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Savanna & grassland carbon storage slows climate change
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates store more carbon than we knew, slowing the rate of climate change, researchers say.
Georgia communities mobilize against expansion of foul-smelling wood-burning energy
A group of residents and environmentalists are fighting to prevent the world’s largest wood pellet plant from coming to a predominantly Black and Hispanic community in south Georgia.
Three Georgia power plants land on list of nation’s dirtiest
The dirtiest power plants have an outsized impact: In 2020, the 10 most climate-polluting plants in Georgia were responsible for 91.5% of global warming emissions from the power sector despite only generating 56.5% of total electricity, according to the report.
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The Amazon will suffer massive deforestation if Brazil's BR-319 is paved
The Amazon is already believed to be at the precipice. If much more is lost, scientists warn, the forest could suffer destabilizing ecological changes that convert immense swaths into degraded open savanna.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Op-ed: The devastation of my Amazon homeland has accelerated during the pandemic
The region has long been at the centre of territorial conflicts, but pressure has grown in recent years as agricultural, mining and timber operations invade Indigenous lands
www.nytimes.com
The ghost dogs of the Amazon get a bit less mysterious
Scientists have produced data that shows the range of an enigmatic short-eared canid species that has yet to be widely studied.
www.propublica.org
Ill nuclear workers' benefits petitions have to be reviewed within 6 months. Some have languished a decade.
A petition filed by a Los Alamos worker has been in limbo for 10 years. At the Savannah River Site, a petition has lingered for 11 years. At Sandia National Laboratories, workers have been waiting seven years for a final decision.
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