"Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short"
"Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped."
Source: NYTimes, 02/23/2024
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100s Coming To Tahiti For Olympic Surfing. Can It Protect Its Way Of Life?
"Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago."
Source: AP, 02/22/2024
‘Reactivating’ Floodplains Along Rivers Can Be A Water Solution For Calif.
"California has lost most of its natural wetlands as rivers have been cut off from their natural floodplains. And it’s pretty remarkable what can be achieved when rivers are given space to reconnect with floodplains."
Source: LA Times, 02/22/2024
Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report
"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."
Source: The Hill, 02/22/2024
"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes"
"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".
Source: Washington Post, 02/22/2024
Another Climate Impact Hits Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City
"L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/22/2024
Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc.
"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/22/2024
Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution
"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."
Source: The New Lede, 02/22/2024
"9th Circuit Ruling Axes Obama-Era Freeze On Coal Leasing"
"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands."
Source: E&E News, 02/22/2024
"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation"
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."
Source: SCOTUSblog, 02/22/2024
