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August 29, 2023

Webinar: Climate and Conflict in the Middle East — Adaptation Opportunities for COP28 [1]

The Middle East Institute and the International Committee of the Red Cross will host a panel on the intersection of armed conflict and climate change and the impact on vulnerable communities in the Middle East, moderated by SEJ executive director Meaghan Parker. 10:00 a.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Military [7]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region: 
International [10]
Middle East [11]

"Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout" [12]

"Icebreaker would be North America’s first ever freshwater offshore wind project – but locals express concerns over wildlife and potential oil leaks".

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 08/17/2023
  • Read more about "Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout" [12]

Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water [17]

"As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: Grist [24], 08/16/2023
  • Read more about Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water [17]

"Interior Announces Potential Offshore Wind Areas For Oregon" [25]

"The Biden administration advanced the first potential floating offshore wind auctions off the Oregon coast Tuesday by designating where sales might be located."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 08/16/2023
  • Read more about "Interior Announces Potential Offshore Wind Areas For Oregon" [25]

90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming [29]

"More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals."

Agriculture [30]
Biodiversity [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
Europe [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 08/16/2023
  • Read more about 90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming [29]

Off Alaska Coast, Research Crew Peers Down To Map Deep And Remote Ocean [35]

"For the team aboard the Okeanos Explorer off the coast of Alaska, exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor along the Aleutian Islands is a chance to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world’s deepest and most remote waters."

Biodiversity [31]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [32]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [10]
Source: AP [38], 08/15/2023
  • Read more about Off Alaska Coast, Research Crew Peers Down To Map Deep And Remote Ocean [35]

"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated" [39]

"Dow-Freeport, the largest chemical plant complex in the Western Hemisphere, dominates—and pollutes—the Lower Brazos Watershed."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Texas Observer [41], 08/15/2023
  • Read more about "Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated" [39]

Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall [42]

"Low water levels are critical for manoomin, a sacred crop for the Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes region. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable."

Agriculture [30]
Climate Change [4]
Food [43]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: Sahan Journal [44], 08/15/2023
  • Read more about Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall [42]

"South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge" [45]

"Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean."

Activism [46]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [20]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
Asia [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 08/14/2023
  • Read more about "South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge" [45]

"Playing Matchmaker for Corals" [50]

"Along Florida’s coast, multiple coral restoration projects have hundreds of people painstakingly attaching thousands of coral fragments to acres of endangered reefs. These efforts are yielding impressive results, but they won’t be enough — especially now, in the face of unprecedented high sea temperatures, as some projects scramble to rescue corals from in-water nurseries."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
International [10]
Source: The Revelator [52], 08/14/2023
  • Read more about "Playing Matchmaker for Corals" [50]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/webinar-climate-and-conflict-middle-east-adaptation-opportunities-cop28 [2] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/middle-east [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/great-lakes-gets-its-first-wind-farm-some-fear-environmental-fallout [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [16] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/16/lake-erie-icebreaker-great-lakes-wind-farm [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/minnesota-tribal-school-fights-eliminate-pfas-drinking-water [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [24] https://grist.org/equity/minnesota-tribal-school-pfas-water-contamination-epa/ [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-announces-potential-offshore-wind-areas-oregon [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [28] https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-announces-potential-offshore-wind-areas-for-oregon/ [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/90-england-s-most-precious-rivers-polluteded-raw-sewage-and-farming [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [34] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaska-coast-research-crew-peers-down-map-deep-and-remote-ocean [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [38] https://apnews.com/article/alaska-noaa-deep-sea-exploration-aleutian-e9b5649d8373defe1ab43de140c145be [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-brazos-river-captive-and-contaminated [40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [41] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082023/texas-brazos-river-captive-and-contaminated/ [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/survival-wild-rice-threatened-climate-change-increased-rainfall [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [44] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082023/minnesota-wild-rice-climate-change/ [45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/south-korean-activists-protest-against-fukushima-water-discharge [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [49] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korean-activists-protest-against-fukushima-water-discharge-2023-08-12/ [50] https://www.sej.org/headlines/playing-matchmaker-corals [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [52] https://therevelator.org/matchmaker-corals/ [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=188 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=185 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=186 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=187 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=190 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=191 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=192 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=193 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=868