"Are Plants Intelligent? If So, What Does That Mean for Your Salad?"
"A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives."
Source: NYTimes, 06/17/2024
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"Azerbaijan Accused Of Media Crackdown Before Hosting Cop29"
"State reportedly arrested at least 25 journalists and activists in last year as it prepares for September climate summit".
Source: Guardian, 06/14/2024Storm-Battered Florida Braces For A Fourth Day Of Floods After Downpours
"Heavy rainfall that’s caused unrelenting flooding in South Florida since Tuesday will continue for a fourth consecutive day after turning roads into canals and forcing some residents to stand on the roofs of their cars or trudge through waist-deep waters."
Source: CNN, 06/14/2024"How Biden Beat The Clock On Big Environmental Regs"
"President Joe Biden’s regulators recently finalized a flood of major energy and environmental rules in hopes that they’ll stick even if Donald Trump returns to the White House."
Source: E&E News, 06/14/2024"California Heat Protections At Risk From Push To Exclude Prisons"
"A proposal to exclude prisons from California's long-awaited rules to protect indoor workers from extreme heat threatens to delay implementation until well into the summer or kill off the safeguards altogether, labour rights advocates say."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/14/2024Makah Tribe Wins U.S. Waiver To Resume Hunting Pacific Gray Whales
"After a decades-long struggle, a Native American tribe won the right to resume its hunting traditions off Washington state's coast when federal regulators granted a waiver on Thursday allowing the Makah people to hunt up to 25 gray whales over a decade."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2024"Climate Change Funding Talks Stuck Ahead Of COP29 Summit"
"With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2024"Senate Confirms Nominees To Energy Panel"
"The Senate has confirmed three nominees to a bipartisan energy regulatory board."
Source: The Hill, 06/14/2024"EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints"
"HONOLULU — A community-led group formed to provide public oversight of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility will be shut down after the committee refused to cede control of the meetings to the military."
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 06/14/2024Cooler, Hurricane-Boosting La Niña To Replace El Niño
"The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It’s cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said."
Source: AP, 06/14/2024Hawaii's Birds Are Going Extinct. Last Hope Could Be Millions Of Mosquitoes
"Every week at the Maui airport, a small helicopter gets loaded with 250,000 passengers. They're male mosquitoes, key players in a strategy that could be the last, best hope for Hawaii's endangered birds."
Source: NPR, 06/14/2024After Rare Flash Flood Emergency, Florida Prepares For More Heavy Rainfall
"A tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared to weather more heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday."
Source: AP, 06/13/2024Biofuel Refineries Are Releasing Toxic Air Pollutants in US Farm Communities
"The ethanol industry has billed itself as a green alternative to oil and gas, but new research finds biofuel refineries are releasing toxic chemicals in farm communities across the nation."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2024"Saudi Arabia: Hajj 2024 Dominated By Rising Temperatures"
"Saudi officials warn of sweltering heat for this year's Islamic pilgrimage. Observers highlight that mitigating measures are not enough as regional long-term policy changes are needed."
Source: DW, 06/13/2024Climate-Driven Summer Heat Is Already Impacting Outdoor Recreation
"It’s a 90-degree spring day in Moab, Utah, and dozens of people have the same idea: Escape the heat and blistering sunshine by hiking the Mill Creek waterfall trail. The short hike is decently shaded, with opportunities to dip hot feet in the creek—and swim in a small waterfall at the trail’s end. But even this oasis can be dangerous when it comes to extreme heat."
Source: Sierra, 06/13/2024
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