"Fire Brain": "What It's Like to Photograph the West's Biggest Wildfires"
"Josh Edelson has shot some of the most iconic images of increasing destructive wildfires. Earther spoke with him about his work."
Source: Earther, 10/06/2021
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"Three Scientists Win Nobel for Work on Climate Breakthroughs"
"Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their breakthroughs in how we understand the planet’s climate and the challenges presented by global warming."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/05/2021"14% Of World’s Coral Lost In Less Than A Decade, Study Shows"
"In the largest analysis of coral reef health ever undertaken, scientists found that between 2009 and 2018 the world lost about 11,700 sq km of coral – the equivalent of more than all the living coral in Australia."
Source: Guardian, 10/05/2021"Did Ship’s Anchor Cause California Oil Spill? Maybe"
"Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, causing heavy crude to leak into coastal waters and foul beaches, authorities said Monday."
Source: AP, 10/05/2021"Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous"
"Exposure to extreme heat in cities has tripled since the 1980s, putting more people in harm's way."
Source: Earther, 10/05/2021"Oil Spills Plague Venezuelan Coast, But Cleanup Efforts Are Lacking"
"There have been 53 oil spills in Venezuela this year through September, most of them concentrated on the Caribbean coast where massive government oil refineries operate with little environmental oversight."
Source: Mongabay, 10/05/2021Rare Flower Found At Site Of Planned Lithium Mine May Be Endangered
"Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine."
Source: AP, 10/05/2021"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Plans To Raze Old-Growth Forest"
"The plan to clear forest for quail habitat is raising the ire of hunters and hikers, as well as a bipartisan group of state lawmakers".
Source: Tennessee Lookout, 10/05/20215 Midwest Governors Agree To Create Network To Charge Electric Vehicles
"The governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining forces to build a new network for charging electric vehicles. The bipartisan plan aims to improve the region's economy while also reducing toxic emissions from cars and trucks."
Source: NPR, 10/05/2021Month After Ida's Landfall, Louisianians Decry 'Third World' Conditions
"Reuters traveled the bayous of hard-hit Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes in recent days, speaking with more than 40 residents. All said they felt abandoned by state and federal officials. A few said they had not received any type of support from any level of government."
Source: Reuters, 10/05/2021"How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty."
"In a few weeks, an estimated 20,000 ministers, activists and executives from nearly every country in the world are set to descend on Glasgow to hammer out how to make progress on climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 10/05/2021"Crews Race To Limit Damage From Major California Oil Spill"
"Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that fouled the sands of famed Huntington Beach and could keep the beaches there closed for weeks or longer."
Source: AP, 10/04/2021"Manchin Clashes With Fellow Democrats Over Fossil-Fuel Demands"
"Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is insisting that natural gas be allowed to have a central role in President Biden’s clean energy agenda, which puts him on a collision course with Democratic lawmakers who worry he will have the power to water down what they see as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address climate change."
Source: The Hill, 10/04/2021Ariz. Drought Ignites Tensions and Threatens Traditions Among the Hopi
"The tribe has survived for more than a thousand years in the arid mesas. The megadrought gripping the Southwest is testing that resilience."
Source: NYTimes, 10/04/2021Pushed To The Edge, La. Tribe Wonder Where To Go After Ida
"More than a month after Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, battered Louisiana's coast, Roy and Annie Parfait still can't go home. The Native couple, elders of the Houma tribe, are staying with family while they wait to see if federal money comes through to help them repair their roof in Dulac."
Source: NPR, 10/04/2021
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