"SEC Proposes New Guidelines For ESG Investing"
"The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to deliver some tough love to major investment firms: No more flashy green marketing — at least not without proof."
Source: E&E News, 05/26/2022
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"Pesticide Label Safeguards Urged for Workers, Endangered Species"
"Pesticide labels should include warnings in Spanish to help protect farmworkers who don’t read English, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a petition for rulemaking to the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/26/2022
"Block-By-Block Data Shows Pollution’s Stark Toll On People Of Color"
"Finding the most polluted places in the San Francisco Bay area is simple, a new air quality analysis shows: Locate places where mostly Black, Latino, Asian and low-income residents live, and pay them a visit." "Mobile air quality monitoring in San Francisco and Oakland challenges the accuracy of stationary monitoring sites across the country".
Source: Washington Post, 05/26/2022
"As Hunger Spreads In Somalia, Babies Start To Die"
"Hacked-off thorn branches encircle two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny bodies of Halima Hassan Abdullahi's twin granddaughters. Babies Ebla and Abdia lived only a day."
Source: Reuters, 05/26/2022
Biden Admin, Settling a Long Feud, Moves to Block Pebble Mine in Alaska
"The E.P.A. has proposed to ban the disposal of mining waste in the Bristol Bay watershed, a decision that very likely means the end of the Pebble Mine project."
Source: NYTimes, 05/26/2022
"Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%"
"Mexican experts said Monday that 35% more monarch butterflies arrived this year to spend the winter in the country’s mountaintop forests, compared with the previous season."
Source: AP, 05/25/2022
Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps
"A secretive vote in the arcane and Byzantine world of international safety standards late last month may lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from home heating and cooling systems in the coming years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2022
"Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US"
"With crossings expected to surge when the Covid-related closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to migrants ends, activists are pushing for a new immigration pathway for people who are impacted by climate disasters."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2022
Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago
"Planet-warming gases are trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere, holding in significantly more heat than they were in previous decades, a new assessment has found."
Source: The Hill, 05/25/2022
"Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield"
"Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days."
Source: AP, 05/25/2022
