"Republicans Want To Plant A Trillion Trees. Scientists Are Skeptical."
"New research casts doubt on the climate strategy pushed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other GOP leaders".
Source: Washington Post, 08/04/2023
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Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms: New Research
"Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years."
Source: AP, 08/04/2023Former DOJ Environment Chief Described As Co-Conspirator in Indictment
"In criminally charging former president Donald Trump for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss, federal prosecutors allege that Trump enlisted six co-conspirators to “assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.”
Source: Washington Post, 08/03/2023"Climate Change Made July Hotter For Almost Every Human On Earth"
"Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study."
Source: AP, 08/03/20236 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety
"Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties agreed that a legislative response was needed. Yet six months after life was upended in East Palestine, little has changed."
Source: AP, 08/03/2023"NIH Taps Jeanne Marrazzo To Succeed Fauci As Infectious-Disease Chief"
"Jeanne M. Marrazzo, a University of Alabama at Birmingham infectious-disease expert, will succeed Anthony S. Fauci this fall as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, federal officials announced Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 08/03/2023"A Look at How Much Less Antarctic Sea Ice There Is This Year"
"It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice cover typically grows. But this year’s sea ice is way behind, reaching record lows with implications for the planet."
Source: NYTimes, 08/03/2023"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations"
"When the presidents of Amazon nations including Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet at a regional summit next week, they will train their sights on a new breed of criminal just as comfortable chopping down the rainforest as shipping drugs overseas."
Source: Reuters, 08/03/2023"Presidents of Mediterranean States Demand Climate Crisis Action"
"Italy's president and his counterparts in five European countries have demanded urgent moves to tackle the "climate crisis" after scorching heatwaves, wildfires and flooding."
Source: Reuters, 08/03/2023"Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands"
"Wetlands and waterways in national parks, monuments, forests and other federal public lands are newly vulnerable to pollution and development in the wake of the Supreme Court’s May ruling in Sackett v. EPA, natural resources attorneys say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/03/2023California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace
"A light rain fell on the Mojave National Preserve, where firefighters continued their nearly weeklong battle Wednesday against an unusual desert wildfire that has incinerated countless Joshua trees and threatens to forever alter California’s high desert landscape."
Source: LA Times, 08/03/2023"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement"
"Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic."
Source: Grist, 08/03/2023Extreme Heat Cuts Into US Small Business, Worker Hours In July: Report
"Record-breaking heat waves across the U.S. forced small businesses to close early in July, according to a report released on Tuesday, and reduced paid working hours for employees as dangerous temperatures reshape consumer behavior."
Source: Reuters, 08/02/2023"White House To Agencies: Tally Projects’ Financial Damage To Ecosystems"
"Federal agencies would be required to do a full accounting of how their decisions affect ecosystems the public depends on under a draft guidance that the White House will release Tuesday."
Source: E&E News, 08/02/2023"Indonesia Cracks Down on the Scourge of Imported Plastic Waste"
"When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, exporters in wealthy countries targeted other developing nations. Faced with an unending stream of unrecyclable waste, Indonesia has tightened its regulations and has begun to make progress in stemming the plastics flow."
Source: YaleE360, 08/02/2023
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