Biden admin announces $830 million in grants to strengthen U.S. infrastructure against climate change & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, April 15, 2024 "We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity." — E. O. Wilson Biden Admin Announces $830 Million in Grants to Strengthen U.S. Infrastructure Against Climate Change The Biden administration has announced almost $830 million in grants to support 80 projects across the country to improve aging roadways. The goal of the investments is to make [transportation]( infrastructure more [extreme weather]( in the face of [heat waves]( [flooding]( [sea-level rise]( and other impacts related to [climate change](. [Read More]( Related: [Biden’s DOE Announces $6 Billion to Reduce Industrial Carbon Footprint of Steel, Concrete and Foods Like Cheese]( Great Barrier Reef Suffering Record Coral Bleaching With Damage 59 Feet Below the Surface The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has released [video footage]( showing that the southern portion of the [Great Barrier Reef]( is suffering from deep-sea [coral bleaching]( reported The Guardian. [Read More]( Related: [‘An Underwater Bushfire’: Major Coral Bleaching Event in Northern Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef]( Greece to Invest $830 Million for Marine Conservation Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced plans to invest 780 million euros (about $829 million) for marine conservation and pollution cleanup. The country will pursue 21 marine conservation initiatives with the money. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Change Is Likely Impacting Marine Life More Than Previously Thought, Study Finds]( Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds African [great apes]( are some of the most iconic creatures on Earth. Humans’ closest living relative, these majestic primates are becoming increasingly impacted by [climate change](. In the next three decades, African apes will experience more [extreme events]( such as [heat waves]( [wildfires]( and [flooding]( according to a new [study]( led by Razak Kiribou, a Ph.D. student at Haramaya University’s African Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia. [Read More]( Related: [Africa’s ‘Mining Boom’ Threatens More Than a Third of Its Great Apes]( A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer Humans have an enormous impact on planet Earth, but from both an animal welfare and an environmental perspective, perhaps nothing is more important than our diets. In 2022, more than [82 billion]( livestock animals were slaughtered for meat, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, with the majority of those animals being factory farmed. All things considered, what is the most ethical diet? According to utilitarian moral philosopher Peter Singer, it’s one that includes zero — or at least very few — animal products. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Singer and discussing speciesism, the conditions of factory farming and how to have an ethical diet. [Read More]( Related: [Switching to Plant-Based Diets Could Save More Than 200,000 Lives per Year, Study Finds]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](