"A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms"
"Spend some time around the shell-shocked journalists at the Tribune these days, and you’ll hear the same question over and over: How did it come to this?"
Source: The Atlantic, 10/15/2021
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"Taking Stock of the Energy Storage Boom Happening Right Now"
"A new forecast shows a near-tripling of global storage capacity in 2021 compared to 2020, which also was a record year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/15/2021
"Indigenous Demonstrators Make Statement At Interior"
"Dozens of Indigenous leaders held a sit-in Thursday at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., in an effort to stop the extractive fossil fuel industries."
Source: Indian Country Today, 10/15/2021
Vanished From 8 States, American Bumblebees Could Face Extinction
"Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their complete disappearance from eight states has led to a call for the bee to be placed under the Endangered Species Act before they face extinction."
Source: USA TODAY, 10/15/2021
"EPA Plans to Clean Up Troubled Chemical and Pesticide Programs"
"The EPA announced the creation of two internal scientific advisory panels after whistleblower accounts of internal corruption."
Source: The Intercept, 10/15/2021
"Democrats Begin Scrutiny of Abandoned Offshore Oil Equipment"
"House Democrats began Thursday making the case for stricter regulation of thousands of abandoned wells, platforms and pipelines off the U.S. coasts following one of the biggest off-shore spills in California in nearly 30 years."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/15/2021
Canada's Iqaluit Declares Emergency After Suspected Water Contamination
"Public health officials have told residents of Canada’s northernmost capital not to use tap water for drinking and cooking because of suspected fuel contamination in the city’s water supply."
Source: Washington Post, 10/15/2021
"Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats To Water, Wastewater Systems"
"A coalition of federal agencies on Thursday warned that hackers are targeting the water and wastewater treatment sectors, strongly recommending that organizations take steps to protect themselves."
Source: The Hill, 10/15/2021
Biosurveillance of Wildlife Markets Needed To Curb Pandemic Risk: Experts
"Almost 90% of the 180 recognized RNA viruses that can harm humans are zoonotic in origin. But disease biosurveillance of the world’s wildlife markets and legal trade is largely absent, putting humanity at significant risk."
Source: Mongabay, 10/15/2021
