American Climate Corps Will Get People Into Green Jobs, Boost Mental Health
"Most young people aren’t sure how to take action. Biden’s program could provide much-needed structure."
Source: Grist, 05/20/2024
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"BLM Proposals Would End Coal Leasing In Powder River Basin"
"The Interior Department issued plans Thursday to throttle future coal mining in the nation’s largest coal-producing region." "The Bureau of Land Management proposal would end new federal coal leases in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, which dominates U.S. coal production."
Source: E&E News, 05/17/2024"Extreme Summer Weather Risks Outages In Some US Regions"
"The nation’s electric grid monitor warned Tuesday that areas of New England, the Upper Midwest and the Southwest face potential energy emergencies if severe heat waves strike this summer, including risks of rolling outages."
Source: E&E News, 05/17/2024Coral Bleaching Near Record Globally Because Of Ocean Heat: Experts
"Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off."
Source: AP, 05/17/2024"Western Canada Is On Fire — Again"
"It’s a grim — and familiar — start to wildfire season in Western Canada as tinder-dry forests go up in flames."
Source: The Narwhal, 05/17/2024Cancer-Causing Benzene Cut In Half At US Refineries In 2023: Report
"The number of U.S. oil refineries exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action level for benzene in 2023 was cut in half compared to 2020, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project."
Source: EHN, 05/17/2024"$20 Billion: The Delta Tunnel’s New Price Tag"
"California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion."
Source: CalMatters, 05/17/2024"US to Start $3.4 Billion Buy-Up of Domestic Nuclear Reactor Fuel"
"The US will ask suppliers next month to bid on contracts for as much as $3.4 billion of domestically produced nuclear reactor fuel, according to a government notice."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/17/2024"Fatal Heat Waves Are Testing India's Ability To Protect 1.4 Billion People"
"In scorching heat on a busy Kolkata street last month, commuters sought refuge inside a glass-walled bus shelter where two air conditioners churned around stifling air. Those inside were visibly sweating, dabbing at their foreheads in sauna-like temperatures that were scarcely cooler than out in the open."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/17/2024Newsom Calls Trump Bid For $1 Billion From Oil Industry ‘Open Corruption’
"California Governor Gavin Newsom called former President Donald Trump's request for $1 billion from the oil industry to support his reelection campaign "open corruption." Newsom, a Democrat, made the accusation in a speech Thursday at the Vatican Climate Summit, where he addressed other governors, mayors and civic and faith leaders from around the world."
Source: Courthouse News, 05/17/2024Swallow, Swift And House Martin Populations Have Nearly Halved: UK Survey
"Swallows, swifts and house martins were once a common sight over UK towns and cities, dextrously catching insects on the wing. But these spring and summer visitors are becoming increasingly rare, according to the definitive survey of the country’s birds."
Source: Guardian, 05/17/2024Fire Threat Eases Near Canada’s Oil Sands Hub, But Long, Hot Summer Looms
"The threat from a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier."
Source: AP, 05/16/2024Barge Hits Galveston Bridge, Causing Partial Collapse And Oil Spill
"A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into waters near busy shipping channels and closing the only road to a small neighboring island. No injuries were reported."
Source: AP, 05/16/2024"Don’t Fall For “Climate-Friendly” Beef"
"U.S. meat behemoth Tyson Foods claims “Brazen Beef” is better for the environment than regular beef because it emits 10 percent less greenhouse gas. It is also the first beef to be certified “climate-friendly” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
Source: HEATED, 05/16/2024"New Mexico Loophole May Allow Record Methane Releases"
"In the first two months of the year, the pipeline company Targa Northern Delaware vented more climate-damaging natural gas from its operations in New Mexico than all other oil and gas producers in the state combined — 250% more, an amount equivalent to the carbon footprint of nearly 26,000 gasoline-powered cars driven for a year."
Source: Capital & Main, 05/16/2024
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