"The 20th-century ocean liner will become an artificial reef, ending efforts to save a ship that was fast, luxurious and (almost) indestructible."
"In the wake of sweeping victories in last week’s midterm elections, a historic new crop of Democrats has pledged to pursue an array of liberal priorities — from scrutinizing the Trump administration to expanding access to health care. But action on climate change, previously a centerpiece of the Democratic platform, is conspicuously absent from many victorious lawmakers’ stated agendas."
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week issued a permit for construction of four next-generation nuclear reactors at a petrochemical complex on the rural Gulf Coast of Texas."
"Amid upbeat green-tech pep talks and notices for happy hours at the annual United Nations COP31 climate change conference on Thursday, two new reports offered a stark reminder of how far the world remains from containing global warming."
"A group of small island states aims to create a fund backed by a charge on money that islanders receive from abroad to eventually raise around $3 billion a year for projects to make their nations less vulnerable to climate change."
"Republican lawmakers in Ohio are circulating a plan to keep coal plants open, even if an owner has a contractual obligation to close a facility. And they hope to pass it fast, before the new Democratic governor-elect, Amy Acton, takes office."
"On Nov. 10, the federal government proposed regulatory changes that would give mines more discretion over toxic silica dust monitoring. Black lung prevention groups called the proposed changes an “earlier death sentence.”
"The vast, dark slicks in the strait of Hormuz are visible from space. Throughout October, oil tankers were struck by missiles or sea mines in the waterway and spilled crude into the sea. The pollution has spread across the Gulf, contaminating coastlines and threatening to cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems that are home to dolphins, sea turtles and countless species of fish."
"A string of storms is expected to pummel California with rain, wind, snow and big waves over the next week, bringing the season’s first prolonged stretch of widespread stormy weather to the state."
"Congressional Democrats have alerted more than 60 companies, individuals and agencies that they are potential targets of investigations into the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific research, rollback of environmental protections and pursuit of unorthodox business deals."
