"China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis"
"Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world."
Source: NYTimes, 01/18/2023
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"Newfoundlanders Identify With The Ocean. Now Some Are Moving Inland."
"Scott Strickland built his life by the water. The 51-year-old Newfoundland man descended from generations of lighthouse keepers who helped guide sailors safely to Port aux Basques, named for the Basque whalers who sought refuge there five centuries ago."
Source: Washington Post, 01/17/2023
"Monitors Show Months-Old Alabama Landfill Fire Polluting Air"
"An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors."
Source: AP, 01/17/2023
"Road Salts Wash Into Mississippi River, Damaging Ecosystems and Pipes"
"This winter has already brought significant snowfall to much of the U.S. Historically, more snow has meant more road salt. It’s an effective way to clear roads — but also brings cascading environmental impacts as it washes into rivers and streams."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 01/17/2023
"Climate Gentrification Is Coming to Hurricane-Wrecked Florida"
"You might assume that home prices would decline in an area recently wrecked by a hurricane, but a new study finds the opposite is true, and post-storm price hikes could be a major driver of what’s known as climate gentrification."
Source: Earther, 01/17/2023
Major Prairie Dog Die-Off Had Consequences For Other Animals, Wildland
"When plague struck black-tailed prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming in 2017, a huge die-off followed. It spelled disaster for the burrowing rodents. But for researchers, it provided an opportunity for a “natural experiment” in the consequences of a single species’ collapse."
Source: Washington Post, 01/17/2023
‘Death By 1,000 Clearcuts’: Canada’s Deep-Snow Caribou Are Vanishing
"The B.C. government spends millions on extreme measures — like wolf culls and maternity pens — to support these mountain-loving herds found nowhere else in the world. Yet such efforts fail to offset the habitat destruction at the root of their disappearance".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/17/2023
"Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off"
"Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new stucco houses sprouting in the granite foothills of Rio Verde, Ariz. There were good schools, mountain views and cactus-spangled hiking trails out the back door. Then the water got cut off."
Source: NYTimes, 01/17/2023
"Feds Offer $700M To Lithium Project At Heart of ESA Dispute"
"The Biden administration on Friday offered its first loan commitment for a lithium processing plant, backing a facility in southwest Nevada that would provide the highly sought mineral needed for EV batteries but that some environmentalists contend will further threaten an endangered flower."
Source: E&E News, 01/17/2023
"African Activists Cast Doubt Over Climate Talks’ Credibility"
"Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the United Nations climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations and individuals with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its annual climate conference."
Source: AP, 01/17/2023
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