"President Biden’s signature environmental actions could be reversed if the GOP takes control of the House, Senate and White House. The EPA and other agencies could see their budgets slashed."
Meet SEJ member Luis Joel Méndez González! Luis is a climate change and post–disaster recovery reporter for Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism through Report for America. He is a passionate, data-driven, investigative and multimedia reporter with an interest in stories about Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised.
Part of Sciline's "experts on camera" series, U of Cincinnati's Dr. Daniel Sturmer will be available from 1-3 p.m. ET for 15-minute 1-on-1 Zoom interviews. He can discuss landslide causes, management and risks, and how climate change impacts those risks and increases difficulty in forecasting.
"Breakthrough genetic research at a Massachusetts lab could save the world’s vanishing kelp forests—and support American kelp farming, too."
"They bring traffic to a standstill, spread diseases and can be life-threatening. DW looks at how sandstorms form and why are they becoming more frequent."
"Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a product of deforestation that an ongoing conflict has pushed to unprecedented levels, the United Nations says."
"With the U.S. sizzling under heatwaves, Amazon drivers struggle to keep cool and brace for a rush of packages around Prime Day".
"Rising water temperatures in the Columbia River Basin are raising questions about whether fishery managers must take new steps to save the imperiled fish."
"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."
"Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays."
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[2] https://wapo.st/3WsKWOL
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[4] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sciline-experts-camera-landslide-risks-dr-daniel-sturmer
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[6] https://civileats.com/2024/07/17/rescuing-kelp-through-science/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sandstorms-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-more-frequent
[8] https://www.dw.com/en/sandstorms-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-more-frequent/a-69630626
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dr-congo-conflict-fuels-forest-loss
[10] https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/dr-congo-conflict-fuels-forest-loss-2024-07-17/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oven-wheels-us-amazon-drivers-roast-prime-day-rush
[12] https://www.context.news/climate-risks/us-amazon-drivers-roast-in-heat-before-prime-day-rush
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/record-salmon-migration-runs-hot-water
[14] https://www.eenews.net/articles/record-salmon-migration-runs-into-hot-water/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-blm-add-protections-against-drilling-alaska-petroleum-reserve
[16] https://phys.org/news/2024-07-biden-administration-drilling-alaska-petroleum.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uk-meet-labour-government-s-new-climate-team
[18] https://www.desmog.com/2024/07/10/meet-the-labour-governments-new-climate-team/
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