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Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [1]

Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts [2].

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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [4]
Agriculture [5]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Food [12]
Forests [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
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Public [23]
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [24]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Infrastructure [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
California [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
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Public [23]
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"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels" [32]

"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Military [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
Middle East [36]
Source: AFP [37], 02/26/2024
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"Tired Of Diesel Fumes, These Moms Are Pushing For Electric School Buses" [38]

"Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day. ... She was admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack in second grade, and after that Sanchez began driving Aida to school."

Air [39]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [40], 02/26/2024
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‘You Want Them To Have A Fighting Chance’: The World Of UK Toading [41]

"A night out with the Somerset volunteers helping amphibians cross the road to their mating grounds as populations decline".

Activism [4]
Biodiversity [42]
Natural Resources [35]
Transportation [18]
Wildlife [43]
Public [23]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 02/21/2024
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"How US Protectionism Is Holding Back The Country’s Offshore Wind Plans" [46]

"The Biden admin has an ambitious target for new offshore wind farms — but a 100-year-old law is slowing down construction and ratcheting up installation costs."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Hakai [48], 02/21/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [49]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

Chemicals [50]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Transportation [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Washington Post [53], 02/19/2024
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Enviros Sue To Force Feds To Finalize Ship Speed Rules That Protect Whales [54]

"A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale."

Biodiversity [42]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [47]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [43]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [55], 02/16/2024
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"U.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key." [56]

"As soon as next year, the United States’ fossil fuel industry will gain its first foothold on a valuable shortcut to sell natural gas to Asia. The shortcut goes straight through Mexico."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Transportation [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [57], 02/14/2024
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"Biden To Travel To East Palestine To Mark One Year Of Train Derailment" [58]

"President Biden will travel to East Palestine on Feb. 16, a little more than a year a since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals near the town."

Chemicals [50]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [9]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [59], 02/12/2024
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