"Sea Level Rise Will Cause ‘Catastrophic Inland Migration’, Scientists Warn"
"Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds"
Source: Guardian, 05/22/2025
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Plea Deal Shutters Watts Recycling Plant Accused Of Spewing Toxics At School
"A South L.A. recycling plant that has been accused of spewing toxic waste and metal projectiles onto the grounds of Jordan High School will be permanently shut down, according to a plea deal agreed to by the plant’s owners in court Tuesday."
Source: LA Times, 05/22/2025"How Dried-Out Wetlands On The Iran/Iraq Border Threaten The Region"
"The dust storms that have choked Iranians and Iraqis for weeks and hospitalised thousands, are the canary in the coalmine for a complex environmental disaster unfolding in wetlands straddling the two countries' border."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 05/22/2025Chemical Exposure From Ultra-Processed Foods May Worsen Health Issues
"Toxic synthetic chemicals that migrate into ultra-processed foods from packaging, processing equipment and other sources may explain why these foods are so bad for our health, according to a new review article."
Source: The New Lede, 05/22/2025James Hansen Decries Trump Plan To Shut Nasa Lab Above Seinfeld Diner
"Perched above the New York City diner made famous by the TV show Seinfeld, Tom’s Restaurant, a small research laboratory became, improbably, crucial to humanity’s understanding of our changing climate and of the universe itself."
Source: Guardian, 05/22/2025"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/21/2025"Where Local Forecast Offices No Longer Monitor Weather Around-The-Clock"
"For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country."
Source: Washington Post, 05/21/2025"Kennedy’s Allies Against Pesticides: Environmentalists, Moms and Manly Men"
"An unlikely group is coalescing around the health secretary’s drive for restrictions on atrazine, which is linked to cancer, birth defects and low sperm counts."
Source: NYTimes, 05/21/2025Alabama Power Faces Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash
"Nine years after the Gadsden Steam Plant stopped burning coal, its unlined coal ash pond is still polluting Alabama groundwater, records show."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/21/2025"First US Utility Seeks Permit For A Small Nuclear Reactor"
"For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor."
Source: AP, 05/21/2025Chaos? Trump Plans To Merge Wildland Firefighting Into One Agency.
"President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars."
Source: AP, 05/21/2025Padilla Puts Hold On Trump EPA Nominees Over Efforts To Ax Calif. EV Mandate
"Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state."
Source: The Hill, 05/21/2025"Just How Many Jobs And GDP Dollars Do US Clean Energy Factories Create?"
"A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note."
Source: Canary Media, 05/21/2025Greens Urge Court To Force Feds To Restore Online Environmental Data
"Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to restore public access to climate and environmental justice webpages removed by EPA and other agencies earlier this year."
Source: E&E News, 05/21/2025"On ‘World Bee Day,’ The Bees Did Not Seem Bothered. They Should Be"
"Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years, and experts blame a combination of factors: insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change and lack of a diverse food supply. A significant part of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by bees — not just honeybees, but hundreds of species of lesser-known wild bees, many of which are endangered."
Source: AP, 05/21/2025
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