"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections"
"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central, 09/03/2024
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Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Park Fire Destruction
"California’s latest historic wildfire serves as a stark reminder of the regenerative promise of Indigenous cultural burning, practitioners say."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2024Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land
"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."
Source: AP, 09/03/2024Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say
"Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posting a quiet but growing threat."
Source: NYTimes, 09/03/2024"Too Hot For Trout: Why Some Fly Fishers Are Rethinking Their Approach
"In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves around it, she says, standing in the shade of tall pines on the banks of the Blackfoot River."
Source: NPR, 09/03/2024"Former Nevada Official Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of Reporter"
"A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury on Wednesday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years."
Source: Reuters, 08/30/2024"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2024EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content
"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"
Source: ProPublica, 08/30/2024"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor"
"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."
Source: E&E News, 08/30/2024Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees.
"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords."
"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power
"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/30/2024"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development"
"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 08/30/2024Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill
"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."
Source: AP, 08/30/2024"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks"
"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."
Source: Washington Post, 08/30/2024
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