"Fire for Watersheds"
"To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy."
Source: bioGraphic, 04/29/2024
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Oil, Chemical Lobbyists Flood UN Talks On Cutting Plastic Pollution
"Nearly 200 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists plan to join this week's United Nations negotiations on the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution — a 37% jump from the previous gathering in November, an analysis released on Thursday showed."
Source: Reuters, 04/26/2024"One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu"
"Federal regulators have discovered fragments of bird flu virus in roughly 20 percent of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the Food and Drug Administration said in an online update on Thursday." "There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread."
Source: NYTimes, 04/26/2024"White House Unveils Plan To Accelerate Power Grid Expansion"
"The Department of Energy created a one-stop shop for federal permitting, helping transmission developers avoid the lengthy patchwork of regulatory approvals that has slowed major projects. The program makes the department the lead agency in permitting and finalizes a yearslong, multiadministration effort to coordinate the work of at least nine agencies with a hand in permitting power lines."
Source: E&E News, 04/26/2024"Standards Set To Eliminate Emissions From New Federal Buildings By 2030"
"The Biden administration has finalized standards for federal buildings that will eliminate onsite fossil fuel usage for new projects by the end of the decade, the Energy Department confirmed Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 04/26/2024"In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back"
"By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations."
Source: Hakai, 04/26/2024"Foes Wage Attacks As Biden Rolls Out Power Plant Rules"
"The Biden administration hopes its new rules will withstand an onslaught of legal and political opposition."
Source: E&E News, 04/26/2024Emperor Penguins Suffer Breeding Failures In 2023 Amid Record Low Sea Ice
"Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 04/26/2024"Wind Overtakes Fossil Fuels For UK Electricity Generation"
"Wind farms have been the primary source of electricity in the United Kingdom for the past two consecutive quarters, marking the longest stretch on record that renewable energy has surpassed fossil fuels in U.K. electricity generation."
Source: Reuters, 04/26/2024Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under Community After Fines and Explosion
"Following the death of a grandfather, Crimson Oak Grove Resources has left a community afraid for their homes and lives. An expert warns one resident may need to evacuate her home while she still can."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/26/2024"Chicago, Northern Illinois Will See Billions Of Noise-Making Bugs Soon"
"The cicadas are coming; billions of them." 'The noise is actually kind of deafening. It sounds like 100 chainsaws being used at the same time,' said Jim Louderman, a collections assistant in the Field Museum's Insect Division."
Source: WLS, 04/26/2024Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions
"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP, 04/25/2024"Air Quality In Some Parts Of US Worst In 25 Years, Report Says"
"About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S., in part because of wildfires, a report released on Wednesday found."
Source: Reuters, 04/25/2024EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery
"Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said."
Source: ProPublica, 04/25/2024EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination
"The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/25/2024
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