"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
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"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"The Climate Cost Of Trump’s Tariffs"
"The tariffs will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive."
Source: Grist, 12/19/2024"Pakistan And Bahamas Join Push For Global Pact To Phase Out Fossil Fuels"
"Pakistan and the Bahamas have joined a growing bloc of climate-vulnerable countries seeking to broker a global pact to phase out fossil fuels in an equitable way, the Guardian can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 12/19/2024"Solar for All Likely Protected From Trump’s Roll Back Of Biden’s IRA"
"It may be too late for Donald Trump to follow through on threats to repeal outgoing President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — at least that appears to be the case for the $7 billion Solar For All Program." "The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years"
Source: Floodlight, 12/19/2024"Russian Oil Spill Contaminates 50km of Black Sea Beaches"
"Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometers of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm."
Source: AFP, 12/19/2024Groups Sue TCEQ For Allowing SpaceX To Discharge Water Without A Permit
"Rio Grande Valley groups are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, accusing the agency of bypassing state regulations by allowing SpaceX to temporarily discharge industrial water at its South Texas launch site without a proper permit."
Source: Texas Tribune, 12/19/2024"Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?"
"In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water."
Source: Civil Eats, 12/19/2024"Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation"
"Jubilee Justice grows rice regeneratively while reclaiming the past."
Source: Civil Eats, 12/19/2024"Trump Tariff Plan Threatens To Drive Up Gas Prices"
"Trump said late last month that on his first day in office, he would place 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods. The two countries are the leading sources of U.S. oil imports — and if he implements the tariffs, analysts say the action could result in higher gasoline prices."
Source: The Hill, 12/18/2024Denmark Refuses To Extradite Whaling Activist Paul Watson, Frees Him
"Paul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denmark rejected Japan’s extradition request and released him from prison in Greenland."
Source: Guardian, 12/18/2024Who’s Funding ‘Newspaper’ Mailed to Potential Jurors in Greenpeace Trial?
"A dark money trail linked to pipeline company Energy Transfer could be behind a mysterious mailer targeting North Dakota residents in the lead-up to its trial with Greenpeace."
Source: DeSmog, 12/18/2024
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