"12 Climate Books To Bring With You On Summer Vacation"
"From sports to thrillers to photography, these books make for quick and entertaining reads."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 06/21/2024
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"135 Million Americans Now Sweltering In Unrelenting Heat Wave"
"A scorching heat wave roasting the country and leading up to the summer solstice was expected to intensify in the coming days, potentially breaking records and impacting more than 135 million people, meteorologists warned Wednesday."
Source: USA TODAY, 06/20/2024"Wildfires Blaze Across New Mexico And California, Prompting Evacuations"
"A number of wildfires in New Mexico and California have spawned evacuations, with intense blazes developing quickly and making damage assessments difficult for local officials."
Source: NPR, 06/20/2024"Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report"
"Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday."
Source: AFP, 06/20/2024Enviros Want Florida Freshwater In The Everglades, Not Dumped At Coasts
"Environmental groups want to use engineered wetlands to help replenish the river of grass and address toxic algae. The state’s politically powerful sugar growers say those wetlands are for their own polluted water."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2024Developing Countries Complain Of Access Difficulties At Bonn Climate Talks
"Growing fossil-fueled authoritarianism in Azerbaijan and other COP host nations undermines climate action and human rights, researchers and policy experts report."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2024"Senate Sends Package Bolstering Nuclear Power Sector To Biden’s Desk"
"The Senate on Tuesday passed a package aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power sector, sending it to President Biden’s desk."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2024Hundreds Died Amid Heat During This Year’s Hajj In Saudi Arabia: Officials
"Hundreds of people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Wednesday as people tried to claim their loved ones’ bodies."
Source: AP, 06/20/2024"East Palestine Derailment Chemicals Reached 16 States: Research"
"The chemical plume from the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread air pollutants to at least 16 states, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2024Study Finds 1 In 4 US Residential Yards Exceeds New EPA Lead Soil Limits
"Roughly one in four U.S. households have soil exceeding the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lead screening levels of 200 parts per million (ppm), halved from the previous level of 400 ppm, a new study found. For households with exposure from multiple sources, the EPA lowered the guidance to 100 ppm; nearly 40% of households exceed that level, the study also found."
Source: AGU, 06/20/2024"A Key Court Ruling Could Weaken U.S. Environmental Protections"
"The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether to overturn the Chevron doctrine, a landmark precedent that has stood for 40 years. Scrapping the doctrine could have major impacts on regulation in such areas as pollution, climate change, and endangered species."
Source: YaleE360, 06/20/2024"73 Million People In The US Are Under Heat Alerts. Go Indoors And Hydrate"
"Nearly 73 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even more oppressive."
Source: AP, 06/18/2024"Federal Appellate Panel Sends Michigan Pipeline Challenge To State Court"
"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a petroleum pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled Monday."
Source: AP, 06/18/2024"Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?"
"Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/18/2024Rep. Castor Urges OSHA To Speed Federal Heat Protections For Outdoor Workers
"Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation preventing local governments from requiring heat protections for outdoors workers, Tampa Bay-area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling on the Biden administration to finalize federal workplace protections against heat-related injury and illness."
Source: States Newsroom, 06/18/2024
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