"Why 3.6M Pounds Of Nuclear Waste Is Buried On A Popular California Beach"
"The San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down years ago – but residents and experts worry what will happen with the waste left behind".
Source: Guardian, 08/25/2021
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"House Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan for Vast Expansion of Safety Net"
"A divided House on Tuesday approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would pave the way for a vast expansion of social safety net and climate programs, as Democrats overcame sharp internal rifts to advance a critical piece of President Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda."
Source: NYTimes, 08/25/2021
"13 New Books About Pollution — and How to Fight It"
"Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society."
Source: The Revelator, 08/24/2021
"Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines"
"As climate change brings longer, more destructive fire seasons, the wine industry scrambles to protect vineyards from the dreaded taint of smoke."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/24/2021
"Megadrought to Pit Fish Lives Against Human Needs in U.S. West"
"Water cuts aimed at farmers amid the West’s megadrought have set the stage for bitter legal and political fights over one of the most overlooked water uses—the right of water to remain in streams to sustain fish and endangered species, lawyers say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/24/2021
"Heat Kills. This Underfunded Program Could Help."
"Heat kills in the big city. So does lack of air conditioning. Of the roughly 70 New Yorkers directly killed by heat exposure in their own homes over the past decade, the majority — some 80% — did not own air conditioners, and those who did weren’t running them when they died."
Source: E&E News, 08/24/2021
"Climate Crisis Made Deadly German Floods ‘Up To 9 Times More Likely’"
"The record-shattering rainfall that caused deadly flooding across Germany and Belgium in July was made up to nine times more likely by the climate crisis, according to research."
Source: Guardian, 08/24/2021
Not Just Humans — Scientists Turn To Vaccines To Save Endangered Species
"Scientists are now increasingly looking at animal vaccines as a means of saving wild populations of threatened species."
Source: Mongabay, 08/24/2021
"Environmental Groups Sue Over Post-Wildfire Roadside Logging Plans"
"Conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over its plans to log along hundreds of roads in the Willamette National Forest that burned in last year’s wildfires."
Source: OPB, 08/24/2021
Carbon From UK’s 'Blue' Hydrogen Bid Still To Equal 1M Petrol Cars
"Opting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050, according to an analysis of government data."
Source: Guardian, 08/24/2021
