Looking From Space, Researchers Find Pollution Spiking Near E-Commerce Hubs
"Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide."
Source: NYTimes, 07/25/2024
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"When Kamala Harris Sued Obama Over Fracking"
"A 2016 lawsuit illustrates why some activists believe Harris will be more aggressive on climate than Biden."
Source: HEATED, 07/24/2024"Between Attacks on Electric Cars, Trump Says They’re ‘Incredible’"
"The former president’s comments on E.V.s have shifted since he has grown more friendly with Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla."
Source: NYTimes, 07/24/2024"World Recorded Hottest Day On July 21, Monitor Says"
"Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded, according to preliminary data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which has tracked such global weather patterns since 1940."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2024‘Dark Oxygen’ In Pacific Depths Could Force Rethink About Origins Of Life
"In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries."
Source: AFP, 07/24/2024"Woman Dies On Utah Hike After Running Out Of Water In Extreme Heat"
"A 56-year-old woman died while hiking near a state park in south-western Utah over the weekend after running out of water on a sweltering day, officials said."
Source: AP, 07/24/2024"Like Carbon Dioxide, This Louisiana Task Force’s Work Is Deep Underground"
"A special legislative task force assigned with exploring the impacts of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in Louisiana still hasn’t submitted a report of its findings — five months after it was due. And its chairman and the lawmaker who created the group won’t say why."
Source: Floodlight, 07/24/2024"House Approves Bipartisan Water Projects Bill"
"The House passed a sweeping water infrastructure bill Monday that could help curb flooding, slow coastal erosion and restore struggling ecosystems, in a rare show of bipartisanship as election season heats up."
Source: E&E News, 07/24/2024Pollution Threatens Mediterranean Sea's Health
"More than 87% of the Mediterranean Sea, which extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, Europe and Asia, is polluted with microplastics and other pollutants including toxic metals and industrial chemicals, according to a July 2024 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)."
Source: CNN, 07/24/2024"Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: Scientists Hail Resurgence Of Endangered Bird"
"Sparrows were taken into captivity after numbers dwindled – and this week experts released 1,000th bird back into wild".
Source: Guardian, 07/24/2024"Andean Condor In Rehab Highlights Conservation Challenges"
"An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2024"Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate"
"Vice President Kamala Harris has for years made the environment a top concern, from prosecuting polluters as California’s attorney general to sponsoring the Green New Deal as a senator to casting the tiebreaking vote as vice president for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in United States history."
Source: NYTimes, 07/23/2024"Would Trump Privatize Weather Forecasting? What To Know."
"Project 2025 proposes breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency for the National Weather Service, describing it as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”"
Source: Washington Post, 07/23/2024"Highly Infectious Poliovirus Found In Gaza Sewage Samples"
"The poliovirus has been found in sewage samples from Gaza putting thousands of people living in crowded displaced persons’ camps at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause deformities and paralysis."
Source: Guardian, 07/23/2024"123 House And Senate Republicans Deny Climate Science: Analysis"
"A total of 123 members of the House and Senate deny the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of human activity, according to an analysis from the liberal Center for American Progress."
Source: The Hill, 07/23/2024
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