"Revealed: Huge Gas Flaring Emissions Never Reported"
"Major oil companies are not declaring a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, a BBC News investigation has revealed."
Source: BBC News, 09/30/2022
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"How Climate Change Is Rapidly Fueling Super Hurricanes"
"As Hurricane Ian barreled toward Florida this week, it did what six other storms did over the past six years as they approached the United States: It intensified, quickly."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2022
"Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse."
"Most of the Florida homes in the path of Hurricane Ian lack flood insurance, posing a major challenge to rebuilding efforts, new data show."
Source: NYTimes, 09/30/2022
#SEJSpotlight: Zoya Teirstein, Climate Reporter, Grist
Meet SEJ member Zoya Teirstein! Zoya is a staff writer for Grist covering the intersection of public health and climate change, and the politics of climate change. Zoya's reporting can also be found in Wired, Slate, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone and other outlets.
"A Moonshot for Coral Breeding Was Successful"
"Wearing a navy-blue polo neck emblazoned with the Florida Aquarium logo, Keri O’Neil hugs a white cooler at Miami International Airport. “Coral babieeeeees,” she says, before letting out a short laugh. Relief. The container holds 10 plastic bottles teeming with thousands of tiny peach-colored specks."
Source: Hakai, 09/29/2022
"Zoonotic Diseases Like COVID-19 And Monkeypox Will Become More Common"
"Cases of monkeypox are on the rise in the U.S., with about 67,600 global cases, including about 25,500 in the U.S. Simultaneously, the world is still facing a COVID-19 pandemic, despite the number of cases tapering off. Researchers say these types of viruses, known as zoonotic diseases, or ones that spread between humans and animals, will become increasingly commonplace as factors such as the destruction of animal habitats and human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensify."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022
"The CDC Is Looking Into A Stomach Bug Outbreak At The Grand Canyon"
"Hundreds of visitors to the Grand Canyon over the summer were sickened by a norovirus, which prompted the CDC to take a look at it."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022
"Polluted Communities Need Bigger Role in Settlements, EPA Says"
"The EPA is encouraging companies and other defendants accused of air and water pollution, as well as other environmental crimes, to gather input from affected communities about what beneficial projects residents might want as part of a legal deal."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/29/2022
"An Explosive Problem: The Radford Arsenal’s Toxic Operations"
"At military bases across the country, the Department of Defense (DoD) has for decades relied on a practice known as open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) to destroy excess, unserviceable, or obsolete military munitions, including small arms cartridges, rockets, mortars, missiles, and other items."
Source: Ctr. for Progressive Reform, 09/29/2022
"Federal Court Finds 3rd Iowa Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional"
"A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed last year violates free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution."
Source: AP, 09/29/2022
