"Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters"
"Environmental concerns are raised anew about potential contamination from Canadian open-pit mines flowing through the waterways into Montana’s lakes, harming fish."
Source: NYTimes, 07/11/2023
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Alabama Black Belt Case Tests Whether Sanitation Is a Civil Right
"The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Alabama had agreed to remediate a sewage crisis in majority-Black Lowndes County."
Source: Birmingham News, 07/11/2023
U.S. Banned Use of Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food -- But Slowed a Global Ban
"Chlorpyrifos is so harmful that America banned its use on food. But a top EPA official made it clear that the U.S. was not ready to support similar protections for the rest of the world under a treaty that restricts pollutants that travel the globe."
Source: ProPublica, 07/11/2023
"EPA: Cleaning Product Chemical Poses Cancer Threats"
"EPA has found that a dangerous chemical prevalent in drinking water poses more risks than previously determined, including outsize cancer threats."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2023
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fall For First Time In Biden Era"
"Global carbon dioxide emissions were roughly flat through the first five months of the year, with rising greenhouse gas production from China and India offsetting deep declines in emissions from the United States and Europe."
Source: E&E News, 07/11/2023
"Heat Stress Deaths Show Europe Isn’t Ready For Climate Change"
"More than 60,000 people died as a result of record-breaking temperatures in Europe last summer, a study has found, raising concerns about multiple countries’ lack of preparation for extreme heat fueled by climate change."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/11/2023
"Flash Floods Rage In Vermont, New York; 50 Rescued By Swift Boat"
"Torrential downpours unleashed flash floods on the U.S. Northeast on Monday that washed out roadways, overwhelmed rivers, prompted 50 swift boat rescues and killed a woman who was swept away in front of her fiancé, officials said."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2023
"Solar Storm To Make Northern Lights Visible In 17 US States"
"A solar storm is expected to make the Northern Lights visible in 17 U.S. states on Thursday, forecasters say."
Source: The Hill, 07/10/2023
"Against All Odds, The Rare Devils Hole Pupfish Keeps On Swimming"
"This small, iridescent blue-or-green fish swims in the hot waters of an inhospitable fishbowl made of rock in a Nevada section of Death Valley National Park, where it somehow got trapped thousands of years ago."
Source: NPR, 07/10/2023
"Energy Groups Object to Conservation as Use of Public Lands"
"Defining conservation as a specific “use” of public lands is shaping up to be the primary point of legal opposition to a proposed federal lands rule that would prioritize conservation over fossil fuels extraction and allow public lands management to adapt to a changing climate."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/10/2023
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