Headline News:

• “Cannibalistic Jellies And Aggressive Blue Crabs: Invasive Species Threaten Venice’s Fragile Lagoon” • The city of Venice and its surrounding lagoon are at the mercy of climate change. Research shows how warming seas are bringing invasive species that threaten the lagoon ecosystem and the livelihoods of local fishing communities. [Euronews]

Venice (Kit Suman, Unsplash)

• “Zimbabwe Plans To Build Solar Manufacturing Plant, A Key Industry Body Reveals” • Zimbabwe’s plans to build a solar panel manufacturing plant has attracted global interest and is expected to mark a shift in its energy and industrialisation strategy, a top African solar industry report shows. The thrust signals a push to attract foreign investment. [The Herald]
• “Iowa’s Wind Boom Stalls As Politics Clashes With Power Prices” • Anti-renewable sentiment has grown in rural and red areas recently and pushed by the Trump administration. This stance has caused many state economies to plateau, as some of the most important areas of renewable energy development were unfolding in red states. [OilPrice.com]
• “You Can’t Just Walk Out On Climate Frameworks!” • The US has withdrawn from the historic Paris global climate frameworks by Trump’s executive order, but can a president unilaterally the country from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change? A former US senator asks asks that question. The exutive order has its problems. [CleanTechnica]
• “Trump’s Fossil Fuel Push Gets a Legal Reality Check” • A federal judge ruled that the DOE broke the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject scientific consensus on climate change to write a report. The Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 says agencies are not permitted to use secret groups for such purposes. [OilPrice.com]

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