"Gunfire On N.C. Substations Causes Widespread Power Outages"
"Tens of thousands of residents in rural North Carolina could be without electricity for days after gunfire seriously damaged two power substations."
Source: E&E News, 12/05/2022
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"In War-Torn States Hurt By Climate, Scant Hope For New Funds"
"In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes. .... But they have little or no access to climate financing."
Source: AP, 11/22/2022
"How Russia Is Weaponizing The Ukrainian Winter"
"The gas line was punctured by shrapnel. Plastic sheets now hang where the windows were. A single electric heat lamp is all there is to keep the home from freezing."
Source: NPR, 11/21/2022
"UN Probes Egypt Police Misconduct Claims At Climate Talks"
"The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks."
Source: AP, 11/14/2022
Documentary Tells of Human, Environmental Toll of Unexploded Ordnance
A film by reporting duo Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates — supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists — shows the ongoing human and environmental harm of the unexploded U.S. bombs and other ordnance dropped on Southeast Asian villages during the Vietnam War. “Eternal Harvest,” which builds on their earlier book on the topic, was made painstakingly over years, and in the latest FEJ StoryLog, the couple explains their process and storytelling approach.
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FBI Investigating Toxin-Laced Letter Sent To Green Group In New Mexico
"The FBI is investigating a letter laced with a toxic chemical and filled with threats and antisemitic symbols that was sent anonymously to an environmental voters group in New Mexico."
Source: HuffPost, 10/31/2022
War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy: IEA
"The energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to speed up rather than slow down the global transition away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner technologies like wind, solar and electric vehicles, the world’s leading energy agency said Thursday."
Source: NYTimes, 10/28/2022
"Western Powers Rebuke Russia’s ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims Against Ukraine"
"The United States, Britain and France rejected as “transparently false” claims by Moscow’s defense minister that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” — explosive weapons designed to widely disperse radioactive material — on its own territory with Western help, characterizing the claims as an attempt by Moscow to create a pretext for escalating the conflict."
Source: Washington Post, 10/24/2022
"A New Cold War Is Heating Up the Arctic"
"The North Pole is melting faster than ever, but the chill in the air at this year’s global gathering of Arctic experts had more to do with the widening repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 10/21/2022
"Germany’s New Hunger for Coal Dooms a Tiny Village"
"For months, die-hard environmental activists have camped in the fields and occupied the trees in this tiny farming village in western Germany, hoping that like-minded people from across the country would arrive and help stop the expansion of a nearby open-pit coal mine that threatened to swallow the village and its farms."
Source: NYTimes, 10/14/2022
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