"Senate Confirms Nominees To Energy Panel"
"The Senate has confirmed three nominees to a bipartisan energy regulatory board."
Source: The Hill, 06/14/2024
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"EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints"
"HONOLULU — A community-led group formed to provide public oversight of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility will be shut down after the committee refused to cede control of the meetings to the military."
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 06/14/2024Cooler, Hurricane-Boosting La Niña To Replace El Niño
"The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It’s cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said."
Source: AP, 06/14/2024Hawaii's Birds Are Going Extinct. Last Hope Could Be Millions Of Mosquitoes
"Every week at the Maui airport, a small helicopter gets loaded with 250,000 passengers. They're male mosquitoes, key players in a strategy that could be the last, best hope for Hawaii's endangered birds."
Source: NPR, 06/14/2024After Rare Flash Flood Emergency, Florida Prepares For More Heavy Rainfall
"A tropical disturbance has brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida as residents prepared to weather more heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday."
Source: AP, 06/13/2024Biofuel Refineries Are Releasing Toxic Air Pollutants in US Farm Communities
"The ethanol industry has billed itself as a green alternative to oil and gas, but new research finds biofuel refineries are releasing toxic chemicals in farm communities across the nation."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2024"Saudi Arabia: Hajj 2024 Dominated By Rising Temperatures"
"Saudi officials warn of sweltering heat for this year's Islamic pilgrimage. Observers highlight that mitigating measures are not enough as regional long-term policy changes are needed."
Source: DW, 06/13/2024Climate-Driven Summer Heat Is Already Impacting Outdoor Recreation
"It’s a 90-degree spring day in Moab, Utah, and dozens of people have the same idea: Escape the heat and blistering sunshine by hiking the Mill Creek waterfall trail. The short hike is decently shaded, with opportunities to dip hot feet in the creek—and swim in a small waterfall at the trail’s end. But even this oasis can be dangerous when it comes to extreme heat."
Source: Sierra, 06/13/2024"Trump’s Energy Guy Talked a Green Game but Now Sells Big Oil Priorities"
"Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has emerged as a key adviser on energy issues in Donald J. Trump’s campaign to retake the White House, acting as a liaison between Mr. Trump and the oil billionaires whom the former president has encouraged to fund his presidential bid."
Source: NYTimes, 06/13/2024The Northeast Has Unexpected Old-Growth Forests That Survived Colonial Axes
"Expanding the remaining patches may hold the key to ecological resilience in the centuries to come".
Source: Sierra, 06/13/2024Heat Waves Are Making Restaurant Kitchens Unsafe. Workers Are Fighting Back.
"As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing."
Source: Grist, 06/13/2024Agriculture Drives Rise In Nitrous Oxide Emissions Over Past 40 Years
"Nitrogen fertilisers, manure and other agricultural sources drove almost three-quarters of human-caused nitrous oxide emissions in recent years."
Source: Carbon Brief, 06/13/2024"World’s Top Banks ‘Greenwashing Their Role In Destruction Of The Amazon’"
"Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest."
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2024"Wild Horses Return To Kazakhstan Steppes After Absence Of Two Centuries"
"A group of the world’s last wild horses have returned to their native Kazakhstan after an absence of about 200 years. ... The wild horses, known as Przewalski’s horses, once roamed the vast steppe grasslands of central Asia, where horses are believed to have been first domesticated about 5,500 years ago."
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2024"FERC Gives Green Light To Start Up Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted approval on Tuesday to Equitrans Midstream Corp. to start operations at its Mountain Valley Pipeline, the final hurdle for the controversial natural gas project that had draw sharp opposition from environmental activists."
Source: Politico, 06/12/2024
