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I returned to Cima Dome yesterday to pay my respects for the first time since I watched its famous Joshua tree forest burn in 2020. @NatlParkService estimates 1.3 million Joshua trees died in the 43,273-acre wildfire.
Walking in the scorched forest, it felt like a graveyard.
🚨 zombie wells alert 🚨
“In sampling 2,573 wells in the Greater Wattenberg…the study found natural gas outside the protective barrier in 96% of the wells and benzene and other chemicals…The likely causes…are compromised steel casings or cement seals.”
coloradosun.com/2023/03/22/c…
Salton Sea news: Samantha Arthur of Audubon California will be the state’s next Salton Sea czar👇🏼
On #WorldWaterDay2023, great news🗞️ as @CAgovernor appoints Samantha Arthur to lead our efforts to stabilize the #SaltonSea. She has delivered complex env restoration projects across California & has served our Water Commission. A seasoned leader for this critical priority! 1/2
"Building codes can either accelerate local carbon emission reductions or lock in fossil fuel infrastructure...When code changes nibble at utilities’ market share, however, the corporations bite back."
@npbowlin/@highcountrynews chews on the meaning of @atmosenergy's opposition.
My town in Colorado tried to electrify its building codes. A large natural gas utility thought otherwise, fighting the proposal in public and behind the scenes at city hall. Other towns in the West have run into similar opposition. For @highcountrynews
hcn.org/issues/55.4/the-natu…
"The answers the company did give raise concerns that its YieldStar software may play a role in driving rent inflation in some of the country’s biggest markets."
an update to incredibly important reporting on @RealPage by @hvogell/@propublica 👇
propublica.org/article/yield…
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#BREAKING: President Joe Biden will set Castner Range in El Paso as national monument elpasotimes.com/story/news/2…
No lies detected.
*this kicker tho* “I think a lot the allure of this type of program is it’s easier to talk about how do we get more than to talk about who has to use less." apnews.com/article/climate-c…
"Justice Amy Coney Barrett could be the decisive vote in a US Supreme Court dispute about what steps, if any, the federal government must take to help the Navajo Nation deal with a southwest water crisis."
Meanwhile, Kavanaugh is commenting on water issues not before the court.
Individuals on the Navajo reservation use seven gallons of water a day compared to an average individual use of 88 to 100 gallons nationwide, the tribe’s lawyer told the justices. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Chatted #lithium and other renewables with @CAGovernor Newsom today, who's unfazed by bank collapses, rural blowback. "We're as dumb as we want to be."
desertsun.com/story/news/env…
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🧵1/ NEW with @smmills1960: The Art Institute of Chicago is slow to address concerns that religious artifacts from South & Southeast Asia -- given to the collection by influential museum donors -- may have been looted from their countries of origin chicagobusiness.com/arts-ent…
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The first full @IPCC_CH update since 2014 shows that the 1.5 degree Celsius goal established in the Paris agreement is still achievable, but will require a "quantum leap in climate action."
insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
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Breaking News: Earth is likely to cross a critical global warming threshold within the next decade unless drastic changes are made, a major UN report said.
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NEW: In Navajo Nation, many don't have access to piped water, just one difficulty facing the tribe in a quest for water access that's now before the Supreme Court.
Exclusive reporting from Navajo Nation/photos by @schischillyy
nbcnews.com/politics/supreme… via @nbcnews
Now THAT is one way to spend taxpayer dollars…
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Utility @SRPconnect is proposing a pumped storage reservoir near Apache Lake to work like a giant electric battery on the power grid
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In parts of many African nations, the lack of access to an electrical grid leads people to cut down trees for charcoal. The results of that are catastrophic, including for public health.
Important work by @A_L/@irenatfh/@CarolineYLChen, for @propublica 👇
projects.propublica.org/spil…
"Primary responsibility for the debacle lies, of course, with SVB’s management. But regulators are supposed to grasp that they exist because bankers are always tempted to take risks."
Check out @eisingerj's take on the SVB debacle, for @propublica 👇
propublica.org/article/silic…
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Hedge funds are trying to wipe out local news. But the FCC took a stand. Thank Chair Rosenworcel for standing with us. newsweek.com/thank-fcc-chair…
