Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say
"Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posting a quiet but growing threat."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2024
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Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land
"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."
Source: AP, 09/03/2024
Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Park Fire Destruction
"California’s latest historic wildfire serves as a stark reminder of the regenerative promise of Indigenous cultural burning, practitioners say."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2024
"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections"
"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central, 09/03/2024
"Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Fires In August Reach 14-Year High"
"The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region for the month of August surged to the highest level since 2010, government data showed on Sunday, after a record drought that has been plaguing the biome."
Source: Reuters, 09/03/2024
"Countries Still Far Apart On COP29 Finance Goal"
"With less than three months until this year's COP29 UN climate negotiations, countries remain far from agreement on the summit's biggest task: to agree a new funding target to help developing countries cope with climate change."
Source: Reuters, 09/03/2024
Pa. Will Monitor Private Wells Near The East Palestine Site For 10 Years
"A year and a half after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced plans to monitor private drinking water wells for Pennsylvania residents living within one mile of the accident site for the next decade."
Source: EHN, 09/03/2024
"Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals."
"Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2024
Carbon Credits: How One Company’s Plan To Help The Planet Went Off The Rails
"C-Quest Capital claimed it could improve people’s lives in Africa with cleaner cookstoves. But an investigation by The Post shows it promised more than it could deliver."
Source: Washington Post, 09/03/2024
Making Sense of Jewish Perspectives on the Climate Story
American Jews are heavily involved in climate action in both the political and civic realms. But current events in Israel and Gaza can make it hard for U.S. journalists to cover environmental stories important to Jews at home or abroad. Jewish freelancer Ethan Brown on differences and synergies between Israeli and American Jewish environmentalism and how to approach stories within each community.
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