"America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago"
"America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago."
Source: AP, 05/05/2021
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"Why Won’t This Giant Oil Pipeline Reveal Its Secret Backers?"
"Expansion will stretch hundreds miles and is fiercely opposed by numerous groups – but despite repeated calls the Canadian government has not forced the pipeline reveal its insurers".
Source: Guardian, 05/05/2021Streams And Lakes Have Rights, A County Decided. Now They’re Suing Fla.
"A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local ‘rights of nature’ measure passed in November in effort to protect wetlands".
Source: Guardian, 05/05/2021"Vital Soil Organisms Being Harmed By Pesticides, Study Shows"
"Pesticides are causing widespread damage to the tiny creatures that keep soils healthy and underpin all life on land, according to the first comprehensive review of the issue."
Source: Guardian, 05/05/2021Nuts About Agroforestry: Can Hazelnuts Transform Midwest Farming?"
"Monocultures of corn and soybeans carpet 75% of the U.S. Midwest, leading to soil erosion, water pollution, and massive greenhouse gas emissions. However, a new wave of farmers is breaking the monocrop monotony by growing these annuals between long rows of perennial shrubs like American hazelnuts, which keep soils intact while harboring beneficial bugs and sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere."
Source: Mongabay, 05/05/2021"Bringing Beavers Back To The Beaver State"
"Oregon tribes are reintroducing a species that creates important habitat for First Foods. But the Beaver State's laws don't work in the animal's favor."
Source: Underscore.News, 05/05/2021"EPA Hits Troubled Virgin Islands Oil Refinery With A Violation Notice"
"A giant oil and gas refinery was served with a “notice of violation” by the Environmental Protection Agency following two major accidents that released noxious fumes and a chemical-filled vapor cloud over nearby neighborhoods in the U.S. Virgin Islands."
Source: Washington Post, 05/04/2021"Memphis Pipeline Faces Environmental Justice Reckoning"
"Brad Robinson's eyes roll upward in thought as he counts them out — his mother, father, grandmother, his father-in-law and more. 'All of 'em,' he said. 'Died of cancer, and we never knew why.'"
Source: E&E News, 05/04/2021"Leaked Docs: Gas Industry Secretly Fights Electrification"
"In public, Eversource Energy likes to tout its carbon neutrality goals and its investments in offshore wind. But officials from New England's largest utility struck a different tone during an industry presentation in mid-March. Instead of advocating for lower emissions, company officials outlined a defensive strategy for preserving the use of natural gas for years to come."
Source: E&E News, 05/04/2021"A Growing Summertime Risk for Cities: Power Failures During Heat Waves"
"The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power failures poses a severe threat that major American cities are not prepared for, new research suggests."
Source: NYTimes, 05/04/2021"U.S. Approves Massive Solar Project In California Desert"
"The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes."
Source: Reuters, 05/04/2021"California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection"
"California Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come."
Source: AP, 05/04/2021Environmentalists Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Pipeline Permitting
"A coalition of five environmental groups on Monday sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the corps did not properly analyze environmental impacts when issuing a broad pipeline permit."
Source: The Hill, 05/04/2021"Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?"
"If President Joe Biden gets his way, the federal government will double public transit funding in the coming years. He sees it as an essential part of his proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package: a way to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and meet rider demand."
Source: Pew/Stateline, 05/04/2021"DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion"
"An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/04/2021
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