NOAA Proposes Allowing The Harassment Of Vanishing Right Whales For Big Wind
…NOAA is proposing, for offshore wind development, to authorize a horrific 706 cases of physical harassment of Right Whales, whose dwindling population is down to just 340 magnificent critters. The average whale will get hammered roughly twice. [emphasis, links added]…
Biden admin is rushing to industrialize US oceans to stop climate change: ‘Environmental wrecking ball’ – Fox News
The Biden administration is pushing full steam ahead to massively expand offshore wind development across millions of acres of federal waters, actions that critics warn would have dire ecological and economic impacts. Days after taking office, President Biden issued an…
Top Officials Warned Biden WH That Wind Energy Posed Danger To Marine Life
The executive directors of three federally established fishery councils along the East Coast expressed concern last year about the threats posed by offshore wind energy projects. In an Aug. 22 letter to former Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director…
Why Eric Adams Wants to Cut the City’s Meat Budget
The city estimates that its food purchases produce as much carbon as the exhaust from 70,000 gas-fueled cars. New York City’s one million public school students could lunch on “cheesy garlic pizza,” green beans and salad on Monday. But not…
State courts are no place for climate lawsuits – The Hill
State courts are no place for climate lawsuits | The Hill Skip to content Getty Should the mayors of cities such as Baltimore, San Francisco or Honolulu dictate national energy policy? Apparently, they think they should. More than a dozen…
Power move: Stacey Abrams’ next act is the electrification of the US
Stacey Abrams has been hailed as a masterly community organizer, after she helped turn out the voters that secured two Senate seats for Democrats in once solidly red Georgia. She has also run twice – unsuccessfully – for state governor….
London last summer was the trailer for a climate disaster movie. Here’s how to stop that coming true | Sadiq Khan and Chris Skidmore
There is no greater challenge facing our capital, our country and our world than the climate crisis. The only way we can keep the hope of limiting global heating to 1.5C is if we commit to further and faster action…
8 Dolphins Killed In One Day May Be Linked To Offshore Wind
Eight dolphins were killed along the coast of Sea Isle City, New Jersey, Tuesday, the latest marine mammal strandings potentially linked to offshore wind projects, according to a Marine Mammal Stranding Center statement. The dolphins were found on the beach…
In Denial: The Latest Casualties Of The Climate Industrial Complex
“Trekkies” should recall this pithy exchange about endangered humpback whales from the 1986 feature film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, between Leonard Nimoy’s famous character and actor Catherine Hicks, who played “Dr. Taylor,” the cetologist. “Mr. Spock” stated, To hunt…
Smelly seaweed sargassum headed toward Florida, the Caribbean. Why? – USA TODAY
Beachgoers in Florida and the Caribbean could be greeted by heavy blankets of smelly seaweed in the weeks ahead as a 5,000 mile swath of sargassum drifts westward and piles onto white sandy beaches. Sargassum, a naturally-occurring type of macroalgae, has…
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