California Identifies 600 Communities at Risk of Water-System Failures
"A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them."
Source: The Revelator, 05/07/2021
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BC Hydro, BC Ordered To Release Secret Site C Dam Docs To First Nations
"A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered BC Hydro and the B.C. government to release secret Site C dam financial and safety documents to West Moberly First Nations, but the public will not be permitted to see the information."
Source: The Narwhal, 05/07/2021"EU Court Upholds Ban On Insecticides Linked To Harming Bees"
"The European Union’s top court has upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use on certain crops."
Source: Reuters, 05/07/2021After 3rd Leak, EPA Probes Whether St. Croix Refinery Poses ‘Imminent Risk'
"The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was weighing whether a controversial refinery on St. Croix posed “an imminent risk to people’s health” after a third accident in the span of three months sickened local residents and forced three schools to close."
Source: Washington Post, 05/07/2021"U.N. Chief Urges 'Substantial' G7 Climate Aid Pledges"
"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged leaders of the Group of Seven richest countries to make “substantial” pledges to help developing countries tackle climate change over the next five years."
Source: Reuters, 05/07/2021"Feud Breaks Out Among GOP Lawmakers Over Snake River Dams"
"Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs."
Source: AP, 05/07/2021Chinese Greenhouse Emissions Now Larger Than All Developed Countries
"China now accounts for 27 percent of global emissions, while the U.S. accounts for 11 percent".
"China’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 surpassed those of the United States and the developed world combined, according to an analysis published Thursday by the research firm Rhodium Group.
China’s share of global emissions rose to 27 percent of the world’s total, while the United States remained the second-largest emitter at 11 percent. India’s share came third at 6.6 percent, edging the 27 nations in the European Union, which account for 6.4 percent, the report found.
Source: Washington Post, 05/06/2021"Emissions Cuts Could Drop the Impact of Melting Ice on Oceans by Half"
"Scientists on Wednesday reported another reason the world should sharply rein in global warming: doing so would likely cut in half the current projected amount of sea level rise from the melting of ice this century."
Source: NYTimes, 05/06/2021"Maine Fishing Interests Seek Total Ban On Offshore Wind Energy"
"More than 60 commercial fishermen and their supporters testified Tuesday in favor of a bill that would block any attempt to develop offshore wind projects anywhere along the Maine coast."
Source: Portland Press Herald, 05/06/2021"Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation"
"A Trump-era Justice Department regulation is preventing the EPA from resuming broad use of a popular enforcement tool that the Biden administration has been asked to revive."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/06/2021"A Giant Organic Farm Faces Criticism That It's Harming The Environment"
"Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without a big food company making promises to deliver products from green, sustainable farms. Turning those promises into reality, though, can be complicated."
Source: NPR, 05/06/2021"Controversial Mining Operation Ignoring Orders To Halt"
"A Tennessee gravel and sand mining operator has been ignoring a cease and desist letter for months, and opponents say its continued construction on the banks of North America’s most biodiverse river may already be harming wildlife."
Source: AP, 05/06/2021"U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handing over to the Government Accountability Office information on oil refiners that petitioned for exemptions to biofuel blending mandates, in an effort to help the government watchdog investigate the exemption program."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2021"U.S. Eyes Nuclear Reactor Tax Credit To Meet Climate Goals -Sources"
"The White House has signaled privately to lawmakers and stakeholders in recent weeks that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep nuclear facilities from closing and making it harder to meet U.S. climate goals, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2021"Deaths Linked To Soot From Gas, Biomass Overtake Coal"
"Coal-fired power generation and its notoriously dirty emissions are rapidly declining, but the potential health gains from cleaner air are being stymied by biomass burning and combustion sources, Harvard University researchers found in a new study."
Source: E&E News, 05/06/2021
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