"Battle Brewing Over Proposed US Laws To Protect Pesticide Companies"
"Even as juries decide against a herbicide maker, proposed industry-backed measures would limit lawsuits and local use restrictions".
Source: Guardian, 11/06/2023
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"First US Rule for Tire Chemical Part of Broader EPA Effort"
"Companies that make or import a chemical commonly used to make tires will have to submit unpublished health and safety studies under a rule the EPA expects to finalize by the end of next year."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/06/2023Cover Crops Help The Climate And Environment, But Most Farmers Say No
"Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021."
Source: AP, 11/06/2023Planned Deer Slaughter On Catalina Island Sparks Protest Among Residents
"News had barely broken of plans to eradicate thousands of nonnative mule deer on Santa Catalina Island before conservation biologist Lauren Dennhardt found herself the target of enraged Avalon residents."
Source: LA Times, 11/06/2023"A Climate Change Success Story? Look at Hoboken."
"This flood-prone city on the Hudson River has bundled water-absorbing infrastructure into benefits residents asked for, like parks and safer streets."
Source: NYTimes, 11/06/2023"How Microsoft Is Making A Mess Of The News After Replacing Staff With AI"
"False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.” These false and bizarre stories aren’t showing up on some far-flung corner of the internet — they’re being published by Microsoft."
Source: CNN, 11/06/2023Californians Bet Farming Agave For Spirits Holds Key To Weathering Drought
"Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property is now dotted with thousands of what he and others hope is a promising new crop for the state following years of punishing drought and a push to scale back on groundwater pumping."
Source: AP, 11/06/2023"Court Tosses EPA Ban On Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids"
"A federal appeals court on Thursday is tossing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ban on a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children."
Source: The Hill, 11/03/2023"Access Denied: Trying To Get Into Canada’s ‘Premier’ Pro-Coal Gathering"
"I was feeling hopeful when I made my way to the Coal Association of Canada’s conference registration desk at the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver last week. The association had denied my media request to attend the conference but didn’t share their decision-making process or reasoning. I thought an in-person conversation would help clarify any concerns and hoped it was an oversight."
Source: The Narwhal, 11/03/2023"UN Sounds Warning On Climate Change Health Threat"
"Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy."
Source: AFP, 11/03/2023"Action To Protect Against Climate Crisis ‘Woefully Inadequate’, UN Warns"
"The UN Environment Programme (Unep) report estimated that between $215bn and $387bn a year is needed for climate adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries alone this decade. However, funding fell by 15% – to just $21bn – in 2021, the report said."
Source: Guardian, 11/03/2023Poisoned For Decades By A Peruvian Mine, Communities Feel Forgotten
"The open-cast crater seems ready to swallow the city whole. Mud-brick houses with corrugated iron roofs teeter on the edge of the massive Raúl Rojas mining pit, now lined with razor wire, which stretches nearly 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across and is 300 meters, or more than a quarter of a mile, deep. This is the center of Cerro de Pasco, a city in central Peru, sitting at an elevation of more than 4,300 m (14,100 feet) above sea level."
Source: Mongabay, 11/03/2023"A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short"
"America’s stewardship of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places oversight is all but nonexistent, a New York Times analysis has found."
Source: NYTimes, 11/03/2023"How One Solar Company Is Succeeding In Coal Country"
"Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works and building a coalition to support it have been key."
Source: Grist, 11/03/2023Coal Ash: "Alabama In Billion-Dollar Showdown With EPA"
"It’s a billion-dollar decision. Probably many billions. And people all around Alabama are waiting anxiously for the feds to decide what happens next. Can Alabama leave its 100 million tons of coal ash where the utilities dumped it, in unlined ditches along the rivers across the state?"
Source: Birmingham News, 11/03/2023
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