Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Wildlife

What Will It Take for Geothermal To Heat Up the Renewable Energy Sector? [1]

Geothermal has long been hyped as the next big thing in renewable energy, but its breakthrough moment hasn’t happened yet. Barriers to expansion include the elusiveness of sites offering the magic trio of heat, water and permeability and concern for unique ecosystems. Contributor Jessica McKenzie on geothermal energy’s possibilities and challenges and the government funding that may finally fire it up.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Government [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [9]
Technology [10]
Wildlife [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
International [17]
Australia & Oceania [18]
Europe [19]
Middle East [20]
Visibility: 
Public [21]

Time Running Out to Restore Plants, Animals That Exist Only in Captivity [22]

"At least 33 animals and 39 plants are extinct in the wild. But research suggests there is hope for restoring wild populations."

Biodiversity [3]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
International [17]
Source: The Revelator [23], 03/08/2023

"US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds" [24]

"U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [26], 03/06/2023

"Climate Change Is Fueling More Conflict Between Humans And Wildlife" [27]

"Wildfires pushing tigers towards Sumatran villages. Drought prodding elephants into African cropland. Hotter ocean temperatures forcing whales into shipping lanes. Humans and wildlife have long struggled to harmoniously coexist. Climate change is pitting both against each other more often, new research finds, amplifying conflicts over habitat and resources."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
International [17]
Source: NPR [28], 03/03/2023

"Study: Online Trade In Arachnids Threatens Some Species With Extinction" [29]

"A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild. ...  Africa is prominent in this trade as both a source and transit hub for tarantulas and scorpions."

Biodiversity [3]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [5]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
International [17]
Source: Mongabay [31], 03/02/2023

"DeSantis, Pence Allies Launching Campaign To Speed Energy Approvals" [32]

"A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power. A major element: putting "the right pressure" on vulnerable Senate Democrats."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [8]
Transportation [36]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Politico [37], 03/02/2023

Sapsucker Housing Crisis: Endangered Woodpecker ‘Condos’ Being Clear Cut [38]

"Almost two decades after the Williamson’s sapsucker was listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, the B.C. government continues to sanction logging in the bird’s old-growth forest critical habitat".

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [33]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
Canada [40]
Source: The Narwhal [41], 03/01/2023

"Thunberg, Indigenous Protesters Block Norway Energy Ministry Over Wind Farms" [42]

"Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg and dozens of other activists on Monday blocked entrances to Norway's energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by indigenous Sami reindeer herders."

Activism [43]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [25]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [44]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
International [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 02/27/2023

"As Fatal Fungus Takes Its Toll, Can We Save Frog Species on the Brink?" [47]

"The deadly chytrid fungus has wiped out as many as 90 species of amphibians. Now researchers from Australia to California are exploring a host of ways to save threatened frog populations — from relocation to safer habitats to reintroducing frogs treated with a sort of vaccine."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Health [48]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
International [17]
Source: YaleE360 [49], 02/27/2023

"Federal Agency Proposes California Spotted Owl Protection" [50]

"Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered after a lawsuit by conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision not to protect the brown and white birds."

Biodiversity [3]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Wildlife [11]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Source: AP [51], 02/24/2023

Pages

The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.
Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=85

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/what-will-it-take-geothermal-heat-renewable-energy-sector [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/middle-east [21] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/time-running-out-restore-plants-animals-exist-only-captivity [23] https://therevelator.org/restoration-species-captivity/ [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-focus-bison-restoration-expanding-tribal-herds [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [26] https://apnews.com/article/bison-restoration-tribes-haaland-6f5ad9227c70377a94a2a4efc809f3d8 [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-fueling-more-conflict-between-humans-and-wildlife [28] https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160471867/climate-change-is-fueling-more-conflict-between-humans-and-wildlife [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-online-trade-arachnids-threatens-some-species-extinction [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [31] https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/study-online-trade-in-arachnids-threatens-some-species-with-extinction/ [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/desantis-pence-allies-launching-campaign-speed-energy-approvals [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [37] https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/desantis-pence-allies-campaign-speed-energy-approvals-00084353 [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sapsucker-housing-crisis-endangered-woodpecker-condos-being-clear-cut [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [41] https://thenarwhal.ca/old-growth-logging-endangered-woodpecker-habitat/ [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thunberg-indigenous-protesters-block-norway-energy-ministry-over-wind-farms [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic [46] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/thunberg-other-protesters-block-norway-energy-ministry-over-wind-farms-2023-02-27/ [47] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fatal-fungus-takes-its-toll-can-we-save-frog-species-brink [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [49] https://e360.yale.edu/features/frogs-chytrid-fungus-cures [50] https://www.sej.org/headlines/federal-agency-proposes-california-spotted-owl-protection [51] https://apnews.com/article/science-us-fish-and-wildlife-service-california-climate-environment-owls-fe794372cf1650407ef60f12da663958 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=84 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=81 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=82 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=83 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=86 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=87 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=88 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=89 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=294