"How Trump Could Shrink EPA"
"Buyouts and budget cuts are some options the president-elect might consider to reduce the agency’s workforce."
Source: E&E News, 11/08/2024
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Toxic PFAS In Menstrual Pads Harm Reproductive Health, Group Charges
"Carefree menstrual pads are contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, which presents a threat to the reproductive health of women using the products, a new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges."
Source: Guardian, 11/08/2024"Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Cuts Two Ways for Oil Companies"
"The president-elect has promised to make it easier to build energy infrastructure and secure drilling leases. But higher production could hurt prices and profits."
Source: NYTimes, 11/08/2024The World Isn’t Spending Nearly Enough to Adapt to Climate Shocks, UN Says
"A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray."
Source: NYTimes, 11/08/2024"Republicans Sweep Key Utility Regulator Races In Arizona And Louisiana"
"Public utility commissions hold significant sway over state energy systems. Clean energy advocates failed to break through in elections this year."
Source: Canary Media, 11/08/2024Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across US Despite National Political Climate
"From California to Louisiana, ballot measures on climate and the environment gained voters’ approval. In state legislatures, results were mixed."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/08/2024"Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face 'Copious Litigation'"
"The second Trump administration’s federal lands agenda is widely expected to promote fossil fuels development and reverse Biden administration conservation efforts, moves environmental groups say they’ll litigate at every opportunity."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/08/2024"Record Air Pollution Hospitalizes Hundreds in Pakistani City"
"Impounding polluting vehicles. Tearing down kilns. Banning rickshaws. Closing some barbecue restaurants. These are some of the measures officials in Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, have put in place as record-breaking air pollution chokes the region, hospitalizing hundreds and forcing students and workers to stay home."
Source: NYTimes, 11/08/2024Climate Change Identified As Main Driver Of Worsening Drought In U.S. West
"New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening droughts in the Western U.S. Scientists say the severity of future droughts will be determined largely by how much more planet-heating gases humans release into the atmosphere."
Source: LA Times, 11/08/2024Wild Winds Fuel Southern Calif. Wildfire That Forced Thousands To Evacuate
"A fast-moving wildfire fueled by heavy winds was tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second day Thursday after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee when it exploded in size in only a few hours."
Source: AP, 11/07/2024"Trump Wins, Planet Loses"
"With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy."
Source: Grist, 11/07/2024Washington Voters Uphold Landmark Climate Law Against Conservative Challenge
"Voters in Washington state on Tuesday upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include habitat restoration and preparing for climate change."
Source: AP, 11/07/2024Californians Approve $10 Billion For Water, Wildfire, Climate Projects
"California will spend $10 billion to fund water, climate, wildfire and natural resource projects after voters approved a bond measure in Tuesday’s election."
Source: CalMatters, 11/07/2024"Everything You Need to Know About Project 2025's Plan for the EPA"
"The details of Project 2025 plans on climate, and for the EPA."
Source: Drilled, 11/07/2024A White Supremacist Tried To Bomb A Power Station With A Drone, FBI Says
"A man has been charged after allegedly trying to blow up a Tennessee power substation as part of a white supremacist plot to upend American society, another potential instance of extremism targeting critical infrastructure."
Source: Washington Post, 11/07/2024
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