"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords."
"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2024
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As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power
"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/30/2024"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development"
"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 08/30/2024Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill
"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."
Source: AP, 08/30/2024"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks"
"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."
Source: Washington Post, 08/30/2024Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024Plutonium Levels Near Los Alamos Similar To Chernobyl, Study Finds
"Soil, plants and water along popular recreation spots near Los Alamos, New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, are contaminated with “extreme concentrations” of plutonium, a new study has found, but calls for the federal government to act have been dismissed."
Source: Guardian, 08/29/2024"Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift"
"New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024Emissions From Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Higher Than All But 3 Countries
"Last year’s Canadian wildfires, which blanketed much of the eastern U.S. in smog, released more carbon emissions than all but three countries worldwide, according to research published Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2024EPA Watchdog Says Air Chief Had ‘Disqualifying Financial Interest’
"An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry in which he reportedly had financial holdings."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2024"They’re Knocking On Doors For Harris. But They Still Won’t Endorse Her."
"The Sunrise Movement plans to contact 1.5 million Americans about voting for Kamala Harris. But it is waiting to decide about endorsing her until her climate plans are clearer."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2024"Sweaty Corn Is Making It Even More Humid"
"Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very much know about,” Boustead, a meteorologist and climatologist, recalled."
Source: AP, 08/29/2024After Protests, DeSantis Says Plan To Develop State Parks Is On Hold
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”"
Source: AP, 08/29/2024"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C."
"The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/29/2024"The Hidden Life Of Seeds"
"Buried in the earth, almost too small to see, seeds have long been underestimated — dismissed as mere inert specks, barely even considered alive. Yet the more closely researchers have examined these embryonic plants, the more they have learned about their dynamism and endurance."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2024
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