"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?"
"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."
Source: Grist, 09/12/2023
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Red Fire Ant Colonies Found In Italy Could Spread Across Europe: Study
"An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns."
Source: Guardian, 09/12/2023
Laurel Peltier Took On Utilities Scamming Baltimore’s Low-Income Households
"Policymakers hoped deregulated energy markets would lower utility bills through open competition. Energy advocates found the opposite: retail energy companies are fleecing low-income communities of color in cities like Baltimore."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/12/2023
"How the Land Back Movement is Unraveling Manifest Destiny"
"Across Indian Country, tribal nations are buying back their land one parcel at a time".
Source: Sierra, 09/12/2023
"Island Nations Hope for Court’s Help on Climate’s Effects"
"A tribunal is expected to issue an advisory opinion on behalf of Pacific and Caribbean countries on whether greenhouse gases are pollutants that violate international law."
Source: NYTimes, 09/12/2023
"Climate Change Is Causing an Insurance Crisis in Louisiana"
"A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move his business out of town."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 09/12/2023
2023 Had More Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Than Any Year On Record
"New government data released Monday revealed that the U.S. has already experienced more billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023 than in any other year since authorities started tracking such data 40-plus years ago." "The staggering tally comes with four months of the year still remaining."
Source: HuffPost, 09/12/2023
"Congress Enters Pivotal Week On Spending"
"How to prevent a looming potential government shutdown will dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, with the House and Senate considering divergent strategies for keeping agencies running."
Source: E&E News, 09/12/2023
Free Press Nearly Impossible With Corporate Business Model
It may seem like fast-moving technology that’s undermining traditional news outlets. But for WatchDog Opinion, it may be more about the notion of news as property, rather than a public good. Could nonprofit newsrooms — many of which cover energy and the environment — be a better model? And is there a funding mechanism that would support them sustainably … and permanently?
One Grant, Multiple Stories
Seattle-based correspondent Brett Walton has a habit of adding extra days to his reporting schedules. In this FEJ StoryLog, Walton shares how he used one such buffer to stretch a grant and produce not just one story on California’s small drinking water systems, but a second on the aftermath of wildfire on another town’s water system, plus finish a third pending project on household water debt.
