Tests Show O.C. Mosquitos Are West Nile-Positive; That’s Not The Only Danger
"Another county in Southern California has confirmed finding mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus."
Source: LA Times, 07/12/2024
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"These Biden Rules Could Be Trashed By Trump"
"Some priority regs — including climate standards for existing gas-fired power plants, curbs on lead and copper in drinking water, and heat protections for workers — could be doomed."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024"Is The EPA About To Get Serious About Methane Pollution From Landfills?"
"Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions both in the U.S. and globally." "Current EPA rules are inadequate, experts say, but the agency has committed to updating them. States like California, Maryland, and Washington can show the way."
Source: Canary Media, 07/11/2024Azerbaijan Plans Climate Fund After Pushback On Fossil-Fuel Levy: Source
"Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. COP29 climate summit, has scrapped plans to propose a levy on fossil-fuel producers to raise climate-change funding, and instead aims to launch a new fund at the summit for green investments in poorer countries, a senior COP29 source said."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2024"Supreme Court Rulings Boost Odds to Win Chemical Rule Challenges"
"Three recent Supreme Court decisions increase industries’ chances of winning regulatory challenges, but only after a period of divergent lower court rulings on what the nation’s primary commercial chemical law requires."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/11/2024"The Killer Stalking Sri Lanka’s Men"
"Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease."
Source: NYTimes, 07/11/2024"Committee Adds More Riders To House Interior-EPA Bill"
"The legislation includes cuts to EPA and the Interior Department."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024"White House Requires Infrastructure To Be Raised Above Flood Levels"
"The long-awaited rule will affect all federally funded reconstruction projects."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2024"CSU Increases Hurricane Prediction For 2024 Atlantic Season After Beryl"
"Colorado State University researchers are predicting that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than previously expected, according to a July forecast released Tuesday."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/11/2024Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash State Power Grid
"Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn that the energy-hungry facilities risk “crashing” the electrical grid."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/11/2024"Over Half Of Clayoquot Sound’s Iconic Forests Are Now Protected"
"The forests of Clayoquot Sound became world famous as the battlegrounds of the decades-long “war in the woods” — and now, a vast swath of the rich old-growth trees are permanently protected."
Source: The Narwhal, 07/11/2024"Record Heat Engulfs Both U.S. Coasts"
"A record-breaking heat wave across the Western U.S. that’s been checking all the key boxes — intensity, duration, and geographic spread — may just be the opening scene of the worst kind of summer blockbuster, one that’s spreading nationwide."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 07/10/2024"Beryl Updates: At Least Nine Dead; Power Outages Could Persist For Days"
"Hurricane Beryl, which brought fierce winds and heavy rains to a large portion of southeastern Texas, has killed at least nine people, according to state and local authorities."
Source: Texas Tribune, 07/10/2024"Abandoned Mines Cover The West"
"Their legacy is destruction and pollution of lands and waters."
"In 1953, the Anaconda Minerals Company leased nearly 8,000 acres of land in central New Mexico from the Pueblo of Laguna to mine uranium for nuclear weapons. The company gouged and blasted away at the earth, constructing the three massive holes known as the Jackpile-Paguate Mine.
Source: High Country News, 07/10/2024"Home Insurance Rates in America Are Wildly Distorted. Here's Why."
"Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk."
Source: NYTimes, 07/10/2024
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