"Chart: Almost All New US Power Plants Are Carbon-Free"
"The U.S. is pretty much only building clean energy these days, and mostly solar and batteries. That’s good news — but the pace still needs to pick up."
Source: Canary Media, 08/26/2024
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Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Pollutes
"The son of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was hailed as a hero five years ago when his family’s company purchased a troubled coke plant in North Birmingham that had polluted three historically Black neighborhoods. Now, a judge says the Justices’ Bluestone Coke is on a “superhighway to contempt.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/26/2024Houston’s Plastic Waste Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling
"When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a gate displaying a “no trespassing” sign."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/26/2024Biden Promised To Clean Up EJ Communities. Here's How Advocates Say He Did
"After World War II, Black people in Houston found the rare chance to buy a nice home in the new community of Pleasantville, Texas. But in the years that followed, officials routed the Interstate 610 loop with its tailpipe exhaust along one side of Pleasantville and cement plants and other heavy industry grew nearby."
Source: AP, 08/26/2024Scientists Seek To Make Your Hamburger Less Bad For The Planet
"Researchers in California are working to genetically engineer the cow microbiome -- and in the process, eliminate methane emissions."
Source: Washington Post, 08/26/2024Judge Rules EPA Must Publish More Information About Chemicals Under Review
"A Washington, D.C., judge ruled this week that the Environmental Protection Agency must disclose more information than it currently does about chemicals pending review under the Toxic Substances Control Act."
Source: The Hill, 08/23/2024"EPA Determines Formaldehyde Causes Cancer, In Step Toward Regulation"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that breathing in formaldehyde, a chemical that’s used in building materials and hair straighteners, can cause cancer."
Source: The Hill, 08/23/2024"New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions"
"Last year was already one for the climate record books, but a new report from the American Meteorological Society is adding to that already substantial list."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/23/2024Counting All the Fish in the Sea Even Trickier Than Scientists Thought
"A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic."
Source: NYTimes, 08/23/2024"Some of Arizona’s Most Valuable Water Could Soon Hit the Market"
"A small tribal community along the Colorado River could become a major player in the state’s water supply."
Source: Circle of Blue, 08/23/2024Apache Group Carrying Petition to Supreme Court to Stop Mine on Sacred Land
"The prayer journey will pass through other tribal communities threatened by resource extraction while trying to stop a mine that claims it could satisfy a quarter of the U.S. demand for copper."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/23/2024Map: "Where Mosquito Season Is Getting Longer"
"As global temperatures rise due to climate change, mosquito season has lengthened across much of the contiguous United States, a development that scientists warn could heighten the risk of outbreaks of diseases such as dengue and malaria, and the spread of West Nile and Zika viruses."
Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2024"DeSantis’s Plan To Bring Golf To Protected Florida Parks Faces Pushback"
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration wants to build hotels, golf courses, pickleball courts and other “amenities” at state parks prized for their pristine habitats — a plan that has sparked outrage and concern across the aisle."
Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2024"Road Salt May Hurt Vital Link In Freshwater Food Chain, Study Says"
"De-icing road salts — even those marketed as environmentally friendly — may harm important freshwater plankton, a new analysis indicates. The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, suggests that some species of zooplankton — a critical food source for freshwater fish — don’t adapt to pollution from road salts from generation to generation."
Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2024"Sea Lions Take Over California Beach"
"Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, prompting local officials to close the area to people."
Source: Reuters, 08/23/2024
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