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Ocean Justice Requires Climate Action for All

Ocean Conservancy

For ocean advocates like me who have been tracking the $1.5 Ocean Conservancy’s Justice40 interim report dives into research conducted in Florida at the nexus of failing water infrastructure, climate risk, and federal infrastructure investments in disadvantaged communities.

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

Circle of Blue

When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. It stressed the need to reduce the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, and to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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What’s Up With Water – June 14, 2021

Circle of Blue

and Canadian governments, began testing for PFAS chemicals last August. Industrial sites are likely the source of PFAS in the atmosphere. Though essential to ocean life, they produce plenty of drawbacks, too. The post What’s Up With Water – June 14, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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The Stream, December 16, 2021: “Climate Whiplash” Hits Australia

Circle of Blue

The island nation has always been at the mercy of climate patterns such as La Niña in the oceans that surround it. High Costs, Few Customers: Benton Harbor Water Woes Loom for Michigan Cities — Shrinking populations and wealth have left many local governments unable to collect enough ratepayer revenue to cover long-term water system costs.

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What’s Up With Water – June 7, 2021

Circle of Blue

Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere are spiking not only global air temperatures, but also water temperatures. Overall, oxygen levels in lakes are declining more rapidly than in the ocean, where the effect is also being observed. The post What’s Up With Water – June 7, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. The Senate voted to overturn this rule in April 2021. Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) ’s Regional Ocean Partnership Act ( S.1894

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