"White House Seeks End To Government Purchase Of Single-Use Plastic By 2035"
"The White House said Friday that is setting a goal of ending the federal government’s purchasing of single-use plastics by 2035."
Source: The Hill, 07/23/2024
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Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions: Report
"Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions despite being among the world’s largest polluters, according to new estimates."
Source: DeSmog, 07/23/2024Anti-Whaling Campaigner Paul Watson Arrested In Greenland, Faces Extradition
"Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan."
Source: AP, 07/23/2024Appeals Court Unanimously Sides With Biden EPA On Updated Power Plant Rules
"A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously denied a lawsuit from a coalition of Republican attorneys general and the fossil fuel industry seeking to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pollution standards for power plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/23/2024Perspective: "What It’s Like To Be A Tornado Chaser And How It’s Done"
"Chasing tornadoes is far from glamorous, and the thrill of spotting them is far from guaranteed. Success usually requires expertise and long hours in pursuit."
Source: Washington Post, 07/23/2024"What Would A Harris Presidency Mean For The Climate?"
"A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House."
Source: Grist, 07/22/2024Greenhouse Heat: Touted Climate Solution Threatens Agricultural Workers
"To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some collapse. Some hover on the brink of exhaustion, backs straining, breathing heavily."
Source: AP, 07/22/2024Texas Heat Deaths Climb After Beryl Left Millions Without Power For Days
"As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool."
Source: LA Times, 07/22/2024Millions Live Near Oil And Gas Wells That Are In The Path Of Wildfires
"As firefighters continue to battle more than two dozen active wildfires in California, new research has found that millions of people are living in close proximity to oil and gas wells that are in the potential path of flames."
Source: LA Times, 07/22/2024"Could Robot Weedkillers Replace The Need For Pesticides?"
"On a sweltering summer day in central Kansas, farm fields shimmer in the heat as Clint Brauer watches a team of bright yellow robots churn up and down the rows, tirelessly slicing away any weeds that stand in their way while avoiding the growing crops."
Source: Guardian, 07/22/2024"Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance"
"In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2024UK: "UN Expert Condemns Lengthy Just Stop Oil Sentences"
"The lengthy multi-year sentences handed to Just Stop Oil activists are “not acceptable in a democracy”, a UN special rapporteur has said, as the government faced growing pressure to reverse the previous administration’s “hardline anti-protest” approach."
Source: Guardian, 07/22/2024"Billions in US Funding Boosts Lithium Mining, Stressing Water Supplies"
"Add lithium to water in a chemistry lab, and you’ll get an incendiary reaction. The same might be said of opening new lithium mines: The prospect can spark conflicts when it comes to water."
Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network, 07/22/2024"Books For Adapting Cities To Climate Change"
"Equitable urban design can help these major population centers respond to and mitigate climate change"
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 07/22/2024"Where Are All The Bats? – Alarm As Numbers Fall In England"
"Conservation groups across England are seeing more malnourished bats, as wildlife experts warn the washout summer is driving down the insects, butterflies and moths they feed on."
Source: Guardian, 07/22/2024
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