"As the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled north in September 2021, Chris Erdner heard a startling warning on TV: Residents in her area needed to seek shelter immediately. Erdner’s quiet suburban neighborhood in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was directly in the path of a tornado."
"The Biden administration on Tuesday granted a gas export terminal the authority to ship fuel abroad after a court blocked its efforts to delay such permissions."
"The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South."
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday strengthened a rule limiting toxic air pollution from factories, refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of former president Donald Trump’s major environmental rollbacks."
This webinar will discuss a new study from the MIT Energy Initiative in collaboration with the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center on the role fusion could play as a major part of future electric power systems. 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET.
This no-fee award, new in 2024, recognizes exemplary journalism of the highest standards that is reported and published in the face of ethical challenges. Three categories — student, local and national/international significance — will present individual cash awards of up to $15,000. Deadline is Dec 22, 2025.
This annual event is hosted by Climate Group, in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly. This year, ~600 events and activities will take place in New York City. For those unable to attend in-person, key sessions will be streamed. Some wholly digital events are also available.
Solutions Journalism Network is teaming up with climate education organization Terra.do for the "Global South Solutions Series," designed to expand journalists' knowledge of climate reporting. Sept. 4: Nature-Based Solutions; Sept. 11: Indigenous Climate Solutions; and Sept. 18: Co-Benefits of Climate Solutions.
"Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion on a sunny August day sent her internal temperature soaring. As medical volunteers rushed to her aid by plunging her into a tub filled with ice water, they measured it at nearly 107 degrees (41.6 Celsius)."
"San Francisco-based startup Zum wants to turn electric school-bus fleets into grid batteries. This 74-bus depot in Oakland is testing the idea at large scale."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tornado-alley-shifts-east-bracing-impact-unexpected-places
[2] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04092024/tornado-alley-shifts-east/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-administration-approves-natural-gas-exports-after-pause-halted
[4] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4860385-biden-approves-gas-export-terminal/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/world-pumping-out-57-million-tons-plastic-pollution-year
[6] https://apnews.com/article/plastics-waste-pollution-oceans-global-south-dd9ce2a092c5d5826a3436d9f47764c7
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-restores-industrial-air-pollution-rule-axed-trump
[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/04/epa-once-in-always-in/
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/mit-webinar-role-fusion-energy-decarbonized-electricity-system
[10] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-collier-award-ethics-journalism
[11] https://www.sej.org/calendar/climate-week-nyc
[12] https://www.sej.org/calendar/global-solutions-series
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/runners-are-used-toughing-it-out-warming-climate-can-make-deadly
[14] https://apnews.com/article/running-heat-heatstroke-exercise-climate-change-505b128b35d8c0f5ed7bde5f9afa5714
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/country-s-biggest-electric-school-bus-fleet-will-also-feed-grid
[16] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-fleets/the-biggest-electric-school-bus-as-grid-battery-project-in-the-us-goes-live
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=426
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=423
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=424
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=425
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=428
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=429
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=430
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=431
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4951