"DC Circuit Scraps Texas LNG Terminal Approvals"
"A pair of liquefied natural gas projects in Texas suffered a major legal setback Tuesday after a federal appeals court tossed out their authorizations."
Source: E&E News, 08/09/2024
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"Peel Those Apples: Washing Produce Doesn’t Remove Pesticides, Study Finds"
"A new scientific report lends weight to consumer concerns about pesticide residues on food, presenting fresh evidence that washing fruit before eating does not remove various toxic chemicals commonly used in agriculture."
Source: Guardian, 08/09/2024Kids Drink Contaminated Water At Schools, But Lead Testing Isn’t Required
"Despite aging pipes and vulnerable children, schools face no national requirement to test for lead"
Source: Washington Post, 08/09/2024Rising Waters From Storm Debby Put North Carolina Waste Sites at Risk
"Tropical Storm Debby brought intense rainfall and flooding threats to North Carolina on Thursday, highlighting the vulnerability of hog lagoons and wastewater treatment plants."
Source: NYTimes, 08/09/2024"Glacial Dam Outburst Floods Alaska's Capital, Damages Homes"
"More than 100 homes in Alaska's capital Juneau have been damaged by a glacial dam outburst north of the city, an increasingly frequent phenomenon exacerbated by climate change."
Source: Reuters, 08/09/2024‘Massive Disinformation Campaign’ Slowing Global Transition To Green Energy
"Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said."
Source: Guardian, 08/09/2024"Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Literally"
"In hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, extreme rainfalls are overwhelming outdated sewer systems, flooding waterways with untreated sewage."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 08/09/2024"Louisiana Advocates ‘Gobsmacked’ By Decision Halting Massive Grain Terminal"
"Blaming “wealthy plantation owners” and outside “special interest groups,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry decried the abrupt decision late Tuesday to cancel a massive grain elevator proposed for a small predominantly Black community along the Mississippi River fighting to preserve its history and landmarks."
Source: Floodlight, 08/09/2024"More Osprey Reproduction Problems Found Around The Chesapeake Bay"
"Perched on a nest atop a green navigation marker in Maryland’s Harris Creek, the osprey glared, spread its wings and started hopping as a boatload of people drew near."
Source: Bay Journal, 08/09/2024"The Lost History Of What Americans Knew About Climate Change In The 1960s"
"To judge by recent Supreme Court decisions, the world didn’t know much about climate change a half century ago."
Source: Grist, 08/09/2024ATSDR: "How A US Health Agency Became A Shield For Polluters"
"Companies and others responsible for some of America's most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency’s faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found."
Source: Reuters, 08/08/2024Death Toll For Birds Hitting Buildings May Be Over 1 Billion A Year In US
"Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window, research has found, pushing up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in the US."
Source: Guardian, 08/08/2024Hottest Ocean Temps In 400 Years Threaten Great Barrier Reef: Researchers
"Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are now the hottest in at least 400 years and are an “existential threat” to the planet’s unique natural wonder, according to new scientific research."
Source: Guardian, 08/08/2024Illinois Trees, Plants Damaged By Renewed Use Of Weedkillers On Farms
"Patsy Hirsch and her husband moved to an Elgin subdivision nearly three decades ago, drawn by a backyard thicket of oak, hickory and cherry trees so dense the canopy blotted out the sun."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/08/2024"Avocado Goldrush Links US Companies With Mexico’s Deforestation Disaster"
"On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico’s Michoacan state."
Source: Reuters, 08/08/2024
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