"Nation's First Hydrogen-Powered Ferry Launches In Bellingham"
"A hydrogen-powered ferry, the first of its kind in the United States, has launched in Bellingham."
Source: KUOW, 08/26/2021
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"House Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan for Vast Expansion of Safety Net"
"A divided House on Tuesday approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would pave the way for a vast expansion of social safety net and climate programs, as Democrats overcame sharp internal rifts to advance a critical piece of President Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda."
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2021"Why 3.6M Pounds Of Nuclear Waste Is Buried On A Popular California Beach"
"The San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down years ago – but residents and experts worry what will happen with the waste left behind".
Source: Guardian, 08/25/2021"EPA Rebuffed Warnings Its Auto Emissions Plan Was Too Weak"
"White House and other administration officials told the Environmental Protection Agency that its industry-backed plan for tightening auto emissions limits was too lax, but the agency rebuffed those warnings and released the proposal with provisions that could lessen its bite."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/25/2021"DOE Urged to Weigh Environmental Inequity From U.S. Ethane Boom"
"Efforts to expand production and exports of ethane—a natural gas byproduct used to make plastics—were criticized by groups that told the Department of Energy Tuesday that any job gains wouldn’t benefit regions bearing the brunt of environmental damage."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/25/2021"Agriculture Officials Really Want Those Spotted Lanternflies Gone"
"Heads up: There's an unwelcome visitor in Pennsylvania and officials are urging residents to take caution. The spotted lanternfly has been moving in and threatening agriculture and trees, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture."
Source: NPR, 08/25/2021"Global Electric Power Demand Returns To Pre-Pandemic Levels"
"Carbon dioxide emissions from the global electric power sector rebounded in the first half of 2021 to above pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis, signaling that the world has failed to engineer a “green recovery” and shift decisively away from fossil fuels."
Source: Washington Post, 08/25/2021"Biden Aims To Remove All Lead Pipes. Will EPA Follow Suit?"
"President Biden has made a push to remove the nation’s lead pipelines a cornerstone of his infrastructure agenda, but a requirement to make that happen is noticeably MIA in EPA’s current rule. Advocates hope that changes."
Source: E&E News, 08/25/2021"These Maps Tell the Story of Two Americas: One Parched, One Soaked"
"The country, like most of the world, is becoming both drier and wetter in the era of climate change. It depends where you live."
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2021"Recommendations Target US Oil, Gas Leasing Across The West"
"An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to ensure the protection of cultural resources, saying for far too long tribal expertise has been ignored to the detriment of sacred landscapes."
Source: AP, 08/25/2021"On the Move With Mongolia’s Nomadic Reindeer Herders"
"A morning mist filled the valley near Hatgal, a small village at the southern tip of Lake Khovsgol in north central Mongolia. Glancing at the figures between the fragrant pines and larches, I could hardly distinguish the silhouettes of the reindeer from those of their herders."
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2021Formaldehyde Causes Leukemia: EPA Assessment Suppressed Under Trump
"Although the formaldehyde assessment has grave implications for public health, Trump administration officials refused to allow the EPA to release it."
Source: The Intercept, 08/24/2021Texas Allocates Funds For Reducing Air Emissions to Widening Highways
"Environmental activists applaud funding increases but wonder why some money is going for road expansion. And why, they ask, is there no focus on environmental justice?"
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/24/2021Carbon From UK’s 'Blue' Hydrogen Bid Still To Equal 1M Petrol Cars
"Opting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050, according to an analysis of government data."
Source: Guardian, 08/24/2021"Environmental Groups Sue Over Post-Wildfire Roadside Logging Plans"
"Conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over its plans to log along hundreds of roads in the Willamette National Forest that burned in last year’s wildfires."
Source: OPB, 08/24/2021
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