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  • Calif. Water-Saving Plan Slammed As Costly, Complicated And Unrealistic [9]

    "In a scathing review, advisors to the state Legislature have found that California's proposed regulations for urban water conservation would be costly, overly complicated and difficult to implement."

    Climate Change [10]
    Consumer [11]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    California [17]
    Source: LA Times [18], 01/19/2024
    • Read more about Calif. Water-Saving Plan Slammed As Costly, Complicated And Unrealistic [9]
  • Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests [19]

    "Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: “This forest is your mother.”"

    Forests [20]
    Natural Resources [21]
    Religion, Faith and Spirituality [22]
    Public [16]
    International [23]
    Africa [24]
    Asia [25]
    Source: AP [26], 01/19/2024
    • Read more about Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests [19]
  • "Greenland Losing 30 Million Tonnes Of Ice An Hour, Study Reveals" [27]

    "The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought."

    Climate Change [10]
    Natural Resources [21]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    International [23]
    Source: Guardian [28], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "Greenland Losing 30 Million Tonnes Of Ice An Hour, Study Reveals" [27]
  • "Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine" [29]

    "The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change."

    Environmental Health [30]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: E&E News [32], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine" [29]
  • "Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica" [33]

    "The country’s banana industry is heavily reliant on chemical pesticides that threaten the environment and public health".

    Agriculture [34]
    Chemicals [35]
    Environmental Health [30]
    Food [36]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    South America [37]
    Source: Sierra [38], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica" [33]
  • ‘Control The Narrative’: Alabama Utility Wields Influence By Financing News [39]

    "A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither reports on high electric bills or utility-related pollution".

    Chemicals [35]
    Consumer [11]
    Economy & Business [40]
    Environmental Health [30]
    Environmental Justice [41]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Journalism & Media [42]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
    Source: Guardian [44], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about ‘Control The Narrative’: Alabama Utility Wields Influence By Financing News [39]
  • "EU Bans ‘Misleading’ Environmental Claims That Rely On Offsetting" [45]

    "Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims."

    Climate Change [10]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Journalism & Media [42]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    Europe [46]
    Source: Guardian [47], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "EU Bans ‘Misleading’ Environmental Claims That Rely On Offsetting" [45]
  • Analysis: "Bird Populations Are Declining. Some Are In Your Neighborhood." [48]

    "I’m on a Zoom call with a team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, their gridded video feeds a sort of Hollywood Squares of bird nerds, and we’re discussing the decline and fall of North America’s bird population — a staggering loss of 3 billion breeding adults, or nearly 30 percent of the population, in just a half century — when all of a sudden Gus Axelson picks up his binoculars and peers out the window."

    Biodiversity [49]
    Natural Resources [21]
    Wildlife [50]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: Washington Post [51], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about Analysis: "Bird Populations Are Declining. Some Are In Your Neighborhood." [48]
  • Scientist Mann’s Defamation Case Over Online Attacks Finally Comes To Trial [52]

    "A lawsuit first instituted over 10 years ago, brought by an esteemed climate scientist over alleged defamation by a rightwing blogger and an analyst, goes to trial this week." "The case comes amid concerns that online abuse of climate scientists has increased in recent years while misinformation about the climate crisis is also on the rise."

    Climate Change [10]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Journalism & Media [42]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Science [53]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: Guardian [54], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about Scientist Mann’s Defamation Case Over Online Attacks Finally Comes To Trial [52]
  • "These Startups Are Teaming Up To Decarbonize Cement And Concrete" [55]

    "Cement and concrete are essential building blocks of modern society — and they’re both extremely carbon-intensive to produce. In recent years, startups across the country have begun devising novel ways of making low-carbon construction materials, including by using methods that mimic coral reefs, recycle industrial waste or replace fossil-fueled kilns with electricity."

    Climate Change [10]
    Economy & Business [40]
    Energy & Fuel [56]
    Technology [57]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: Canary Media [58], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "These Startups Are Teaming Up To Decarbonize Cement And Concrete" [55]
  • "Markets And Forests: 7 Takeaways From Our Series On The Forest Carbon Trade" [59]

    "Mongabay recently published a five-part series on the carbon trade and its use as a tool to address climate change. The exchange of carbon credits, typically used to offset emissions, bore unprecedented criticism in 2023."

    Climate Change [10]
    Economy & Business [40]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Forests [20]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Natural Resources [21]
    Public [16]
    International [23]
    Source: Mongabay [60], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about "Markets And Forests: 7 Takeaways From Our Series On The Forest Carbon Trade" [59]
  • Pentagon Will Install Rooftop Solar Panels As Biden Pushes Clean Energy [61]

    "The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”

    Climate Change [10]
    Energy & Fuel [56]
    Government [62]
    Infrastructure [13]
    Military [63]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: AP [64], 01/18/2024
    • Read more about Pentagon Will Install Rooftop Solar Panels As Biden Pushes Clean Energy [61]
  • "A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer" [65]

    "The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch."

    Climate Change [10]
    Energy & Fuel [56]
    Environmental Justice [41]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Fish & Fisheries [66]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: NYTimes [67], 01/17/2024
    • Read more about "A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer" [65]
  • API Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure [68]

    "The American Petroleum Institute, at its annual “State of American Energy” event, launched a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to make the case for expanded U.S. fossil fuel exploration, production and exports."

    Climate Change [10]
    Energy & Fuel [56]
    Environmental Politics [12]
    Journalism & Media [42]
    Laws & Regulations [14]
    Pollution [69]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [31]
    Source: Inside Climate News [70], 01/17/2024
    • Read more about API Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure [68]
  • Record-Shattering 2023 Heat Has Scientists On Edge: Warming May Be Worsening [71]

    "The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what’s behind those numbers could be even worse."

    Climate Change [10]
    Disasters [72]
    Science [53]
    Public [16]
    International [23]
    Source: AP [73], 01/17/2024
    • Read more about Record-Shattering 2023 Heat Has Scientists On Edge: Warming May Be Worsening [71]

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