"Threatened Seabirds Get a Life Raft in Maryland"
"Scientists don bike helmets and dodge bird poop to babysit endangered terns out at sea."
Source: Atlas Obscura, 07/05/2023
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"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, 07/05/2023"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, 06/30/20235 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"EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution"
"In a setback for environmental justice advocates, the Biden administration has closed a civil rights investigation of two Louisiana state agencies without finding discrimination in how the agencies regulated chemical plants in the area known as “Cancer Alley.”"
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2023Climate Groups Accept Millions From Charity Linked To Fossil Fuels
"Some of the world’s best-known climate campaign groups have taken millions of pounds in donations from a foundation run by billionaire hedge fund bosses whose investment fund has invested in fossil fuel companies, the Guardian has learned."
Source: Guardian, 06/30/2023"Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Residential Solar Grant Program"
"The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a $7 billion grant competition to expand access to residential solar energy in low-income communities."
Source: The Hill, 06/30/2023New Mexico Regulators Fine Oil Producer $40 Million For Flaring Gas
"New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators on Thursday announced unprecedented state fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements by burning off vast amounts of natural gas in a prolific energy-production zone in the southeast of the state."
Source: AP, 06/30/2023"Texas Heat Wave Invigorates Calls For Worker Heat Protections"
"When he works at his job as a painter in Texas’s extreme heat, Maynor Alvarez can feel the toll the weather takes on him. He and his colleagues have suffered symptoms from cramps to headaches, feeling like they’re going to throw up. He’s felt his heart racing and needed to take breaks."
Source: The Hill, 06/30/2023"Pressure Builds For FEMA To Declare Deadly Heat Events As Disasters"
"Proponents say a federal disaster designation could save lives by providing vital services and reimbursing states for being proactive".
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2023"Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid"
"During the heat wave that hit Mexico and Texas in the last two weeks, some states in Mexico saw temperatures exceed 113 degrees, and more than 20 people died from heat stroke. The record-high temperatures have put enormous pressure on the country’s electric system, increasing the electricity demand."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/30/2023"Microbes Play Leading Role In Soil Carbon Capture, Study Shows"
"More carbon is stored in the soil than in all plants, animals and the atmosphere combined, making it among the most critical conservation frontiers as we face the climate crisis."
Source: Mongabay, 06/30/2023"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"Joshua Trees Win Long Term Protection In Environmental Victory"
"California lawmakers have voted to permanently protect the iconic western joshua tree, delivering a hard-won victory for environmentalists who have warned that the climate crisis has imperilled these fixtures of the high desert."
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2023"EPA Closes Civil Rights Probe Into Louisiana Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday it did not find discrimination by the state of Louisiana against Black residents who face high levels of air pollution, closing a probe into actions by state departments."
Source: The Hill, 06/29/2023
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