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Feds: Offshore wind not to blame for East Coast whale deaths

Federal environmental and energy officials say there is no evidence that work done by the offshore wind power industry is killing whales in the northeastern U.S. On Wednesday, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management addressed the controversy surrounding a spate of whale deaths…

The Independent UK

Terror on Hawaii beaches as more than 150 people are stung by jellyfish in a single day

While human deaths from jellyfish are rare, those poisoned may “experience paralysis, cardiac arrest, and even death, all within a few minutes of being stung,” NOAA says

The Independent UK

Pentagon UAP Report: The DoD has investigated more than 500 UFO cases

The AARO continues its investigations of unidentified aerial phenomena across government agencies.

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Ongoing flood threat to most of Australia shows La Niña weakening but not yet finished

Australia remains in the grip of wet weather as the La Niña pattern lingers, but early forecasts predicting a rapid shift to El Niño are premature writes ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders.

ABC News

Environmentalists push for tougher oil and gas restrictions to protect rare whale in Gulf of Mexico

Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf.

The Texas Tribune

First orca whale to be stranded in southeast U.S. in decades showed signs of illness

A killer whale more than 20 feet long died after beaching itself in Palm Coast, Fla. This is the third known orca to be stranded in the southeastern U.S. and the first since 1956, an official says.

WEKU

Whale entangled in fishing gear is fighting for its life off Outer Banks, NOAA says

A struggling right whale is “heavily entangled” in fishing gear off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and likely won’t survive, according to NOAA Fisheries biologists.

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EXPLAINER: What came together to make deadly Alabama tornado

Experts say a natural La Nina weather pattern, unusually warm moist air juiced by climate change, and long-term shift in where tornadoes hit all are factors in Thursday's devastating tornado in Alabama

The Independent UK

Federal climate forecasts could help prepare for extreme rain. But it's years away

Thanks to a new federal law, cities will get better forecasts about how climate change intensifies rainstorms. Still, it won't be in time for billions of dollars of federal infrastructure spending.

WEKU

ExxonMobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it

In perhaps one of the most cynically ironic twists in the field of climate science, new research suggests ExxonMobil may have had keener insight into the impending dangers of global warming than even NASA scientists but still waged a decades-long campaign to discredit research into climate change and its connection…

Los Angeles Times

2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats up

Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring

The Independent UK

Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought

Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought.

WEKU

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023

LOS ANGELES — As severe storms continue to hit California, a climate expert warns that the costs to the state could be in excess of $1 billion.

Los Angeles Times

Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022

The U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2022, highlighting the growing damages of human-caused climate change.

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US climate disasters racked up $165 billion in damage in 2022

A massive hurricane, a historic drought and 16 other major disasters across the U.S. collectively racked up $165 billion in damages and killed at least 474 people in 2022, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration analysis published Tuesday.

The Independent UK

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022

America’s onslaught of mega costly weather disasters remains stuck in high gear

WEKU

Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms

The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous.

Tribune News Service

Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators

WASHINGTON — The new year brings challenges to Biden administration regulators: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders inserted by lawmakers into the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

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Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators - Roll Call

The new year brings challenges to the Biden administration: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders in the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

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US ignored own scientists' warning in backing Atlantic wind farm

U.S. government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast threatened the Southern New England Cod, a species so venerated in the region a wooden carving of it hangs in the Massachusetts state house.

Al Jazeera

What are the ‘atmospheric rivers’ hitting the US West Coast?

Huge ‘atmospheric rivers’ have resulted in torrential downpours, high winds and flood watches.

The Independent UK

Feds: Vanishing right whale must remain on endangered list

Federal officials say the fading North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act and requires a series of protective steps to stave off extinction

France 24

Massive winter storm triggers US power outages, upends holiday plans

Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the US population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.

France 24

US winter storm brings freezing temperatures and travel chaos

Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S. population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.

The Orange County Register

California sea lions are frequently shot in violation of federal protections

SANTA ANA, Calif. — When Balboa Island resident Barbara De La Pena looked out her window and saw Newport Beach city workers prepping to bury a dead sea lion on the sand in front of her home, she stopped them.

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