"US Blizzard Expected To Impact Millions In Rockies, Midwest"
"A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding."
Source: AP, 12/13/2022
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Children Dying In Somalia As Climate-Driven Food Catastrophe Worsens
"More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups."
Source: Reuters, 12/13/2022
Bald Eagles Believed To Have Been Poisoned Near Minnesota Landfill
"More than a dozen dead or dying bald eagles were found near a landfill in Inver Grove Heights, suspected victims of poisoning by eating carcasses of animals that were chemically euthanized and dumped at the landfill, according to wildlife officials."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12/12/2022
Political Will Favors Indian Coal Billionaire And His Dirty Fossil Fuel
"For years, nothing could stop the massive coal-fired power plant from rising over paddies and palm groves here in eastern India. Not objections from local farmers, environmental impact review boards, even state officials. Not pledges by India’s leaders to shift toward renewable energy. Not the fact that the project, ultimately, will benefit few Indians."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2022
"Virginia Air Pollution Board Votes To Leave Regional Carbon-Credit Program"
"Virginia’s air quality board on Wednesday voted to leave an interstate emissions-reduction partnership, bringing the state closer to fulfilling Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) vow to withdraw from the program earlier this year even as critics say the process needs legislative approval."
Source: The Hill, 12/12/2022
"Op-ed: What The Pesticide Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know"
"Like Big Oil, pesticide companies spend hundreds of millions every year on deceitful PR strategies to keep their hazardous products on the market, even as evidence mounts that many pesticides still used today are tied to certain cancers, damage to children’s developing brains, biodiversity collapse, and more."
Source: EHN, 12/12/2022
"Waves of Abandonment"
"The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells." "As oil and gas companies weathered volatile oil prices last year, many halted production. More than 100,000 oil and gas wells in Texas and New Mexico are idle."
Source: Grist, 12/12/2022
"Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live"
"Wildlife is disappearing around the world, in the oceans and on land. The main cause on land is perhaps the most straightforward: Humans are taking over too much of the planet, erasing what was there before. Climate change and other pressures make survival harder."
Source: NYTimes, 12/12/2022
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rick Snyder Related To Flint Water Crisis
"A district judge in Genesee County tossed a pair of misdemeanor charges levied against former Gov. Rick Snyder for his involvement in the Flint water crisis, citing previous court rulings that state prosecutors incorrectly used a "one-person grand jury" to indict Snyder."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 12/12/2022
"America Underwater"
"This year, extreme precipitation deluged communities across the United States — a hallmark risk of a warming climate. Government flood-insurance maps often left residents unprepared for the threat."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2022
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