Despite Protections, Extreme Heat And Wildfire Take A Toll On Farmworkers
"Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds."
Source: Grist, 02/08/2023
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"Making Sense of Menhaden"
"In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance."
"Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: schools of hand-sized silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, their carcasses floating in the surf in the summer’s heat. By the week’s end, as the fish liquefied in a dumpster at a nearby wharf, circulating petitions were gaining signatures.
Source: Hakai, 02/07/2023
"Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought"
"The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them."
Source: Eos, 02/07/2023
As SE States Warm, TVA Criticized On Prep For Dealing With Climate Hazards
"Extreme weather patterns have sparked several improvements to the climate resiliency of Tennessee Valley Authority electrical infrastructure over the past two decades. However, a report from a government watchdog found the huge utility still has work to do in mitigating climate hazards to the regional power grid."
Source: NC Policy Watch, 02/06/2023
"Texas Heat-Related Deaths Reached A Two-Decade High In 2022"
"A Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that at least 268 people in Texas were killed by heat last year, and a large portion of those deaths were likely migrants who died after crossing the border."
Source: Texas Tribune, 01/30/2023
‘No Miracles Needed’: Mark Jacobson On How Renewables Can Power The World
Wind, water and solar can provide plentiful and cheap power, he argues, ending the carbon emissions driving the climate crisis, slashing deadly air pollution and ensuring energy security. Carbon capture and storage, biofuels, new nuclear and other technologies are expensive wastes of time, Prof. Mark Jacobson argues.
Source: Guardian, 01/25/2023
"How Biden Can Meet His 100% Clean Electricity Goal"
"It’s one of President Biden’s most important and ambitious climate goals: eliminating carbon pollution from America’s power sector by 2035.... However, a detailed new analysis finds that the Biden administration can still keep this central climate goal within reach if the Environmental Protection Agency enacts strong carbon pollution standards for new and existing power plants."
Source: Washington Post, 01/24/2023
‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Is Costly and Polluting: Study
"Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/19/2023
"'Dangerous' Tunisian Droughts Threaten Food Security"
"Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses."
Source: Reuters, 01/12/2023
"Oceans Surged To Another Record-High Temperature In 2022"
"The amount of excess heat buried in the planet’s oceans, a strong marker of climate change, reached a record high in 2022, reflecting more stored heat energy than in any year since reliable measurements were available in the late 1950s, a group of scientists reported Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 01/12/2023
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