"The TVA Is Dumping A Mountain Of Coal Ash In Black South Memphis"
"A convoy is trucking the contaminant through a community already burdened with pollution to dump it in a landfill".
Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2022
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"At Least One Dead After Dallas Area Hit By 1-In-1,000-Year Flood"
"Streets and highways around Dallas remained waterlogged Monday afternoon after flash floods struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight, leaving at least one person dead. Signs of flooding lingered even after the rain mostly cleared from the metroplex."
Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2022
"Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer. Here’s How."
"When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to fight climate change this year, the reason it gave was that Congress had never granted the agency the broad authority to shift America away from burning fossil fuels. Now it has."
Source: NYTimes, 08/23/2022
Climate ‘Censorship’ Raised in Disinformation Fracas
A recent climate change disinformation kerfuffle involving House Republicans and White House climate czar Gina McCarthy (pictured, left) is an excellent reminder of how journalists can get caught up in the decades-long campaign to deny climate change, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. A warning about the effort to weaponize the idea of transparency when it comes to climate change.
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Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets
Rare parrots, captured in the wild and relocated to a European zoo, are at the heart of an award-winning feature that explores the role of private actors in conservation. Journalist Brendan Borrell (pictured, left) talks about the ethical concerns raised by the controversial figure at the heart of his Audubon Magazine piece, and offers advice on making the most of having an investigation scooped.
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Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters
Disasters driven by climate change can leave a lot of people needing help or being displaced long term. But a key safety net and a central federal aid agency often accomplish little to help climate refugees, reports the latest TipSheet. Get the backstory, plus the outlook, along with questions and resources for stories in your community in the wake of climate disasters.
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"Returning Sea Otters To Oregon Could Revive Kelp Forests"
"Reintroduction of the marine mammals may restore coastal ecosystems but also threatens shellfish industries and tribal self-governance."
Source: High Country News, 08/22/2022
"Fast-Warming, Ailing Mediterranean Sea May Be A Sign Of Things To Come"
"While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea's summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves."
Source: Times of Israel, 08/22/2022
"Yangtze Shrinks as China's Drought Disrupts Industry"
"Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after China’s driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its normal width and set off a scramble to contain the damage to a weak economy in a politically sensitive year."
Source: AP, 08/22/2022
"Feds Announce $310 Million In Funding To Combat ‘Megadrought’"
"On a tour of increasingly parched California on Thursday, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited a water recycling project in Irvine to tout her department’s allocation of more than $310 million to combat a Western “megadrought” fueled largely by climate change."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2022
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