"Sandhill Cranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles"
"Once elusive inhabitants of remote wetlands, sandhill cranes can now be found thriving in yards, athletic fields, and college campuses".
Source: Sierra, 07/24/2023
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SEJ Webinar: Covering Contaminated Sites in Your Community
In this SEJ webinar, investigative journalist Jordan Gass-Pooré provides tips for journalists to report on contaminated sites by incorporating impacted local voices and the knowledge of experts who lay out how future extreme weather events fueled by climate change may threaten to further spread that pollution. 1-2pm ET.
Explorers Track Down Ancient Fruit Trees Before They Are Gone Forever
"Fruit and nut explorers traverse the US on an ecological mission to preserve the last cultivars of old and important plants".
Source: Guardian, 07/24/2023
"Would You Drink Wastewater? What if It Was Beer?"
"In an era of drought, turning treated wastewater into drinking water may be the future. Utility companies are working with breweries to get people past the “ick factor.”"
Source: NYTimes, 07/24/2023
"EPA’s Top Cop Finally Cleared for Job as Senate Confirms Uhlmann"
"David Uhlmann, the White House’s pick to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, will finally ascend to the job after the Senate voted 53-46 Thursday to confirm him following an odyssey lasting more than two years."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/24/2023
15 Billion Gallons/Yr Of Sewage-Polluted Water Flows Into Philly Rivers
"Each year, Philadelphia's waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/24/2023
Biden DOE Proposes Tighter Efficiency Rule For New Home Water Heaters
"The Biden administration on Friday proposed tightening an efficiency standard for new residential water heaters — a move that it said would both save consumers money and combat climate change."
Source: The Hill, 07/24/2023
Catastrophic Calif. Flood Plunged Marginalized Farmworkers Into Crisis
"It was half past midnight on March 11 when a cacophony of sirens and shouting jolted Emilio Vasquez and his family from a sound sleep. “Get out of your houses immediately!” a voice barked in Spanish through a bullhorn. “The water is coming!”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/24/2023
"The World’s Moving Closer To Deep-Sea Mining. There Are No Rules."
"With a Canadian company preparing a bid to mine the Pacific Ocean for minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries, an international oversight agency is meeting in Jamaica this month to come up with permitting rules."
Source: E&E News, 07/24/2023
Scientists Say Record Heat Numbers Paint The Story Of A Warming World
"With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change."
Source: AP, 07/24/2023
