"Climate Change Made Libya's Deadly Rainfall Up To 50 Times More Likely"
"Climate Change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 09/20/2023
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DOE Announces $400M To Help States Adopt Climate-Friendly Building Codes
"The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will open applications for the first tranche of funding — $400 million — to help states and territories take up energy-efficient building codes.
A senior administration official told reporters Monday that under the codes, new buildings and major renovations would be done with better construction and in a way that is more efficient and resilient.
The Energy Department said in a press release announcing the funding that homes built using modern energy codes are 40 percent more efficient than homes built 15 years ago."
Source: The Hill, 09/20/2023"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales"
"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/20/2023"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World"
"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."
Source: NPR, 09/20/2023Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour
"Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election."
Source: Guardian, 09/20/2023"Australia, Scarred By Bushfires, On High Alert For Dangerous Summer"
"Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest period since the so-called Black Summer."
Source: Reuters, 09/20/2023"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report"
"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."
Source: Reuters, 09/20/2023"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere."
"The two-and-a-half-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone."
Source: Washington Post, 09/20/2023"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock"
"How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything".
Source: Sierra, 09/19/2023EPA Slow On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Derailment: Emails
"Internal agency communications confirm certain EPA experts, including a "key dioxin scientist," were not consulted until a month after the derailment."
Source: HuffPost, 09/19/2023"EPA Rule for State Water Pollution Authority Destined for Court"
"An EPA rule finalized last week that restores states’ veto power over pipelines and other major river-polluting projects is expected to face legal challenges before the dust settles, natural resources attorneys say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/19/2023"Preparing Homes For Wildfires Is Big Business That's Only Getting Started"
"As the Blue Ridge Fire blazed across California's Orange County in 2020, O.P. Almaraz stared at the menacing glow on the horizon and evacuated his family to a hotel. The next morning, he walked out of his room into a jam-packed, buzzing, chaotic lobby."
Source: NPR, 09/19/2023From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature
"Take a mental picture of the Earth. Now shatter that image into 600,000 fragments. These fragments are carved out by road networks, which stretch across about 40 million miles of the Earth's surface."
Source: NPR, 09/19/2023Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official
"A coal plant seeking hundreds of millions in public funding submitted an analysis riddled with mistakes, according to a former Energy Department official. But the government published it anyway."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/19/2023"Working From Home Now Has Another Powerful Benefit"
"Fully remote workers could produce less than half the climate-warming emissions of people who spend their days in offices, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
Source: Washington Post, 09/19/2023
