A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces. (via @insideclimate) bit.ly/4exNDI0
A young engineer has a vision for changing their industry, but worries about slowly becoming a cog in the machine. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for staying creative. bit.ly/4eKYaOO
Hydrokinetic energy from the waves surrounding Beaver Island could improve electricity reliability and push an emerging technology forward. bit.ly/43V9OSu
Indigenous lands are recognized as crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. New research shows their health is a direct result of the people who inhabit and steward them. bit.ly/4xIrle8
Though marketed as clean energy, industrial wood pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural communities across North Carolina and beyond.
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Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway. bit.ly/44q6EpS
Millions of people are bitten by snakes every year. Climate change is increasing human-snake encounters, even as many countries remain ill-equipped to treat victims. bit.ly/4b7o3Y7
As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it's also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples. bit.ly/4xJaWWI
Scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties. (via @YaleE360) grist.org/oceans/efforts-to-…
When the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line started carrying electricity from Canada into Maine in January, supporters hailed the project as a triumph for renewable power. Now, after nearly six months of operations, the early numbers raise questions about whether the project will be able to advance the region’s energy transition as much as advertised. (via @CanaryMediaInc) grist.org/energy/is-new-engl…
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