"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention"
"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."
Source: HEATED, 04/18/2024
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"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives"
"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."
Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2024
Climate Change Damage Could Cost $38 Trillion Per Year By 2050: Study
"Damage to farming, infrastructure, productivity, and health from climate change will cost an estimated $38 trillion per year by 2050, German government-backed research finds, a figure almost certain to rise as human activity emits more greenhouse gases."
Source: Reuters, 04/18/2024
"Climate Change Played A Role In Killing Tens Of Thousands Of People In 2023"
"At nine years old, Carter Vigh loved soccer, his friends, and dancing to music. ... Carter also had asthma. The hot temperatures and dense wildfire smoke that enveloped the Vighs’ British Columbia home, 100 Mile House, in the summer of 2023 exacerbated his asthma and killed him."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 04/18/2024
"Texas Hack May Be First Disruption Of U.S. Water System By Russia"
"In January, an alert citizen in Muleshoe, Tex., was driving by a park and noticed that a water tower was overflowing. Authorities soon determined the system that controlled the city’s water supply had been hacked. In two hours, tens of thousands of gallons of water had flowed into the street and drain pipes."
Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2024
World Press Freedom Day
Between May 2 and 4, Chile and UNESCO will host the 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference in Santiago. This year's theme is "A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the face of the Environmental Crisis."
Environmental Journalists on the Frontlines of Democracy
Prior to this year's World Press Freedom Day, the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, in partnership with SEJ, will celebrate the important role of environmental journalism and highlight the need to protect journalists around the world from surveillance, censorship, oppression and violence. 10am ET.
"Divers In The Philippines Create Nurseries For Rescued Coral"
"A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippine capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral."
Source: Reuters, 04/17/2024
"This Long Island Tribe Is Dealing With the Impact of Climate Change"
"Becky Genia has spent most of her 67 years on the Shinnecock Reservation, 800 acres on the far eastern side of Long Island’s Shinnecock Bay. Sandwiched between multimillion-dollar mansions and yacht clubs that serve as a playground for uber-rich New Yorkers, it may be hard to imagine a bigger threat to the tiny spit of land than encroaching development. But climate change looms even larger."
Source: Sierra, 04/17/2024
"A Heat Pump ‘Petting Zoo’? This Fair Helps Americans Green Their Homes."
"A loose line of people snaked from a doorway in the side of a cargo truck. One young boy wandered over to examine several bales of hay stacked nearby while others waiting craned their necks to get a peek inside. A small sign in the shape of a barn stuck over the open door read, “Petting Zoo.”
Source: Washington Post, 04/17/2024
