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"Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire" [1]

"The West Virginia Senator Reaps Big Financial Rewards From a Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death"

Source: The Intercept [2], 09/06/2021

"Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer" [3]

"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations. On top of that, 64 percent live in places that experienced a multiday heat wave — phenomena that are not officially deemed disasters but are considered the most dangerous form of extreme weather."

Source: Washington Post [4], 09/06/2021

"Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live" [5]

"Some Hurricane Ida survivors may have no choice but to leave. Sooner or later, people across the country will be in the same bind."

Source: Atlantic [6], 09/06/2021

Kerry Urges China To Cut Emissions; China Seeks Easing Of Solar Sanctions [7]

"U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry said Friday he hopes Beijing will agree to cut carbon emissions faster to address the climate crisis, as he wrapped up talks in which Chinese officials pressed for American concessions in other areas that have strained relations."

Source: Washington Post [8], 09/06/2021

"Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida" [9]

"Behind a playground littered with downed tree branches, Shell’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana spewed black smoke from its stacks. The smell of rotten eggs, the signature scent of sulphur emissions, lingered in the air. In an effort to burn off toxic chemicals before and after Hurricane Ida, many industrial facilities sent the gases through smoke stacks topped with flares."

Source: Guardian [10], 09/06/2021

"Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida" [11]

"The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida."

Source: AP [12], 09/06/2021

Will A Summer of Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good [13]

"A $3.5 trillion budget bill is faltering in the Senate, and in America at large, well, as one expert put it: “It’s really hard to get people to change their way of life.”"

Source: Inside Climate News [14], 09/06/2021

SCIENCE TALK ’22 [15]

SCIENCE TALK '22 is being planned as a hybrid conference, in-person and online, to take place in Portland, Oregon. The theme is Making Connections - The Many Arms of Science Communication.

Fossil Fuel Industry Pitches Carbon Capture As Climate Cure. But Is It? [16]

Carbon capture and storage technology has been around for years, but is being repositioned as a way to continue using fossil fuels in the face of climate change. Backgrounder takes a close look at how it works, its history and its politics. But even as the technology is taken up by Congress, the question is: Does the math add up?

Flood-Resistant Building Construction an Overlooked Environmental Story [17]

Recent images of flooded-out homes are a potent reminder to environmental reporters that where and how houses are built are major factors in how they will survive increasingly common extreme weather-related flooding. The latest TipSheet takes a look at how construction and zoning codes play a role, with story ideas and resources to cover the issue in your region.

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