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March 4, 2021

Reducing Risk, Avoiding Disaster – Creating Grid 2.0 [1]

The Resilience Media Project at Earth Institute of Columbia University invites journalists to join energy experts at 11:00 a.m. ET for a quick tutorial on electric grids, discuss why they are failing with some regularity and dive into how to improve energy reliability and security. Includes story ideas and Q&A.

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Energy & Fuel [4]

Hot Houses: The Race To Save Bats From Overheating As Temperatures Rise [5]

"Chimneys for bat boxes and a flying fox heat stress forecaster are among efforts to prevent deaths from effects of climate crisis"

Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [7]
Wildlife [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [10]
Source: Guardian [11], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about Hot Houses: The Race To Save Bats From Overheating As Temperatures Rise [5]

"RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal" [12]

"One year after the RCMP’s highly publicized militarized raids on land defender camps, a continuous police presence is affecting the lives of Wet’suwet’en people who say intimidation and nuisance tactics are being used to suppress opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline"

Activism [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [3]
Canada [10]
Source: The Narwhal [16], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal" [12]

"Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Victory To PolyMet Copper Mine" [17]

"The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed an appeals court’s rejection of a critical air emissions permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine and sent the case back for further proceedings."

Air [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: AP [23], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Victory To PolyMet Copper Mine" [17]

"New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms" [24]

"Farming has destroyed a lot of the rich soil of America's Midwestern prairie. A team of scientists just came up with a staggering new estimate for just how much has disappeared."

Agriculture [25]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [26], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms" [24]

"Corporate Climate Disclosures to Get Aggressive Scrutiny by SEC" [27]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is boosting scrutiny of how well companies disclose risks that climate change poses to their businesses, one of its first moves to confront an issue that’s key to the Biden administration’s policy goals."

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Brunswick News [30], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "Corporate Climate Disclosures to Get Aggressive Scrutiny by SEC" [27]

"Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs" [31]

"The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House executive order to electrify the government’s vehicles."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [32]
Transportation [33]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [34], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs" [31]

"An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic" [35]

"When mackerel started showing up in Iceland, it started a decade-long fight over how to divide the ocean’s riches."

Climate Change [7]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Public [3]
International [37]
Source: Atlantic [38], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic" [35]

"China Confirms Xie Zhenhua Appointed As New Special Climate Envoy" [39]

"Xie Zhenhua, who served as China’s chief negotiator during key climate meetings in Copenhagen and Paris, has been appointed the country’s new special climate envoy, the environment ministry confirmed on Thursday."

Climate Change [7]
Public [3]
Asia [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "China Confirms Xie Zhenhua Appointed As New Special Climate Envoy" [39]

"Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat" [42]

"Power outages are just the start. Aging policies and infrastructure are making drinking water vulnerable to extreme weather."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Green [44], 02/25/2021
  • Read more about "Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat" [42]

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