"In Millions of Homes, High Fluoride in Tap Water May Be a Concern"
"In communities across the U.S., water contains levels of fluoride some experts say could be harm developing brains."
Source: Undark, 05/09/2024
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TVA Ignores Warnings In Moving Forward With New Natural Gas Plant
"The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law."
Source: AP, 05/09/2024Mangroves, Expanding With Warming Climate, Are Re-Shaping The Texas Coast
"The tropical shrubs have been spreading north and growing more abundantly as climate change makes temperatures warmer. Scientists are unravelling what that means for coastal habitats."
Source: Texas Tribune, 05/09/2024"Scores Of Starving Brown Pelicans Found On Southern California Beaches"
"Scores of emaciated brown pelicans, too weak to fly, have been found on Southern California beaches in the last month and taken to an Orange County rescue center, according to its director."
Source: LA Times, 05/09/2024"The Surging Demand For Data Is Guzzling Virginia’s Water"
"In recent years, these data centers have been rapidly expanding in the United States. But the gargantuan facilities do more than keep cloud servers running — they also guzzle absurd amounts of water to run cooling systems that protect their components from overheating."
Source: Grist, 05/09/2024"Birdwatch: The Invincible Swift, Effortless Master Of The Air"
"May Day dawns cold and breezy, with sullen grey clouds promising rain. Hope seems very far away. But then, a distant dark streak scythes through the skies over the Avalon Marshes, stiff-winged, direct and determined. A single swift, my first of the year."
Source: Guardian, 05/09/2024From Brazil And Houston To Asia, Extreme Weather Seems Nearly Everywhere
"In a world growing increasingly accustomed to wild weather swings, the last few days and weeks have seemingly taken those environmental extremes to a new level. Some climate scientists say they are hard pressed to remember when so much of the world has had its weather on overdrive at the same time."
Source: AP, 05/08/2024US Financial System Helps Shelter Profits From Environmental Organized Crime
"Environmental organized crime is a massive global enterprise, bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars each year — and the U.S. financial system appears to be helping conceal its profits."
Source: The Hill, 05/08/2024"Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers"
"The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It’s not clear how quickly other companies will fill the gap."
Source: NYTimes, 05/08/2024"Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity"
"They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly."
Source: NYTimes, 05/08/2024"U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research"
"The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a pandemic."
Source: NYTimes, 05/08/2024Renewables Make Up The Lion’s Share Of New Electric Generation EIA Finds
"Rising US demand for electricity is being met almost entirely by renewables, a new federal report has found. The new numbers from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggest that the U.S. isn’t moving fast enough to reach the Biden administration’s climate targets."
Source: The Hill, 05/08/2024"Nuclear Waste At Center Of Testy Nevada Senate Race"
"Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown is under fire from Democrats for 2022 remarks in which he expressed support for plans to store federal nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain."
Source: The Hill, 05/08/2024Scientists Are Learning The Basic Building Blocks Of Sperm Whale Language
"Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them."
Source: AP, 05/08/2024"After 13 Years, No End in Sight for Caribbean Sargassum Invasion"
"The growing invasion of sargassum in the Caribbean has impacted the quality of life of the islands' residents. But local governments have failed to coordinate an international response to problem."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2024
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