"US Wildfire Response Could Force Poorest Out Of Paradise"
"Fire in Paradise: Low-income US home owners face soaring insurance premiums in 'managed retreat' from climate change".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 02/02/2024
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"Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement"
"Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/02/2024"Climate Lab: Watch The Earth Breathe For One Year"
"This image of our planet is the closest we get to a real-time view of how carbon dioxide builds up in our atmosphere."
Source: Washington Post, 02/02/2024"Podesta To Replace Kerry As Country’s Top Climate Diplomat"
"White House adviser and veteran Democratic strategist John Podesta will assume John Kerry’s international climate portfolio when Kerry steps down later this spring."
Source: E&E News, 02/01/2024"Senate Confirms Head Of EPA’s Air Office, Key To Biden Climate Rules"
"The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, which is racing to finalize some of President Biden’s most consequential climate rules before the end of his first term."
Source: Washington Post, 02/01/2024California's Landmark Climate Disclosure Laws Challenged By Business Groups
"Major U.S. business groups sued California on Tuesday seeking to overturn the state's new sweeping climate disclosure laws that require companies to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2024"Mexico City Residents Protest 'Unprecedented' Water Shortages"
"Frustrated Mexico City residents have been protesting weeks of water shortages, with officials warning of "unprecedented" low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2024"Tesla Sued By California Counties Over Hazardous Waste"
"A group of 25 California counties have sued Elon Musk's Tesla, claiming the electric vehicle maker mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities across the state."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2024Environmentalists Hail Nevada Supreme Court Ruling on Water Management
"The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision that strikes a blow to the plan of a developer that at one time hoped to build a new city of 250,000 people in the Mojave Desert and could shift how groundwater is managed in the driest U.S. state."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/01/2024"US Energy Data Agency To Track Crypto Mining Power Use"
"The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will begin to more closely track electricity consumption by cryptocurrency mining companies operating in the United States, the agency said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 02/01/2024"U.S. Will Pay to Add Solar Panels to Hospitals, Schools After Disasters"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin paying to install solar panels on schools, hospitals and other public buildings that are rebuilt after disasters, making them more resilient against future disasters while reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NYTimes, 02/01/2024Greta Thunberg On Trial Over London Climate Protest Outside Conference
"Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial Thursday for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year."
Source: AP, 02/01/2024"Hungry Sea Otters Are Helping Save California’s Marshlands From Erosion"
"The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped shore crab. These crabs dig burrows and also nibble away roots of the marsh grass pickleweed that holds dirt in place."
Source: AP, 02/01/2024"First Of Two Atmospheric River Storms Arrives In California Today"
"A storm tapping into a so-called "pineapple express" type of atmospheric river is beginning to track into California and the Northwest, and it will be followed by another potent storm late this weekend. Flooding rain, landslides, heavy mountain snow and strong winds will accompany both of these systems."
Source: Weather Channel, 01/31/2024"Democrats Say Biden Hasn’t ‘Made the Case’ on Climate Despite Achievements"
"President Biden has done more than any president to tackle climate change, but strategists are grappling with an uncomfortable fact: Voters don’t seem to know it."
Source: NYTimes, 01/31/2024
