Climate Change

July 13, 2023

Webinar: What Federal Climate Action Means for the South

Learn how the Southern Environmental Law Center is seizing a historic opportunity to translate recent federal law and funding into real climate progress for the South and beyond. Hear from SELC President and Executive Director DJ Gerken and SELC climate leaders on how to capitalize on this national momentum. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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5 People Contract Malaria Within U.S. Borders — First Cases In 2 Decades

"For the first time in two decades, malaria infections have been confirmed in people who did not travel outside the United States, leading federal health authorities to warn about the potential for transmission of the mosquito-born disease within the nation’s borders."

Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2023

"Expect A Hot, Smoky Summer In Much Of America." Better Get Used To It.

"The only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly, forecasters say."

Source: AP, 06/30/2023

"Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test"

"As a deadly, record-breaking heatwave puts Texas’s grid to the test, renewable power sources are helping the state maintain energy reliability, contrary to some of the state’s lawmakers claims that clean energy is less reliable."

Source: Guardian, 06/29/2023

"Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars"

"The auto industry’s largest lobbying organization has come out against the Biden administration’s most ambitious climate change regulation, a proposed rule designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars sold in the United States are all-electric by 2032."

Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2023

"As the Sea Rises, Will a Prized National Seashore Wash Away?"

"Cape Hatteras National Seashore has long been one of the jewels of the U.S. parks system, as managers worked to protect beaches and marshes amid an influx of tourists. But now rising sea levels, severe erosion, and a shifting shoreline are raising questions about its future."

Source: YaleE360, 06/28/2023

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