"Brazil’s ‘Man Of The Hole’ Dies, And An Amazonian Tribe Is No More"
"The last surviving member of an isolated Amazonian tribe died this month, Brazil’s national Indigenous agency, FUNAI, has announced."
Source: Washington Post, 08/30/2022
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"Pakistan Flooding Deaths Pass 1,000 In 'Climate Catastrophe'"
"Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.”"
Source: AP, 08/29/2022Mayor Urges Residents To Flee Ahead Of Rising River Waters In Mississippi
"A day after warning residents of Jackson, Mississippi, to “get out now,” the mayor of the state’s biggest city is urging them to not take evacuation warnings lightly as record-setting rain threatens to flood streets and creep into homes within the next two days."
Source: CNN, 08/29/2022"EPA Expands PFAS Crackdown With Superfund Proposal"
"EPA today proposed designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the Superfund law. That move would unlock a major tool for regulators seeking to recoup costs from polluters as they progress with cleanup efforts at contaminated sites."
Source: E&E News, 08/29/2022"China’s Record Drought Is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit"
"Dry weather in southwestern China has crippled huge hydroelectric dams, forcing cities to impose rolling blackouts and driving up the country’s use of coal."
"HONG KONG — Car assembly plants and electronics factories in southwestern China have closed for lack of power. Owners of electric cars are waiting overnight at charging stations to recharge their vehicles. Rivers are so low there that ships can no longer carry supplies.
Source: NYTimes, 08/29/2022"Nations Fail To Reach Deal On UN Treaty To Protect Sea Life"
"Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach agreement on a United Nations treaty designed to protect marine life on the high seas, after a fifth round of talks ended in impasse."
Source: AP, 08/29/2022"Democrats Clash Over Manchin Side Deal, Raising Shutdown Risk"
"Liberal lawmakers are pressing Democratic leaders in the House to not include a side deal undercutting environmental reviews worked out with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in a short-term measure funding the government."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2022"Surrounded By Fossil Fuels, They Fear Climate Bill Leaves Them Behind"
"PORT ARTHUR, Tex. — On any given day at the Prince Hall apartment complex, the breeze might carry soot and stink of burning tar. Black smoke might billow overhead as excess gas is burned at one of the refineries directly across the road. The fumes make Ariel Watson’s head ache until she can barely think. Jeremy Roy, 9, closes his windows against air that “stinks like farts.”"
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2022Houston Rail Yard Linked To Highly Toxic Waste Mixed With Creosote
"Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens residents have been fighting for years to get hazardous creosote chemicals cleaned up from the ground and groundwater around their homes. But creosote might not have been the only harmful substance that workers used at the rail yard in the neighborhood, and it might not have been the most dangerous."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/29/2022"Obscure Energy Treaty Threatens Huge State Losses Over Climate Action"
"Italy's multi-million-dollar payout to a UK oil and gas company has sparked renewed calls for the EU to quit a treaty critics say could hinder efforts to phase out fossil fuels".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/29/2022The Last Days Of A Louisiana Tribe’s Struggle To Escape The Rising Sea
"ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES - When she was a girl, Theresa “Betty” Billiot would open the back door to a view of cattle grazing in pastures, cotton fields and wild prairie dotted with duck ponds. Now she opens the same door and sees nothing but the rising sea."
Source: Nola.com, 08/29/2022"California E.V. Mandate Finds a Receptive Auto Industry"
"For years, as California has moved ahead with ambitious clean-air regulations, the state has had to prod the auto industry to go along. Now, in the push to electrify the nation’s car fleet, it is California that is keeping up with automakers."
Source: NYTimes, 08/26/2022"Dangerous Heat Predicted To Hit 3 Times More Often In Future"
"What’s considered officially “dangerous heat” in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study."
Source: AP, 08/26/2022DOI Grants $560 Million In 24 States To Plug 10,000+ Orphaned Wells
"The Department of the Interior on Thursday announced a $560 million grant to 24 states to start plugging up and reclaiming abandoned oil and gas wells."
Source: The Hill, 08/26/2022Earthjustice Is Suing EPA Over Coal Ash Dumps, Which Pollute Groundwater
"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to close a gaping loophole in the agency’s rules regulating the management of coal ash dumps that have leached toxic pollutants into rivers and lakes across the country."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/26/2022
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