Phillips 66 Refinery Closure A Welcome Surprise To Activists
"For more than a century, the sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery complex has dominated a vast tract of southern Los Angeles County."
Source: LA Times, 10/18/2024
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"The World’s Carbon Sinks Are on Fire"
"Carbon emissions from forest fires increased more than 60 percent globally over the past two decades, according to a new study."
Source: NYTimes, 10/18/2024Dominion Energy Plan for Gas Raises Ire of Virginia Environmentalists
"The state’s monopoly utility outlined its plans to keep investing in natural gas through 2039, despite also building large volumes of clean energy and battery storage."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/18/2024"Canada Court Orders New Hearing In Youth-Led Climate Suit"
"The court of appeal in Canada's most populous province ordered a new hearing on Thursday in a youth-led lawsuit claiming Ontario's climate plan violates young people's rights."
Source: Reuters, 10/18/2024"Global Coral Bleaching Event Expands, Now The Largest On Record"
"The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told Reuters this week."
Source: Reuters, 10/18/2024Supreme Court Allows Rule Limiting Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out."
Source: AP, 10/17/2024"Supreme Court Leans Toward San Francisco in EPA Water Battle"
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared prepared to force EPA to get more specific on how much pollution can be discharged into the nation’s waters — although at least one member of the conservative majority seemed open to allowing the agency to issue generic requirements under specific circumstances."
Source: E&E News, 10/17/2024Pressure Grows For Countries To Deliver On Promised Biodiversity Targets
"Two years after reaching a historic biodiversity agreement, countries will gather next week to determine whether they are making progress on efforts to save Earth’s plant and animal life."
Source: AP, 10/17/2024San Diego County Residents Sue Over Alleged Sewage Treatment Plant Failures
"Residents of Imperial Beach in southern San Diego County filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the operators of an international wastewater treatment plant — alleging that the site has failed to contain a cross-border crisis that has long contaminated their community."
Source: The Hill, 10/17/2024"Nuclear Power Could Solve US Electricity Needs. But At What Cost?"
"As Three Mile Island and a Michigan reactor aim to restart, critics question whether the cost of nuclear power makes sense."
Source: Floodlight, 10/17/2024"What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?"
"Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. Our contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat."
Source: YaleE360, 10/17/2024"Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show"
"The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those countries are increasingly facing a water shortage. That’s the conclusion of three independent studies published this week.'
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2024Report Condemns Increasing Violence Against Environmental Activists
"Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo was watching television in his living room in May when a group of motorcyclists pulled up outside the gates of his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the riders fired nine bullets into the house."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/17/2024"These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic."
"Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been detected in the breath of dolphins."
Source: NYTimes, 10/17/2024"Brazil's Kalunga People At Frontline Of Nation's Climate Fight"
"The Kalunga people have mastered wildfires in the Cerrado for generations. Now they fight blazes from the Amazon to the Pantanal"
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/17/2024
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