"Small North Carolina Town Sues Energy ‘Goliath’ In Historic Climate Action"
"Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels"
Source: Guardian, 12/05/2024
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Not Everyone Is Convinced Newly Funded Midwest Hydrogen Hub Is ‘Clean.’
"Policymakers and industry say the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will create green jobs and slash emissions, but environmentalists see a ploy to keep fossil fuels in use."
Source: Grist/WBEZ, 12/05/2024"Lawmakers Reach Final Deal On WRDA Bill"
"The Senate and House reached a final agreement Tuesday on a major bipartisan water infrastructure bill, which authorizes a range of federal projects to reduce flooding, improve ports and restore ecosystems."
Source: E&E News, 12/05/2024Experts Study Whale Species So Rare It’s Never Been Seen Alive
"It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery."
Source: AP, 12/05/2024"Mammoth: It’s What Was for Dinner"
"For millions of years, North America was home to a zoo of giants: mammoths and mastodons, camels and dire wolves, sloths the size of elephants and beavers as big as bears. And then, at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch about 12,000 years ago, most of them vanished."
Source: NYTimes, 12/05/2024"What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices run the gamut from people who acknowledge the threat of climate change to those who deny the scientific consensus that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are dangerously heating the planet."
Source: NYTimes, 12/04/2024"What Trump’s Second Administration Could Mean For Environmental Justice"
"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2024"Check The Formaldehyde Cancer Risk in Your Neighborhood"
"In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from."
Source: ProPublica, 12/04/2024Study Links Higher PFAS Levels To ‘Superfund’ Sites, Low Fresh-Food Access
"New research aimed at identifying which US neighborhoods face increased exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found those living near “superfund” sites and other major industrial polluters, or in areas with limited access to fresh food, generally have higher levels of the dangerous compounds in their blood."
Source: Guardian, 12/04/2024Seaweed Could Cut Grazing Cows' Methane Emissions By Nearly 40% - Study
"Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 12/04/2024"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down"
"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2024"Monarch Butterflies May Soon Get Protections Under Endangered Species Act"
"Monarch populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Eastern monarch populations that migrate between Canada and overwintering sites in Mexico are estimated to have declined by more than 80 percent since the 1990s."
Source: NPR, 12/04/2024Hot, Dry Calif. Sets Initial State Water Project Allocation At 5%
"California water managers have announced their preliminary forecast of supplies that will be available next year from the State Water Project, telling 29 public agencies to plan for as little as 5% of requested allotments."
Source: LA Times, 12/04/2024USFWS Adopts Lynx Recovery Plan, Proposes New Critical Habitat Designations
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a recovery plan for Canada lynx, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposed new critical habitat designations to increase federal protections for the winter-adept felines in some areas. "
Source: Daily Montanan, 12/04/2024‘It’s Nonstop’: How Noise Pollution Threatens The Return Of Norway’s Whales
"Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater"
Source: Guardian, 12/04/2024
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