Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes
"Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people".
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2024
Natural Resources
"They Save Baby Seals From Fishing Line and Plastics. Millions Watch"
"Ocean Conservation Namibia is disentangling a record number of seals, while broadcasting the perils of marine debris in a largely feel good way."
Source: NYTimes, 03/27/2024
"Supreme Court Refuses Antiquities Act Fight"
"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of cases that could have diminished the president’s power to establish new national monuments — but critics of that authority say there are still multiple avenues to rein in the White House’s ability to conserve public lands."
Source: E&E News, 03/27/2024
"What a Search for the Signs of Spring Reveals"
"If you looked into the sky before dawn on Monday, you might have seen the worm moon. That’s the name some Native Americans give the March full moon because that’s when the soil warms and earthworms emerge. Others call it the crust moon, when snow melts and refreezes, or the sap moon, when maple trees are tapped."
Source: NYTimes, 03/26/2024
Fast-Moving Solar Storm Triggered Beautiful Green And Purple Aurora
"Skywatchers reported beautiful green, purple and red auroras across Sunday skies in some locations in Europe, New Zealand and parts of the northern United States — at least for a little bit. The auroras, also known as the northern and southern lights, were triggered by the fastest-moving solar storm in at least five years, but dwindled as the geomagnetic activity quickly waned."
Source: Washington Post, 03/26/2024
Aruba Embraces Rights of Nature and Human Right to a Clean Environment
"Aruba’s government is moving to enshrine twin environmental rights in its constitution that would recognize that nature has inherent rights and also affirm a human right to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” aligning the country’s government with a growing environmental movement that recognizes humans are interdependent with the natural world."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2024
"Reading The Ruins Of Amazon Fires, Scientists See Crisis Ahead"
"The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fuelling fears of a worse climate crisis to come as blazes kill vegetation that is key to absorbing planet-warming carbon dioxide. Fanned by drought, high winds and human felling, the forest is suffering unprecedented fires this early in the year, satellite images show, with the dry season still to reach critical parts of the Amazon."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 03/26/2024
LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years
A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.
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Finding Your Way Through the Forest of Forest Data
Forests are full of environmental stories, from timber sales and wildlife habitat to climate change and hunting. And for reporters in search of resources to report them, the U.S. Forest Service offers an immense array of datasets to match the hundreds of millions of acres of land under its domain. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox gets you started on using the vast Forest Service data collection.
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"Dunes Aren’t Just Big Piles Of Sand. Here’s Why Earth Needs Them."
"The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune” are also under siege — from climate change and human development."
Source: Washington Post, 03/22/2024
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