"Nuclear Power Could Solve US Electricity Needs. But At What Cost?"
"As Three Mile Island and a Michigan reactor aim to restart, critics question whether the cost of nuclear power makes sense."
Source: Floodlight, 10/17/2024
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"What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?"
"Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. Our contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat."
Source: YaleE360, 10/17/2024"Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show"
"The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those countries are increasingly facing a water shortage. That’s the conclusion of three independent studies published this week.'
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2024Report Condemns Increasing Violence Against Environmental Activists
"Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo was watching television in his living room in May when a group of motorcyclists pulled up outside the gates of his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the riders fired nine bullets into the house."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/17/2024"These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic."
"Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been detected in the breath of dolphins."
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2024"Brazil's Kalunga People At Frontline Of Nation's Climate Fight"
"The Kalunga people have mastered wildfires in the Cerrado for generations. Now they fight blazes from the Amazon to the Pantanal"
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/17/2024"The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back"
"A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2024Alabama Coal Plant Tops US Greenhouse Gas Polluter List for 9th Straight Year
"A coal-fired power plant in Alabama is again the nation’s top greenhouse gas emitter, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/16/2024"FEMA Maps Missed Parts Of North Carolina Devastated By Hurricane Helene"
"The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly underestimated the flood risk faced by properties in the parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, according to data analyzed by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 10/16/2024"How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk"
"Millions of Americans, many poor and vulnerable, live in mobile and manufactured homes. When catastrophe strikes, they’re often on their own."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2024"EPA Settles Some Alabama Coal Ash Violations, but Larger Questions Linger"
"Alabama’s largest electric utility reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving two of three alleged violations stemming from one of its largest coal ash ponds. But the larger question—whether the 21.7 million cubic yards of coal ash in the pond will have to be excavated and moved to a lined landfill—remains unanswered."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/16/2024Obscure Election Could Dictate the Future of Renewables in Arizona
"State residents are voting for three seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, which has come under scrutiny for its continued support of fossil fuels and resistance to supporting more solar in the state."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/16/2024"Where Climate Change Poses The Most And Least Risk To American Homeowners"
"In 2017, Angela and Donald Brudos moved to a modest, ranch-style house where the Caloosahatchee River empties into the vast calm of the Gulf of Mexico. Despite Florida’s reputation for extreme weather, it held out the promise of an affordable paradise where they could retire."
Source: Washington Post, 10/16/2024"Puerto Rico Closes $861M DOE Loan Guarantee For Huge Solar, Battery Project"
"The federal government has just finalized a $861 million loan guarantee to fund what will be Puerto Rico’s largest utility-scale solar and battery storage installations."
Source: Canary Media, 10/16/2024"High Court to Take First Post-Chevron Look at Clean Water Act"
"The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case with high stakes for the Clean Water Act as environmentalists warn the justices may be poised to weaken the law."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/16/2024
