"Inside America’s Billion-Dollar Quest To Squeeze More Trees Into Cities"
"Gaby Elliott drives down the street scanning front yards for an elusive commodity: space for a tree to grow."
Source: Washington Post, 07/09/2024
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Failed Minnesota Dam One of Nearly 200 Across Midwest in ‘Poor’ Condition
"Especially in the Midwest, climate change presents a growing threat to the nation’s nearly 92,000 dams, many more than 100 years old, as heavy rainfall, flooding and other forms of extreme weather become more common and severe."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/08/2024"Advocates Decry Attempt To Halt New Silica Rule Meant To Protect Miners"
"A single line included in the proposed annual appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Labor and other agencies could — if adopted by congress later this year — halt the implementation of a newly finalized rule limiting the amount of silica dust miners are exposed to while working underground."
Source: West Virginia Watch, 07/08/2024"Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty"
"Allegations of possible payments to help secure votes. Claims of abuse of agency funds by top diplomats. A possible job offer to entice a candidate to withdraw from a race. These are not the shenanigans of a corrupt election in an unstable country. Rather, they are efforts in the seemingly genteel parlors of a United Nations-affiliated agency, meant to sway decisions related to the start of seabed mining of the metals used in electric vehicles."
Source: NYTimes, 07/08/2024GM Fined $146 Million Because 5.9 Million Older Vehicles Emit Excess CO2
"General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards."
Source: AP, 07/08/2024US Prisons Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days: Study
"Incarcerated people in southern states had the greatest exposure to extreme temperatures, yet do not have access to universal air conditioning, researchers found."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/08/2024"Gaining Ground on the East Coast’s Intracoastal Waterway"
"Scientists hope a sediment-laying strategy can help preserve the marine highway while restoring marshlands."
Source: Undark, 07/08/2024Outrage After Biden NPS Reinstates ‘Barbaric’ Trump-Era Hunting Rules
"The Biden administration has reinstated controversial Trump-era rules allowing what critics say are “barbaric” hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska.
Source: Guardian, 07/08/2024"Albuquerque Made Itself Drought-Proof. Then Its Dam Started Leaking."
"Cities across the West rely on fragile water sources — and aging infrastructure."
Source: Grist, 07/08/2024"The Owls Who Came From Away"
"Over the past 80 years, one of the most resilient and hearty owls has practically engulfed a continent. Not everyone is pleased."
Source: Hakai, 07/08/2024Can Leopards, The Ultimate Survivors, Endure These Growing Challenges?
"These cats face a plethora of threats from shrinking habitat, diminishing prey, conflict with humans, poaching, and more. But a new report describes isolated success stories that show population declines can be reversed."
Source: National Geographic, 07/08/2024"Biden Proposes New Rule To Protect 36 Million Workers From Extreme Heat"
"President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories — that high temperatures are the country’s leading weather-related killer."
Source: AP, 07/03/2024Melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield Nearly 5 Times Faster Than 1980s
"The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study."
Source: AP, 07/03/2024"EV ‘Charging Deserts’ Are Growing In Rural Areas — Study"
"Researchers say public chargers are disappearing from some parts of the U.S., while the nationwide charging network falls short of reliability requirements."
Source: E&E News, 07/03/2024Farm to Trouble: Curbing The Runoff Fueling The Gulf’s ‘Dead Zone’
"Flowing down the Mississippi River, the excess fertilizer that washes off vast swaths of farmland fuels a persistent “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and threatens drinking water supplies upstream. Yet despite more than a quarter-century of federal effort and billions spent on potential solutions, experts say the watershed is “not even close” to its targets for fixing the problem."
Source: Mississippi R. Ag & Water Desk, 07/03/2024
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