"‘Water Is Coming.’ Floods Devastate West and Central Africa"
"Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed."
Source: NYTimes, 09/16/2024
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Another Midwest Drought Causes Shipping Headaches on the Mississippi River
"Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/16/2024Trump Threatens To End Calif. Wildfire Aid Unless Newsom Changes Water Policy
"Former President Trump threatened to withhold federal aid to battle California wildfires, should he be reelected, if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) does not change a policy that protects an endangered species of fish."
Source: The Hill, 09/16/2024"Court Blocks Implementation Of Biden’s Methane Prevention Rule In 5 States"
"A federal judge has blocked in five states the implementation of a Biden administration rule that aims to cut methane emissions and conserve natural gas produced on federal lands."
Source: The Hill, 09/16/2024Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Didn't.
"Seven years ago, Oregon’s biggest natural gas company set out to convince lawmakers and residents that an abundant new source of green energy was out there, just waiting to be tapped."
Source: ProPublica, 09/16/2024"Operation To Tow Stricken Tanker And Avert Spill Starts In Red Sea"
'The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday."
Source: Reuters, 09/16/2024Never Heard Of This ‘Forever Chemical’? Scientists Say It’s Everywhere.
"New attention to trifluoracetic acid, or TFA, underscores the game of whack-a-mole that scientists and communities face with forever chemicals."
Source: E&E News, 09/16/2024DC Circuit Lets EPA Rework ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule Halted By Supreme Court
"A federal appeals court is giving EPA a second chance to justify its rule targeting smog-forming pollution that crosses state lines after the Supreme Court froze the regulation in June."
Source: E&E News, 09/16/2024"Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Prospect of Human Transmission"
"Someone who lived with a Missouri resident infected with bird flu also became ill on the same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. The disclosure raises the possibility that the virus, H5N1, spread from one person to another, experts said, in what would be the first known instance in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 09/16/2024One Company Works To Fix Unavailable EV Charging Stations
"Kameale Terry saw it coming before almost anyone else did. She realized the expanding network of electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. would need a workforce to maintain it."
Source: AP, 09/16/2024In Brazil’s Worst Drought, Wildfires Rage And Amazon River At Record Low
"Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S. Major Amazon basin rivers are registering historic lows, and uncontrolled manmade wildfires have ravaged protected areas and spread smoke over a vast expanse, plummeting air quality."
Source: AP, 09/13/2024"Young People Ask US Supreme Court To Revive Climate Change Lawsuit"
"Twenty-one young people on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government's energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change."
Source: Reuters, 09/13/2024"EPA Denies Duty To Regulate PFAS In Sewage Sludge Spread On Farmland"
"US regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group."
Source: The New Lede, 09/13/2024"These Small Black-Owned Farms Are Growing Crops With The Climate In Mind"
"A number of small Black-owned farms in the Gulf South are growing crops with the climate in mind. Hilery Gobert is among them. He owns a 65-acre farm in Iowa, La., that he started farming in 2020. He has been trying to improve the soil since then. To do that, he rotates crops and uses cover crops to keep nutrients in the ground. The land now supports a variety of crops, including okra, figs, Asian eggplants and watermelons."
Source: NPR, 09/13/2024"Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule"
"Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades." "While environmentalists say the new rule doesn’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/13/2024
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