"Summer Reads: Lost Birds, Pummeled Pumas and Climate Anxiety"
"We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis."
Source: The Revelator, 06/26/2024
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"CREW Files Bribery Complaint Against Trump Over Oil Industry Donations"
"The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives."
Source: The Hill, 06/26/2024
"Texas, California Cities Threatened By Worsening Fires Amid Oil Wells"
"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 06/26/2024
‘Gas Certification’ Is Greenwashing, Greens Charge in Contested New Report
"A growing effort by the fossil fuel industry to sell natural gas as a low-carbon fuel is little more than greenwashing, according to a new report by climate advocacy organizations."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/26/2024
"Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says"
"Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/26/2024
Analysis: "Heat Is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted"
"At large events all over the world, the scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. Older men, shirts undone, lying down with their eyes closed. Aid tents packed with the unconscious. And lines of the faithful — whether they seek religion, music, ballot boxes or sport — sweating under slivers of shade."
Source: NYTimes, 06/26/2024
"How a Top Climate Consultancy is Greenwashing Fossil Fuels"
"Last spring, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), a trade organization representing offshore oil and gas producers, made a startling claim: Producing more oil in the Gulf of Mexico can help “[drive] climate progress forward.”
Source: Drilled, 06/26/2024
"Supreme Court Could Curb NEPA Reviews Next Term"
"The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to setting new limits for how agencies account for climate and environmental risks for new projects." "The case follows the court’s recent trend of picking up controversial environmental issues."
Source: E&E News, 06/26/2024
"Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam At Risk Of Failing As Floods Hit Midwest"
"Rising waters on the Blue Earth River in Minnesota washed out a portion of the Rapidan Dam near the town of Mankato, 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis, as floods inundated parts of the Midwest."
Source: Washington Post, 06/26/2024
Railroad Erred In Burning Vinyl Chloride Cars In East Palestine: NTSB
"Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and trackside detectors that might have prevented the crash failed to accurately detect the temperature of a burning wheel bearing 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) beforehand, according to the National Transportation Safety Board."
Source: AP, 06/26/2024
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