Film Studio Aims To Stir Up ‘Populist Anger’ Over Climate Crisis
"Yellow Dot Studios produces short-form videos to inform with ‘genuine, righteous anger’ and ‘laugh-out-loud comedy’".
Source: Guardian, 03/11/2024
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"US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat"
"Accidental pipeline leaks – caused by things like punctures, corrosion, severe weather and faulty equipment - happen routinely and are a climate menace that is not currently counted in the official U.S. tally of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Reuters examination of public data and regulatory documents."
Source: Reuters, 03/11/2024Tribes Meet With Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms of Uranium Mining
"As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/11/2024"New York City Ready to Expand Greenways Along Rivers, Railways and Parks"
"Community organizers say the multi-use paths protected from vehicle traffic can connect the city’s boroughs and help increase climate resilience as rainfall, flooding and storms all become more intense."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/11/2024"Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution"
"Manufacturers and 24 states sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over the Biden administration’s decision to tighten limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2024"Where Electric Vehicles Are (and Aren’t) Taking Off Across the U.S."
"Last year, Americans bought more than one million fully electric cars, trucks and SUVs, a record and a milestone for the country’s transition away from gas-powered vehicles."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2024Secrecy Around Gas Export Terminals Leaves Public In The Dark On Dangers
"During a summer’s afternoon in 2022, a 450-foot fireball exploded at a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Houston, rocking sunbathers on Quintana Beach, adjacent to the Freeport LNG terminal, and rattling homes for miles around. Eighteen months later, residents around the plant have yet to receive any information directly from Freeport LNG about what caused the explosion, or what to do if it were to happen again ... ."
Source: Floodlight, 03/08/2024"How Climate Change Primed Texas To Burn"
"The state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s."
Source: Grist, 03/08/2024"Mass Die-Offs Among Farmed Salmon On The Rise Around The World"
"Hundreds of millions of farmed salmon have perished in mass die-offs over the past decade, say researchers."
Source: BBC News, 03/08/2024Rare Gray Whale Seen Off Nantucket Is Good And Bad News, Says Cape Expert
"An unusual visitor to local waters has caused a stir among the region's marine scientists: a gray whale. Researchers with the New England Aquarium's aerial survey team on Tuesday reported spotting the whale 30 miles south of Nantucket during a flight on Friday — a sighting they said is "incredibly rare," considering the species has been extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for more than two centuries."
Source: Cape Cod Times, 03/08/2024Senate Passes Bill To Extend, Expand Compensation For Radiation Victims
"The Senate passed a stand-alone bill to extend and expand a 30-year-old law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government in a 69-30 vote."
Source: The Hill, 03/08/2024"In Climate-Related Flooding, A Ugandan River Turns Poisonous"
"Uganda’s Nyamwamba river, in the Rwenzori Mountains, has begun to flood catastrophically in recent years, partly due to climate change. Along the river are copper tailings pools from an old Canadian mining operation, which are becoming increasingly eroded by the flooding."
Source: Mongabay, 03/08/2024"As Flooding Increases on the Mississippi, Forests Are Drowning"
"Ever-worsening floods are killing trees at an increasing rate along the upper Mississippi River, and invasive grasses are taking over. The Army Corps of Engineers has launched a project to restore forest and boost tree diversity, and to improve habitat for fish and birds, too."
Source: YaleE360, 03/08/2024"Amid Louisiana’s Crawfish Shortage, Governor Issues Disaster Declaration"
"Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday."
Source: AP, 03/08/2024SEC OKs Rule That Requires Companies To Disclose Emissions, Climate Risks
"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, after last-minute revisions that weakened the rule in the face of strong pushback from companies."
Source: AP, 03/07/2024
