"Here’s How Much Hotter Than Normal This June Has Been"
"Temperatures around the world this month have been at their highest levels in decades for this time of year."
Source: NYTimes, 06/14/2023
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"Texas Power Use To Break Records In Heat Wave This Week - ERCOT"
"Power use in Texas will break records this week as homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape the first heat wave of the 2023 summer season, the state's power grid operator projected on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/14/2023
"House Votes To Restrict Feds From Banning Or Regulating Gas Stoves"
"The House on Tuesday voted in favor of preventing the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves and also limiting the safety agency’s ability to regulate the products."
Source: The Hill, 06/14/2023
"Protest Derails Chaco National Park Celebration"
"It was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, after her agency spent many months hosting public meetings and talking with Native American leaders about curbing the pace of oil and gas development in the San Juan Basin and protecting culturally significant sites."
Source: AP, 06/13/2023
"Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition"
"America’s fragmented electric grid, which was largely built to accommodate coal and gas plants, is becoming a major obstacle to efforts to fight climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 06/13/2023
"Fossil Fuel Company Net Zero Plans 'Largely Meaningless,' Report Says"
"The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply over the past year, but most fail to address key concerns, making them "largely meaningless", a report showed on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/13/2023
UN Mulls Limiting Influence of Fossil Fuel Industry at Global Climate Talks
"Politically, a growing number of civic groups, as well as elected officials in several countries, say the growing influence of fossil fuel companies in the climate negotiations threatens the UNFCCC’s fundamental credibility, as well as its ability to help rein in the emissions from burning oil, gas and coal."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/13/2023
"Young Activists Testify At US’s First Constitutional Climate Trial"
"The US’s first-ever trial in a constitutional climate lawsuit kicked off Monday morning in a packed courtroom in Helena, Montana. The case, Held v Montana, was brought in 2020 by 16 plaintiffs between the ages of five and 22 from around the state who allege state officials violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment by enacting pro-fossil fuel policies."
Source: Guardian, 06/13/2023
Biomedical Labs Bleeding More Horseshoe Crabs With Little Accountability
"In the 1960s, scientists discovered that the sky blue blood inside horseshoe crabs would clot when it detected bacterial toxins."
Source: NPR, 06/12/2023
"Lawmakers Launch Probe Of Insurance Firms’ Funding Of Fossil Fuel Industry"
"As insurance companies scale back coverage in disaster-prone states because climate risks have become too costly, U.S. lawmakers have launched an investigation into seven major carriers for continuing to insure and invest billions of dollars in fossil fuel projects, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 06/12/2023
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