Avocados, Vanilla Among Dozens Of Wild Crop Relatives Facing Extinction
"Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security".
Source: Guardian, 09/08/2021
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"Biden To Visit NY, NJ To View Hurricane Ida's Destruction"
"President Joe Biden will visit New York and New Jersey on Tuesday to view the destruction wrought by last week's Hurricane Ida, which has left at least 57 dead and four missing in the eastern United States."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2021"U.S. Probing Nearly 350 Reports Of Oil Spills In Wake Of Hurricane Ida"
"The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2021Over 230 Medical Journals: Climate Crisis Is "Greatest" Health Threat
"Global warming is affecting people's health — and world leaders need to address the climate crisis now as it can't wait until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, editors of over 230 medical journals warned Sunday evening."
Source: Axios, 09/07/2021"Ida Reveals Two Louisianas: One With Storm Walls, Another Without"
"A massive flood protection system built around New Orleans helped save it from flooding during Hurricane Ida. Surrounding communities, which weren’t so lucky, want their own system."
Source: NYTimes, 09/07/2021Baltimore Recycles Only a Tiny Fraction of its Residential Plastic
"A new report ranked Baltimore last among five cities studied for recycling rates. But the problem lies with plastic itself: Most of it never gets recycled."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/07/2021"Prized Trout Streams Shrink As Heat, Drought Grip US West"
"The North Platte River in southern Wyoming has been so low in places lately that a toddler could easily wade across and thick mats of olive-green algae grow in the lazy current."
Source: AP, 09/07/2021"Industry Group Backs Global Carbon Price For Large Ships"
"A major maritime industry association on Monday backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector’s shift toward climate-friendly fuels."
Source: AP, 09/07/20217,000 California Preterm Births Linked To Wildfire Smoke Risks: Study
"Fire season has become a hard-to-breathe reality in much of the western United States. But the blazes may affect more than air quality or even human lungs. A recent study attributes as many as 7,000 preterm births in California to wildfire smoke exposure."
Source: Washington Post, 09/07/2021More Global Aid Goes To Fossil Fuel Projects Than Tackling Dirty Air: Study
"Governments around the world gave 20% more in overseas aid funding to fossil fuel projects in 2019 and 2020 than to programmes to cut the air pollution they cause."
Source: Guardian, 09/07/2021Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
"Cryptocurrencies have emerged as one of the most captivating, yet head-scratching, investments in the world. They soar in value. They crash. ... And in the process of simply existing, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity."
Source: NYTimes, 09/07/2021Will A Summer of Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good
"A $3.5 trillion budget bill is faltering in the Senate, and in America at large, well, as one expert put it: “It’s really hard to get people to change their way of life.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/06/2021"Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida"
"The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida."
Source: AP, 09/06/2021"Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida"
"Behind a playground littered with downed tree branches, Shell’s refinery in Norco, Louisiana spewed black smoke from its stacks. The smell of rotten eggs, the signature scent of sulphur emissions, lingered in the air. In an effort to burn off toxic chemicals before and after Hurricane Ida, many industrial facilities sent the gases through smoke stacks topped with flares."
Source: Guardian, 09/06/2021Kerry Urges China To Cut Emissions; China Seeks Easing Of Solar Sanctions
"U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry said Friday he hopes Beijing will agree to cut carbon emissions faster to address the climate crisis, as he wrapped up talks in which Chinese officials pressed for American concessions in other areas that have strained relations."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2021
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