"Chart: Almost All New US Power Plants Are Carbon-Free" [1]
"The U.S. is pretty much only building clean energy these days, and mostly solar and batteries. That’s good news — but the pace still needs to pick up."
Source: Canary Media [2], 08/26/2024
"The U.S. is pretty much only building clean energy these days, and mostly solar and batteries. That’s good news — but the pace still needs to pick up."
"The supply of drinking water for parts of Long Island is under threat, according to a new federal report."
"As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities."
"Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger posed by dams built upstream from their homes and worksites, according to an Associated Press review of federal records and data."
"Dual hurricane threats are zeroing in on Hawaii, a rare combination that could bring impactful rain and winds to the islands twice within a week."
"The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled on Wednesday that the Environmental Protection Agency is barred from using the federal civil rights law to prevent Louisiana from granting permits for numerous polluting facilities in minority and low-income communities."
The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Student Reporting winners of the 2024 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read the stories.
And the winners are...
"Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people."
"De-icing road salts — even those marketed as environmentally friendly — may harm important freshwater plankton, a new analysis indicates. The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, suggests that some species of zooplankton — a critical food source for freshwater fish — don’t adapt to pollution from road salts from generation to generation."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chart-almost-all-new-us-power-plants-are-carbon-free
[2] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-almost-all-new-us-power-plants-are-carbon-free
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drinking-water-risk-parts-long-island-study-finds
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/climate/drinking-water-long-island.html
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/heat-kills-1000s-us-every-year-why-are-deaths-so-hard-track
[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/extreme-heat-deaths.html
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-dam-rules-may-cost-residents-more-flood-insurance-leave-them-risk
[8] https://apnews.com/article/flood-insurance-dams-fema-05637fd8a49e4ddcc080981d776e59e3
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hurricane-hone-soaks-hawaii-flooding-rain-another-storm-approaching
[10] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/25/hurricane-hone-flooding-rain-hawaii/74944631007/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-blocks-epa-using-civil-rights-law-pollution-case
[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/climate/epa-civil-rights-climate-justice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F04.bzn1.TEfdKFMi3dJB&smid=url-share
[13] https://www.sej.org/outstanding-student-reporting-sej-23rd-annual-awards-reporting-environment
[14] https://www.sej.org/winners-sej-23rd-annual-awards-reporting-environment
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sea-lions-take-over-california-beach
[16] https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sea-lions-take-over-california-beach-2024-08-22/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/road-salt-may-hurt-vital-link-freshwater-food-chain-study-says
[18] https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/08/17/road-salt-deicer-plankton-freshwater/
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=394
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=391
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=392
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=393
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=396
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=397
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=398
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=399
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4911