"2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide"
"On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records."
Source: NYTimes, 02/09/2024
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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers
"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2024
AHCJ/IRE Webinar Series: Follow the Money — The Business of Health Care
AHCJ and IRE are collaborating on a free, four-webinar series combining their respective expertise in health reporting, data and investigative journalism. Register for "Coverage 101: Understanding private health insurance and Medicare/Medicaid plus a new tool for reporting on your state,” 1-2 p.m. ET on Jun 26.
Seafood Firm Wants To Farm Octopus. Activists Say They're Too Smart For That
"Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm octopuses to harvest them for seafood, the plan sparked an uproar."
Source: NPR, 02/08/2024
"EPA Targets 400 Hires For Climate, Infrastructure Laws In 2024"
"EPA is pushing to hire for hundreds of job openings this year as the agency strives to fulfill its expanded mandate under President Joe Biden’s trademark climate and infrastructure laws."
Source: E&E News, 02/08/2024
The 'Cone Of Uncertainty' Is Changing For 2024 Hurricane Season. Here's Why
"The introduction of a new forecast track graphic in mid-August will do more than show the expected area where hurricanes and tropical storms may travel. It will also depict where wind watches and warnings are posted to better warn of dangers residents outside the cone are facing."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/08/2024
"Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves"
"A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove Northern Rocky gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act."
Source: HuffPost, 02/08/2024
"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040"
"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."
Source: Guardian, 02/08/2024
13 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes
"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2024
"Misplaced Trust"
"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."
Source: Grist, 02/08/2024
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