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Offshore Wind In The Gulf Take A Back Seat To Oil Drilling Under New Law [1]

"President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [2], 02/08/2023

"Feds Warn Rio Grande Settlement Could Trigger Disaster" [3]

"The Biden administration on Monday urged a federal judge to reject a state-authored agreement that could end the long-running legal battle over the waters of the Rio Grande, asserting that proposal could bankrupt a major irrigation project."

Source: E&E News [4], 02/08/2023

"Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat Of Glacial Floods" [5]

"As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds."

Source: AP [6], 02/08/2023

Despite Protections, Extreme Heat And Wildfire Take A Toll On Farmworkers [7]

"Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds."

Source: Grist [8], 02/08/2023

"Canada Adds Federal Protection To Indigenous-Declared Marine Refuge" [9]

"When the Mamalilikulla First Nation unilaterally declared an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in their traditional territory in late 2021, it was as much to protect rare corals and sponges as reestablish connection to lands and waters from which the community had been forcefully removed. Now Canada is backing the nation, adding marine protections under federal law".

Source: The Narwhal [10], 02/08/2023

Farming, Pharmaceuticals And Sewage Fuel Rise In Superbugs, UN Warns [11]

"Pollution from livestock farming, pharmaceuticals and healthcare is threatening to destroy a key pillar of modern medicine, as spills of manure and other pollution into waterways are adding to the global rise of superbugs, the UN has warned."

Source: Guardian [12], 02/08/2023

"Judge Backs Federal Approval Of Massive Lithium Mine" [13]

"A federal judge in Nevada on Monday upheld the federal government’s approval of the largest proposed lithium mine in the nation, dismissing arguments that the Thacker Pass project would degrade nearby aquifers, air quality, and habitat for the imperiled greater sage grouse."

Source: E&E News [14], 02/08/2023

"America, Meet Biden’s Climate Bill" [15]

"President Joe Biden began a two-year tour to sell the climate bill Tuesday night. His first stop was the Capitol."

Source: E&E News [16], 02/08/2023

"Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive" [17]

"Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano."

Source: NYTimes [18], 02/07/2023

"Making Sense of Menhaden" [19]

"In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance."

"Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: schools of hand-sized silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, their carcasses floating in the surf in the summer’s heat. By the week’s end, as the fish liquefied in a dumpster at a nearby wharf, circulating petitions were gaining signatures.

Source: Hakai [20], 02/07/2023

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