"Tree Rings Show That Last Northern Summer Was The Warmest Since Year 1"
"The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found."
Source: AP, 05/15/2024
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Radioactive Waste Around The Bay Area Triggers New Testing At Parks
"Beyond a chain-link fence topped with spiraled barbed wire, swaying coastal grasses conceal a cache of buried radioactive waste and toxic pesticides from a bygone chemical plant."
Source: LA Times, 05/15/2024
Whistleblower Raps Mistakes In EPA Use Of Sensor Plane At Ohio Derailment
"The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year."
Source: AP, 05/15/2024
"Zombie Coal Plants Could Threaten The US Energy Transition"
"Maryland’s Brandon Shores can’t close down — even though its owners want it to. The coal plant is a poster child for how poor grid planning stalls climate progress."
Source: Canary Media, 05/15/2024
"Republican States Sue EPA, California Over EV Truck Mandate"
"A coalition of Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday announced two lawsuits against the Biden administration and the state of California challenging emissions rules for trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles."
Source: The Hill, 05/15/2024
"Persistent Brazil Floods Raise Specter Of Climate Migration"
"Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground."
Source: Reuters, 05/15/2024
"Democrats Probe Trump’s Request For Campaign Cash From Big Oil"
"House Democrats are probing President Trump’s request for $1 billion in campaign cash from major oil companies."
Source: The Hill, 05/15/2024
"Biden Ratchets Up Tariffs On Chinese EVs, Solar, Batteries"
"The Biden administration moved Tuesday to block China’s access to the American market for clean energy technology by doubling duties on solar cells and effectively quadrupling the price of electric vehicles from China."
Source: E&E News, 05/15/2024
"Trump Pledges To Scrap Offshore Wind Projects On ‘Day One’ Of Presidency"
"Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects “on day one” of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a series of promises to undo key aspects of the transition to cleaner energy."
Source: Guardian, 05/15/2024
"Orcas Sink Sailing Yacht In Strait Of Gibraltar"
"An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain's maritime rescue service said on Monday, a new attack in what has become a trend in the past four years."
Source: Reuters, 05/14/2024
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