"Is Los Angeles Collecting Enough Stormwater?"
"The same flood-control system that protected L.A. from the atmospheric rivers also saw tens of billions of gallons of stormwater flush to the sea."
Source: LA Times, 02/09/2024
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"As States Slash Rooftop Solar Incentives, Puerto Rico Extends Them"
"As states across the country roll back how much they pay rooftop-solar owners for the surplus electricity they send back to the grid, Puerto Rico is bucking the trend, protecting its generous solar credits until at least the end of the decade."
Source: Grist, 02/09/2024"The Promise Of Passive House Design"
"Imagine a home so efficient that it could be heated with a hair dryer. That’s the promise of a passive house, a design standard that’s becoming increasingly popular in the architecture community for its benefits to occupants and the climate."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 02/09/2024"Biden Administration Toughens Limits on Deadly Air Pollution"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade." "The E.P.A. says the new rule will prevent 4,500 premature deaths annually. Industry leaders are expected to challenge the regulation, saying it will harm the economy."
Source: NYTimes, 02/08/2024Court Bans Three Weedkillers And Finds EPA Broke Law In Approval Process
"Dealing a blow to three of the world’s biggest agrochemical companies, a US court this week banned three weedkillers widely used in American agriculture, finding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke the law in allowing them to be on the market."
Source: Guardian, 02/08/2024"Dengue Spreads Fast In Brazil Prompting Emergency Health Measures"
Dengue fever has surged in Brazil's hot rainy season, forcing health authorities to take emergency measures and start mass vaccination against the mosquito-borne illness."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2024"Misplaced Trust"
"Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy."
Source: Grist, 02/08/202413 Blue States Say EPA Should Strengthen Proposal To Remove Lead Pipes
"Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines."
Source: The Hill, 02/08/2024"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040"
"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."
Source: Guardian, 02/08/2024"Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves"
"A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove Northern Rocky gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act."
Source: HuffPost, 02/08/2024The 'Cone Of Uncertainty' Is Changing For 2024 Hurricane Season. Here's Why
"The introduction of a new forecast track graphic in mid-August will do more than show the expected area where hurricanes and tropical storms may travel. It will also depict where wind watches and warnings are posted to better warn of dangers residents outside the cone are facing."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/08/2024"EPA Targets 400 Hires For Climate, Infrastructure Laws In 2024"
"EPA is pushing to hire for hundreds of job openings this year as the agency strives to fulfill its expanded mandate under President Joe Biden’s trademark climate and infrastructure laws."
Source: E&E News, 02/08/2024Seafood Firm Wants To Farm Octopus. Activists Say They're Too Smart For That
"Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm octopuses to harvest them for seafood, the plan sparked an uproar."
Source: NPR, 02/08/2024The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Upend How America Builds Houses
"Fossil fuel companies are trying to strip a series of climate-friendly measures out of the latest round of model building codes used to regulate construction virtually everywhere in the United States."
Source: HuffPost, 02/07/2024"‘Symbol Of Polarisation’: EU Scraps Plans To Halve Use Of Pesticides"
"The European Commission is shelving plans to cut pesticide use and is taking the pressure off agriculture in its latest emissions recommendations, as farmers around Europe continue protests demanding higher prices for their products and an easing of EU environment rules."
Source: Guardian, 02/07/2024
