"Greta Thunberg Detained Twice At Demonstration In The Hague"
"Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, for several hours on Saturday."
Source: Reuters, 04/08/2024
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"Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’"
"The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars. It’s not going great."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/08/2024New York Is Suing The World’s Biggest Meat Company Charging Greenwashing
"Letitia James’s lawsuit accuses JBS of deceiving customers about being climate-friendly – and the implications could be far-reaching".
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2024"World Record Temperature Jump In Antarctic Raises Fears Of Catastrophe"
"An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem".
Source: Guardian, 04/08/2024"Electric Cars Pass the Tipping Point to Mass Adoption in 31 Countries"
"Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of transitions underway across four continents."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/08/2024"A Decade After Bunkerville Standoff, Bundy Cattle Roam Free"
"Ten years after the weeklong confrontation, the federal government faces paralysis over how to oversee a desert ecosystem."
Source: E&E News, 04/08/2024"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants"
"The E.P.A. said the fund will spur a clean energy transition in overlooked communities. Republicans called it a “greendoggle.”"
Source: NYTimes, 04/05/2024"Feds Bar New Drilling, Mining In Colorado’s Thompson Divide"
"The Biden administration Wednesday finalized a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling and mining activity on 221,898 acres of federal lands within western Colorado’s pristine Thompson Divide." "The 20-year ban on new drilling will protect a pristine region that local advocates say is renowned for its wildlife and recreation."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024"Biden Cements Civil Service Protections From Trump Firing Spree"
"President Joe Biden has bolstered defenses for the federal workforce to ward off mass firing by a potential second Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024As Climate Changes, Sami Herders Need To Feed Reindeer As Rain Creates Ice
"Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in the Finnmark mountain plateau in Arctic Norway - something he wished he did not have to do."
Source: Reuters, 04/05/20242024 Hurricane Season Forecast: Highest Number Of Hurricanes Ever Predicted
"Buckle up and hunker down: An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely, top forecasters from Colorado State University announced Thursday. In fact, the forecast includes the highest number of hurricanes ever predicted in an April forecast by Colorado State since the team began issuing predictions in 1995."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/05/2024"Mercury Exposure Widespread Among Yanomami Tribe In Amazon, Report Finds"
"Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s top public health institute."
Source: AP, 04/05/2024Lawsuit Challenges $1 Billion Federal Funding To Sustain Diablo Canyon Nuke
"An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the future of Diablo Canyon’s twin reactors."
Source: AP, 04/05/2024"FEMA Stuns Florida With Pricey Hurricane Penalty"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency revoked the discount it gave to 125,000 property owners in Lee County who have FEMA flood insurance after warning local officials about unsafe rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022."
Source: E&E News, 04/05/2024"This California City Is Trading An Old Gas Plant For A Giant Grid Battery"
"For a decade, twin smokestacks loomed against the bright blue skies of Menifee, in Southern California’s Inland Empire. But the old gas combustion plant came down, and on the flat industrial site it left behind an army of batteries is now being assembled."
Source: Canary Media, 04/05/2024
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