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On U.S. East Coast, Has Offshore Wind’s Moment Finally Arrived?
Yale Environment 360: On U.S. East Coast, Has Offshore Wind’s Moment Finally Arrived? After years of false starts, offshore wind is poised to take off along the East Coast. Commitments by states to purchase renewable power, support from the Biden administration, and billions in new investment are all contributing […]
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Annapolis sues 26 oil and gas companies for their role in contributing to climate change
The Baltimore Sun: Annapolis sues 26 oil and gas companies for their role in contributing to climate change.
The City of Annapolis is suing 26 oil and gas companies for what it calls the costs and consequences of climate change.
The city filed the lawsuit […]
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A Maine Startup Wants To Pull Carbon Out Of The Atmosphere Using Kelp
NPR: A Maine Startup Wants To Pull Carbon Out Of The Atmosphere Using Kelp. A Maine startup is drawing high-profile support for its low-tech plan to address climate change. It wants to use kelp farms to capture carbon, then bury it for millennia at the bottom of the sea. In […]
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Study: Appalachia’s fracking boom has done little for local economies
Daily Climate: Appalachia’s fracking boom has done little for local economies: Study. “There has been no business case for fracking.”
Appalachia’s fracking boom has failed to deliver on promises of jobs and benefits to local economies, according to a new study.
The study, published today by the Ohio […]
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Study: 2 articles on plastic pollution
Chesapeake Quarterly: Small Particles, Big Problems? Scientists Grapple with Many Unknowns about Microplastics and Their Impact on the Chesapeake Bay. It is the things she can’t see that worry Ana Sosa the most. Sosa is a microbial ecologist, so tiny would describe most of what she examines. It is a large […]
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Study: Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine
Press Herald: Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine, study shows. A team examined how post-larval lobsters’ genes react to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both. Baby lobsters may be more adaptable to rapidly changing ocean conditions than previously thought, according […]
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Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy angers, worries rural NC residents
Fayetteville Observer: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy angers, worries rural NC residents. The Align RNG project moves forward with the approval of an air permit from NCDEQ, but leaves Sampson and Duplin County residents questioning the harmful impacts and motives.
The N.C. Division of Air Quality granted Smithfield Foods and […]
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DeSmogBlog, January 28,2021
Articles include: Pause on Drilling on Federal Lands; LNG-by-Rail Safety Concerns; Scenes from a Locked-Down Washington D.C.; Alberta Inquiry; Cheaper Solar Power; Climate Disinformation Database: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Report: In Florida and Arizona, Worsening Heat Puts More People at Risk – 2 articles
Public Integrity: IN FLORIDA, WORSENING HEAT PUTS MORE PEOPLE AT RISK. Farmworkers have long faced dangers from laboring outside in sweltering heat. As climate change raises temperatures, heat illness could come for far more people. For more than two decades now, Jeannie Economos has been advocating for farmworkers’ health. Pesticide exposure […]
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Study: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity
NPR New Hampshire: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity.
Studies show that climate change could prompt millions of Americans to relocate in the coming decades. And by some measures, New Hampshire and northern New England could be ideal places to move.
But preparing for those potential […]
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