Gas Leaks Must Be Fixed By Utilities In New Proposed PHMSA Rule
"Melissa Ostroff finds gas leaks for a living, so it was surprising to hear someone say they smelled gas in her own home."
Source: NPR, 12/23/2024
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"Trump Vows To Rename Denali As Mount Mckinley"
"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901."
Source: Reuters, 12/23/2024EPA Approves California Electric Car Mandate. Will Trump Try To Revoke It?
"The Biden administration today approved California’s groundbreaking mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars just weeks before the incoming Trump administration poses a threat of overturning electric vehicle and climate rules."
Source: CalMatters, 12/20/2024"Biden Declares Tougher 2035 Emissions Targets Weeks Before Trump Return"
"Joe Biden has announced tougher targets on the US’s carbon dioxide emissions for the next decade, in a defiant final gesture intended as a “capstone” on his legacy on the climate."
Source: Guardian, 12/20/2024Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods
"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline."
Source: Public Health Watch, 12/20/2024How A Public University Courted The Gas Industry Despite Climate Impacts
"As the liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom gained momentum in southwest Louisiana, one public institution of higher learning, McNeese State University, courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and The Guardian."
Source: DeSmog/Guardian, 12/20/2024Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways
"Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project."
Source: EHN, 12/20/2024Race Is On To Save The Everglades And Protect A Key Drinking Water Source
"The Everglades ecosystem was degraded and transformed when a highway connecting Tampa and Miami was built in 1928, cutting through a mosaic of prairies, sawgrass marshes, freshwater ponds and forested uplands. Sections of the road are now being elevated to restore water flows into the Shark River Slough – a vital restoration area deep in the Everglades National Park."
Source: AP, 12/20/2024"Who Are Climate Migrants And What Can The World Do For Them?"
"With 2024 set to become the hottest year on record, growing climate extremes mean some places around the world will become uninhabitable and that could lead to mass migration."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 12/20/2024"US Grid Monitor Gives Grim Warning Of Power Supply Risks"
"Additions of clean electricity generation and power lines are falling farther behind the pace of retiring coal and gas plants and surging data center and industrial demand, said the grid’s reliability monitor in an unusually grim outlook for the nation."
Source: E&E News, 12/20/2024"Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen"
"Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home."
Source: NYTimes, 12/20/2024"Rising Tides Are Coming For Lee Zeldin’s Hometown"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA lives in an area at high risk for flooding that gets federal support for climate mitigation."
Source: E&E News, 12/20/2024Montana Supreme Court Upholds Right To ‘Stable Climate’ For Youngsters
"The Montana supreme court upheld a landmark trial court decision last August in favor of 16 young people who said their health and futures were being jeopardized by climate change, which the state aggravates through its permitting of energy projects."
Source: Guardian, 12/19/2024Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Found In Wash. Have Been Eradicated: Officials
"The hunt for invasive “murder hornets” is over in Washington and the rest of the U.S. after three years without confirmed detections, state and federal officials said Wednesday."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/19/2024"More L.A. Cats Appear To Be Infected With H5N1 Bird Flu"
"Experts believe three more cats in Los Angeles County have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. Two others succumbed to the disease earlier this month after drinking recalled raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC dairies."
Source: LA Times, 12/19/2024
