"We Went on a Lanternfly-Killing Rampage. They're Still Here"
"The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that ecologists have urged the populace to squish on sight, is back, infesting the New York City area."
Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2022
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"Almost No One In Ky. Has Flood Insurance, Hindering Recovery"
"Kentucky residents who are struggling to rebuild after devastating flooding face huge financial obstacles because almost nobody in the state has flood insurance."
Source: E&E News, 08/10/2022"EPA Launches Civil Rights Probes Of Texas Regulator"
"EPA is opening two civil rights investigations of Texas’ environmental agency, exploring whether state regulators failed to properly permit concrete batch plants and discriminated against people who speak limited English."
Source: E&E News, 08/10/2022"National Academies Urge EPA To Study Sunscreen Risks"
"Some of the country’s most powerful scientific advisers want regulators to take a closer look at the risks sunscreen products pose for aquatic environments."
Source: E&E News, 08/10/2022"As Temperatures Rise, Industries Fight Heat Safeguards For Workers"
"Extreme heat is making work more dangerous. But beyond the West Coast, the fight to protect workers faces head winds."
Source: Washington Post, 08/10/2022"What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System"
"The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions for sustainable agriculture and a last-minute provision to provide debt relief to farmers."
Source: Civil Eats, 08/10/2022Conceding to Manchin, Bill Exempts Most Oil Industry From Methane Fees
"The U.S. Senate climate bill’s fee on oil and gas industry methane emissions will cover less than half the sector’s releases of the powerful greenhouse gas, thanks to concessions made to win over party holdout Joe Manchin, according to a review of the legislation and interviews with lawmakers that negotiated it."
Source: Reuters, 08/10/2022EPA OKs Plan To Truck Contamination From One Black Community To Another
"Contaminated soil from a Superfund site in Navassa [N.C.] will be shipped to one of three landfills outside Brunswick County, likely moving toxic pollution from one non-white or low-income community to another."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/10/2022"Climate Bill Targets Transmission to Unjam Clean Energy Backlog"
"Senate Democrats’ climate bill includes $3 billion in loans and grants for electric transmission projects—money that, in addition to tax incentives for electricity generators, would break down a significant barrier to a large-scale clean energy rollout, advocates said."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/10/2022Newly Identified Langya Virus Tracked After China Reports Dozens Of Cases
"Virus, which causes symptoms including fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches, is believed to have spread from animals to humans".
Source: Guardian, 08/10/2022"A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making"
"Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen. Now they’re trying a new tactic: buying out homeowners to avoid finishing the job."
Source: ProPublica, 08/10/2022"Biden Surveys Flood Damage In Kentucky, Pledges More US Help"
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday witnessed the damage from deadly and devastating storms that have resulted in the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history, as they visited the state to meet with families and first responders."
Source: AP, 08/09/2022"Electric Cars Too Costly for Many, Even With Aid in Climate Bill"
"Policymakers in Washington are promoting electric vehicles as a solution to climate change. But an uncomfortable truth remains: Battery-powered cars are much too expensive for a vast majority of Americans."
Source: NYTimes, 08/09/2022"Study Connects Climate Hazards To 58% Of Infectious Diseases"
"Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says."
Source: AP, 08/09/2022"How Young Californians Cope To Beat Climate Anxiety and Doom"
"When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares of floods pouring through his South Los Angeles home."
Source: LA Times, 08/09/2022
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