#SEJSpotlight: Craig Pittman, Author and Columnist, Florida Phoenix
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"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)"
"At a hale 77, Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees."
Source: NYTimes, 02/24/2022
"China Starts Building 33 GW of Coal Power In 2021, Most Since 2016"
"China started building 33 gigawatts of new coal-fired power generation capacity last year, the most since 2016, research published on Thursday showed, a sign the country is falling back on fossil fuels as economic worries mount."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2022
"Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher Than Official Figures -IEA"
"Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from the global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, with the coal sector identified as the biggest single source."
Source: Reuters, 02/24/2022
"Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years"
"As global warming heats the air and land, drying out trees and other plants, people around the world need to reset their expectations of where, when and how long wildfires will burn, warns a new global wildfire report released today."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2022
Top Companies Undermine Climate Pledges With Political Donations: Report
"Some of the nation's best-known corporations are undermining their promises to slash emissions by donating significant sums to elect Republican attorneys general, who have emerged as frequent courtroom foes of climate policies and regulations, according to a report shared exclusively with The Climate 202."
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/2022
"What Lies Beneath: Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill"
"For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills."
Source: AP, 02/24/2022
"Citing Drought, Feds Won’t Give Water To California Farmers"
"The federal government said Wednesday it won’t deliver any water to California farmers because of a severe drought, a decision that will force many to plant fewer crops in a region that supplies a quarter of the nation’s food."
Source: AP, 02/24/2022
3 White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plan To Attack Power Grids
"Three men pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a plan to attack power grids in an effort to spark race conflict that would advance white supremacy."
Source: The Hill, 02/24/2022
"USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks"
"The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks, defying Biden administration officials’ objections that the multibillion-dollar contract would undercut the nation’s climate goals."
Source: Washington Post, 02/24/2022
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