"The US 'Megadrought' Sets Another Stunning Record" [1]
"Drought was present in nearly 55% of the contiguous US this week, according to the US Drought Monitor. The last time drought has been so widespread for so long was October 2013."
"Drought was present in nearly 55% of the contiguous US this week, according to the US Drought Monitor. The last time drought has been so widespread for so long was October 2013."
"Raw sewage, microplastics and slurry are coursing through all of England's rivers, putting health and nature at risk, a parliamentary report concludes."
"The new law allocates $11.7 billion for wastewater and stormwater projects. Will it get to the impoverished communities who need it most?"
"Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels."
"Ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken".
"The Biden administration said Wednesday it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month, offering nearly 500,000 acres off the coast of New York and New Jersey for wind energy projects that could produce enough electricity to power nearly 2 million homes."
"After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday."
"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."
"Climate change is shortening the season when lakes are frozen over, and some of the Great Lakes aren't freezing at all. The impacts will be felt year round".
"Flanders Moss bog is slumped on the flat, farmed landscape of the Carse of Stirling in Scotland like a jelly fungi. It wobbles when you walk on it, and a metal pole goes down eight metres before reaching hard ground. This lowland-raised bog is a dome of peat fed mainly by rainfall and it acts like a single organism – the whole thing has to be looked after for any part to be in really good shape."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-megadrought-sets-another-stunning-record
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[6] https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/weather/us-west-california-drought-record-68-weeks-climate/index.html
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/no-english-river-free-pollution-parliament-report
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe
[10] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59955624
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alabama-town-s-sewage-woes-test-biden-s-infrastructure-ambitions
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[15] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/us/politics/infrastructure-environmental-racism-alabama-black-belt.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/orlando-mountain-coal-ash-evades-epa-rules-one-many
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[19] https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1065214649/in-orlando-a-mountain-of-coal-ash-evades-epa-rules-its-not-the-only-one
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hottest-ocean-temperatures-history-recorded-last-year
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[22] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/11/oceans-hottest-temperatures-research-climate-crisis
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-hold-wind-power-auction-new-york-new-jersey-coast
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[25] https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-business-new-jersey-phil-murphy-8465d77471b8e4c909f8cee7bbc92103
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-navy-drain-hawaii-tank-system-blamed-tainted-water
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[29] https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-honolulu-harbors-us-navy-a1c4ffa104eddaf8a942ee3793822f9f
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-moves-crack-down-dangerous-coal-ash-storage-ponds
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[32] https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-environment-iowa-44dd8b135c24a575c7e5975ed9f95d66
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lakes-are-losing-their-ice-cover-faster-ever-what-means
[34] https://thenarwhal.ca/lakes-losing-ice-cover/
[35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dank-ancient-and-quite-fantastic-scotland-s-peat-bogs-breathe-again
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[37] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/04/dank-ancient-and-quite-fantastic-scotland-peat-bogs-breathe-again-aoe
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=153
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=150
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=151
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=152
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=155
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=156
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=157
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=158
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=733