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  • People Don’t Have To Pay Anything For Electricity In This Florida Community [9]

    "In Hunters Point, Fla., the world’s first LEED Zero Energy certified residential development, every house produces more electricity than it uses".

    Climate Change [10]
    Consumer [11]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
    Source: Washington Post [17], 01/08/2024
    • Read more about People Don’t Have To Pay Anything For Electricity In This Florida Community [9]
  • "‘Data Is Precious’: My Life On A Boat Tracking How The Ocean Breathes" [18]

    "From a ship in the Labrador Sea, scientists are tracking how gases move through global waters – a rare natural phenomenon that may be crucial to the management of the climate crisis".

    Air [19]
    Climate Change [10]
    Natural Resources [20]
    Science [21]
    Water & Oceans [22]
    Public [14]
    International [23]
    Source: Guardian [24], 01/08/2024
    • Read more about "‘Data Is Precious’: My Life On A Boat Tracking How The Ocean Breathes" [18]
  • "Tough Choices Could Make 2024 A Wild Ride For Interior" [25]

    "Interior Department officials enter a thicket this year overgrown with tough choices, evergreen litigation and plenty of political heat no matter which direction they go."

    Climate Change [10]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [26]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Natural Resources [20]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Source: E&E News [28], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Tough Choices Could Make 2024 A Wild Ride For Interior" [25]
  • "Extreme Cold Grips Nordic Countries, Russia As Floods Hit Western Europe" [29]

    "Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death."

    Climate Change [10]
    Disasters [30]
    Public [14]
    Europe [31]
    Source: AP [32], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Extreme Cold Grips Nordic Countries, Russia As Floods Hit Western Europe" [29]
  • Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change [33]

    "A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions."

    Climate Change [10]
    Forests [34]
    Public [14]
    Canada [35]
    Source: NYTimes [36], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change [33]
  • "Consumer Reports Finds 'Widespread' Presence Of Plastics In Food" [37]

    "Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production."

    Chemicals [38]
    Environmental Health [39]
    Food [40]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Source: Reuters [41], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Consumer Reports Finds 'Widespread' Presence Of Plastics In Food" [37]
  • "Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex" [42]

    "As toxic pesticides and vanishing habitats have driven down the populations of bees and other pollinators, some flowers have evolved to fertilize their own seeds more often, rather than those of other plants."

    Agriculture [43]
    Biodiversity [44]
    Chemicals [38]
    Natural Resources [20]
    Pollution [45]
    Wildlife [46]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    International [23]
    Source: NYTimes [47], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex" [42]
  • Two Large Offshore Wind Sites Sending Power To US Grid For The First Time [48]

    "For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms."

    Climate Change [10]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Water & Oceans [22]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
    Source: AP [50], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about Two Large Offshore Wind Sites Sending Power To US Grid For The First Time [48]
  • "GOP Targets Biden’s $400 Billion Clean-Energy Loan Program" [51]

    "Congressional Republicans are putting President Joe Biden’s $400 billion green bank in their crosshairs, seeking a repeat of the political victory they scored in 2011 with the scandal over collapsed solar company Solyndra."

    Climate Change [10]
    Economy & Business [52]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Politics [26]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Source: Bloomberg Environment [53], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "GOP Targets Biden’s $400 Billion Clean-Energy Loan Program" [51]
  • "Indigenous Groups Cede Forest Rights For Sketchy Finance" [54]

    "Several companies registered in Latin American countries claiming to have U.N. endorsement have persuaded Indigenous communities to hand over the economic rights to their forests for decades to come, a Mongabay investigation has found. The companies share commercial interests across various jurisdictions, and have not been able to demonstrate experience in sustainable finance projects."

    Climate Change [10]
    Environmental Justice [55]
    Forests [34]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Natural Resources [20]
    People & Population [56]
    Public [14]
    International [23]
    Central America & the Caribbean [57]
    South America [58]
    Source: Mongabay [59], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Indigenous Groups Cede Forest Rights For Sketchy Finance" [54]
  • Analysis: "‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish" [60]

    "A recent study from The Environmental Working Group found that just one serving of fish can be equivalent to a month of drinking water contaminated with 48 parts per trillion of the common chemical PFOS."

    Biodiversity [44]
    Chemicals [38]
    Consumer [11]
    Environmental Health [39]
    Fish & Fisheries [61]
    Pollution [45]
    Water & Oceans [22]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Source: Washington Post [62], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about Analysis: "‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish" [60]
  • "Seagrass Resurgence Offers Ray Of Hope For Florida’s Hard-Hit Manatees" [63]

    "The recovery of seagrass, the manatees’ favorite food, in Mosquito Lagoon means that an emergency hand-feeding program that has kept many of the starving aquatic animals alive over the last two winters can be discontinued, at least temporarily."

    Biodiversity [44]
    Climate Change [10]
    Natural Resources [20]
    Water & Oceans [22]
    Wildlife [46]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
    Source: Guardian [64], 01/05/2024
    • Read more about "Seagrass Resurgence Offers Ray Of Hope For Florida’s Hard-Hit Manatees" [63]
  • Human Activity Is Powering ‘A New Industrial Revolution’ At Sea: Experts [65]

    "Researchers using AI and satellite imagery find 75% of industrial fishing is not being publicly tracked, while wind turbines now outnumber oil platforms".

    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Fish & Fisheries [61]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Natural Resources [20]
    Transportation [66]
    Water & Oceans [22]
    Public [14]
    International [23]
    Source: Guardian [67], 01/04/2024
    • Read more about Human Activity Is Powering ‘A New Industrial Revolution’ At Sea: Experts [65]
  • Proposed Youngstown Tires-To-Gas Plant Paused Over Environmental Justice [68]

    "Officials in Youngstown, Ohio, have dealt a setback to a company’s plan to build and operate a recycled tire waste-to-energy plant near the center of the city and adjacent to a neighborhood of predominantly Black residents, enacting a one-year moratorium on such industrial processes."

    Chemicals [38]
    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Health [39]
    Environmental Justice [55]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    Pollution [45]
    Waste [69]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [70]
    Source: Inside Climate News [71], 01/04/2024
    • Read more about Proposed Youngstown Tires-To-Gas Plant Paused Over Environmental Justice [68]
  • "Secretive Hydrogen Hub Talks Test Energy Agency Community Plans" [72]

    "The Biden administration is negotiating with hydrogen industry leaders on legally binding commitments involving tens of thousands of new jobs and lower emissions, a pledge crucial to winning community support and achieving US environmental justice goals."

    Energy & Fuel [12]
    Environmental Justice [55]
    Environmental Politics [26]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Laws & Regulations [27]
    People & Population [56]
    Public [14]
    National (U.S.) [15]
    Source: Bloomberg Environment [73], 01/04/2024
    • Read more about "Secretive Hydrogen Hub Talks Test Energy Agency Community Plans" [72]

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