After 6 Years Texas Town’s Boil-Water Notice Lifted. Residents Worry.
"After being in place for over six years, a boil water notice for the small West Texas town of Toyah has been lifted."
Source: Marfa Public Radio, 08/12/2024
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"Air Pollution Is Bad News for Pollinators Too"
"Along any busy roadway, the remnants of car exhaust hang in the air, among them nitrogen oxides and ozone. These pollutants, which are also released by many industrial facilities and power plants, float through the air for hours to years. Scientists have long known that these chemicals are harmful to human health. But now, a growing body of evidence suggests that these same pollutants also make life harder for insect pollinators and the plants that rely on them."
Source: Sierra, 08/12/2024Bacteria Make Salton Sea Smelly All Year Long, Making People’s Asthma Worse
"Five years ago, Lisa Clark and her husband left her hometown of El Centro for Niland, a small town of 500, in search for more affordable housing. But now they’re paying a hidden cost for living just two miles southeast of the Salton Sea."
Source: LA Times, 08/12/2024"Animal Apocalypse: Deadly Bird Flu Infects Hundreds Of Species Pole-To-Pole"
"The world is currently seeing the fastest-spreading, largest-ever outbreak of H5N1, a highly contagious, deadly strain of avian influenza. Scientists say this virus now presents an existential threat to the world’s biodiversity, with the risk to humans rising as it continues to leap the species barrier, reaching new host species."
Source: Mongabay, 08/12/2024"Can Dirt Clean the Climate?"
"An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 08/12/2024"DC Circuit Scraps Texas LNG Terminal Approvals"
"A pair of liquefied natural gas projects in Texas suffered a major legal setback Tuesday after a federal appeals court tossed out their authorizations."
Source: E&E News, 08/09/2024"Peel Those Apples: Washing Produce Doesn’t Remove Pesticides, Study Finds"
"A new scientific report lends weight to consumer concerns about pesticide residues on food, presenting fresh evidence that washing fruit before eating does not remove various toxic chemicals commonly used in agriculture."
Source: Guardian, 08/09/2024Kids Drink Contaminated Water At Schools, But Lead Testing Isn’t Required
"Despite aging pipes and vulnerable children, schools face no national requirement to test for lead"
Source: Washington Post, 08/09/2024Rising Waters From Storm Debby Put North Carolina Waste Sites at Risk
"Tropical Storm Debby brought intense rainfall and flooding threats to North Carolina on Thursday, highlighting the vulnerability of hog lagoons and wastewater treatment plants."
Source: NYTimes, 08/09/2024"Glacial Dam Outburst Floods Alaska's Capital, Damages Homes"
"More than 100 homes in Alaska's capital Juneau have been damaged by a glacial dam outburst north of the city, an increasingly frequent phenomenon exacerbated by climate change."
Source: Reuters, 08/09/2024‘Massive Disinformation Campaign’ Slowing Global Transition To Green Energy
"Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said."
Source: Guardian, 08/09/2024"Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Literally"
"In hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, extreme rainfalls are overwhelming outdated sewer systems, flooding waterways with untreated sewage."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 08/09/2024"Louisiana Advocates ‘Gobsmacked’ By Decision Halting Massive Grain Terminal"
"Blaming “wealthy plantation owners” and outside “special interest groups,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry decried the abrupt decision late Tuesday to cancel a massive grain elevator proposed for a small predominantly Black community along the Mississippi River fighting to preserve its history and landmarks."
Source: Floodlight, 08/09/2024"More Osprey Reproduction Problems Found Around The Chesapeake Bay"
"Perched on a nest atop a green navigation marker in Maryland’s Harris Creek, the osprey glared, spread its wings and started hopping as a boatload of people drew near."
Source: Bay Journal, 08/09/2024"The Lost History Of What Americans Knew About Climate Change In The 1960s"
"To judge by recent Supreme Court decisions, the world didn’t know much about climate change a half century ago."
Source: Grist, 08/09/2024
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