has committed to doing so this year."
Source: Washington Post, 05/03/2022"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2022"Biden’s Environmental Civil Rights Effort Wrestles With Caseload"
"President Joe Biden’s administration is prioritizing environmental civil rights cases, with the Justice Department joining the EPA to turn the dial on a yearslong struggle to manage a growing list of complaints."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/03/2022
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