"The Weatherman Who Tried to Bring Climate Science to a Red State"
"Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up."
Source: NYTimes, 06/24/2024
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"Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit Records In 2023, Report Says"
"Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 06/21/2024Judge Orders BNSF To Pay Tribe $400 Million For Trespassing With Oil Trains
"BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024"SEC Urged to Probe JBS Claims on Environment, Animal Welfare"
"Animal rights organizations have asked the SEC to investigate meatpacking giant JBS SA for allegedly misleading investors about its animal welfare and environmental practices in paperwork submitted to list the company on the New York Stock Exchange."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/21/2024Biden USFS Old-Growth Forest Proposal Doesn’t Completely Ban Logging
"The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024Climate Change Turbocharged Killer Heat Wave In Mexico, Southwest US
"Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024Warming May Be Driving Surge In Airborne Chemical Pollution in L.A.: Study
"Warmer temperatures may be catalyzing a climb in vaporized chemical contaminants across Los Angeles, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 06/21/2024"Four In Five People Want Stronger Climate Action, Says UNDP Survey"
"Four in five people want their governments to take stronger action to tackle climate change, according to a United Nations survey. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published the poll on Thursday, said that 72 per cent of people across the 77 countries surveyed said they supported a quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."
Source: Business Standard, 06/21/2024"Removal Of Gray Wolves From US West Wreaked Havoc On Ecosystem: Study"
"The historic removal of gray wolves from the U.S. West facilitated the rise of mid-ranking predators across the region, wreaking havoc on historical ecosystem dynamics, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 06/21/2024Sex-Crazed Zombie Cicadas On Speed: Scientists Track Bug-Controlling Fungus
"With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus."
Source: AP, 06/21/2024"12 Climate Books To Bring With You On Summer Vacation"
"From sports to thrillers to photography, these books make for quick and entertaining reads."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 06/21/2024"135 Million Americans Now Sweltering In Unrelenting Heat Wave"
"A scorching heat wave roasting the country and leading up to the summer solstice was expected to intensify in the coming days, potentially breaking records and impacting more than 135 million people, meteorologists warned Wednesday."
Source: USA TODAY, 06/20/2024"Wildfires Blaze Across New Mexico And California, Prompting Evacuations"
"A number of wildfires in New Mexico and California have spawned evacuations, with intense blazes developing quickly and making damage assessments difficult for local officials."
Source: NPR, 06/20/2024"Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report"
"Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday."
Source: AFP, 06/20/2024Enviros Want Florida Freshwater In The Everglades, Not Dumped At Coasts
"Environmental groups want to use engineered wetlands to help replenish the river of grass and address toxic algae. The state’s politically powerful sugar growers say those wetlands are for their own polluted water."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/20/2024
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