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UAE's Jaber Says Oil, Industrial Firms To Commit To Decarbonization At COP28 [1]

"More than 20 firms across the oil and gas sector and heavy industry have agreed to commit to curb emissions at the UN's COP28 climate summit, with more expected to join the group before the conference, its president said on Monday."

Source: Reuters [2], 10/03/2023

"Cholera Cases Doubled Worldwide In 2022" [3]

"A new World Health Organization analysis suggests cholera is surging worldwide, with the number of cholera cases doubling from 2021 to 2022."

Source: Washington Post [4], 10/03/2023

"NYC Flooding Renews Calls for Safer Basement Apartments" [5]

"Friday’s deluge was yet another reminder that little has been done to make basement dwellings safer, and that the risk for residents is only increasing."

Source: Bloomberg CityLab [6], 10/03/2023

"Gas Furnaces Face 95% Efficiency Standard With Final DOE Rule" [7]

"The Biden administration has finalized national efficiency rules for residential gas furnaces affecting about a third of all US homes, updating a 36-year-old standard that effectively phases out older furnace models."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [8], 10/03/2023

Webinar on New & Innovative Climate Solutions [9]

Hosted by the Jerusalem Press Club, the webinar, at 12:00 PM EST, is an opportunity for journalists specializing in climate-change issues to meet with five of 130 international and Israeli climate start-ups that will be showcased during the PLANETech World gathering in mid-October.

Uncovering Radioactive Waste in St. Louis [10]

Investigative Reporters & Editors, at the Missouri School of Journalism, presents this online event. Hear how the Missouri Independent teamed up with MuckRock to show how lingering radioactive waste from the federal government and private companies threatens the health of people in the St. Louis region. 1:30 p.m. ET.

Environmental Storytelling and the Future of Clean Water [11]

At 5:00 p.m. ET, SEJ board member Sara Shipley Hiles is leading the Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture with filmmakers Duy Lin Tu and Sebastian Tuinder speaking about their project, “Poisoning the Chesapeake,” followed by Mizzou students on their “Price of Plenty” project.

"In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain" [12]

"Parks, trails, housing, commercial development, flood resiliency efforts and new community amenities are supposed to turn the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River into the next Inner Harbor. But some activists worry about gentrification and more injustice."

Source: Inside Climate News [13], 10/02/2023

"Libya Flood Deaths Expose Climate Chasm In Conflict-Hit States" [14]

"'Adaptation apartheid' is preventing fragile states from accessing finance to protect their people from global warming".

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [15], 10/02/2023

"Warmer Mediterranean Threatens Spain's Mussel Farms" [16]

"Rising sea temperatures are killing mussels in Spain's Ebro delta and shellfish output is also suffering from Greece to Canada".

"EBRO DELTA, Spain - Mussel farmer Xavier Cabrera held out a handful of dry, dead mussels from his shellfish farm on the coast of the Ebro Delta, 100 miles (160 km) south of Barcelona. "Let's hope this isn't our future," he said ruefully.

A summer heatwave in the Mediterranean region killed off about 80% of the seed mussels - the tiny young that were going to be next year's harvest - and the little that was left of this year's production.

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 10/02/2023

Webinar on New & Innovative Climate Solutions [9]

Uncovering Radioactive Waste in St. Louis [10]

Environmental Storytelling and the Future of Clean Water [11]

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