Chemicals Linked To Birth Defects Are Being Dumped In Pittsburgh Rivers
"Chemicals linked to cancer and developmental harm are also released in large quantities into the city’s three rivers."
Source: EHN, 10/03/2022
Water & Oceans
"Pakistan Disease Outbreaks After Floods Spur Calls For Crisis Plan"
"Pakistan is facing a disaster within a disaster as diseases spread rapidly and deaths mount following widespread deadly flooding - a crisis worsened by the country's weak health system and lack of emergency planning, medical experts warn."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/03/2022
"Wetlands Protections at Stake in Supreme Court Arguments Monday"
"The future of federal jurisdiction over waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act hinges on a watershed US Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments Monday—the first case on the high court’s fall docket."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/03/2022
On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics
Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?
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Corps Plans Underwater Levee To Stem Saltwater in La. Drinking Water
"Saltwater moving up the Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Plaquemines Parish, triggering a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to build an underwater levee in the channel."
Source: Nola.com, 09/30/2022
US Strikes Partnership With Pacific Island Leaders At Historic Summit
"The United States said at a summit with Pacific island leaders that it had agreed on a partnership for the future with them and held out the prospect of “big dollar” help to a region where it hopes to stem China’s expanding influence."
Source: Guardian, 09/30/2022
"How Climate Change Is Rapidly Fueling Super Hurricanes"
"As Hurricane Ian barreled toward Florida this week, it did what six other storms did over the past six years as they approached the United States: It intensified, quickly."
Source: Washington Post, 09/30/2022
"Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse."
"Most of the Florida homes in the path of Hurricane Ian lack flood insurance, posing a major challenge to rebuilding efforts, new data show."
Source: NYTimes, 09/30/2022
"A Moonshot for Coral Breeding Was Successful"
"Wearing a navy-blue polo neck emblazoned with the Florida Aquarium logo, Keri O’Neil hugs a white cooler at Miami International Airport. “Coral babieeeeees,” she says, before letting out a short laugh. Relief. The container holds 10 plastic bottles teeming with thousands of tiny peach-colored specks."
Source: Hakai, 09/29/2022
"The CDC Is Looking Into A Stomach Bug Outbreak At The Grand Canyon"
"Hundreds of visitors to the Grand Canyon over the summer were sickened by a norovirus, which prompted the CDC to take a look at it."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022
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