"What Trump’s Second Administration Could Mean For Environmental Justice"
"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2024
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"Check The Formaldehyde Cancer Risk in Your Neighborhood"
"In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from."
Source: ProPublica, 12/04/2024Study Links Higher PFAS Levels To ‘Superfund’ Sites, Low Fresh-Food Access
"New research aimed at identifying which US neighborhoods face increased exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found those living near “superfund” sites and other major industrial polluters, or in areas with limited access to fresh food, generally have higher levels of the dangerous compounds in their blood."
Source: Guardian, 12/04/2024Seaweed Could Cut Grazing Cows' Methane Emissions By Nearly 40% - Study
"Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 12/04/2024"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down"
"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2024"Monarch Butterflies May Soon Get Protections Under Endangered Species Act"
"Monarch populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Eastern monarch populations that migrate between Canada and overwintering sites in Mexico are estimated to have declined by more than 80 percent since the 1990s."
Source: NPR, 12/04/2024Hot, Dry Calif. Sets Initial State Water Project Allocation At 5%
"California water managers have announced their preliminary forecast of supplies that will be available next year from the State Water Project, telling 29 public agencies to plan for as little as 5% of requested allotments."
Source: LA Times, 12/04/2024USFWS Adopts Lynx Recovery Plan, Proposes New Critical Habitat Designations
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a recovery plan for Canada lynx, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposed new critical habitat designations to increase federal protections for the winter-adept felines in some areas. "
Source: Daily Montanan, 12/04/2024‘It’s Nonstop’: How Noise Pollution Threatens The Return Of Norway’s Whales
"Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater"
Source: Guardian, 12/04/2024"Handful Of Countries Responsible For Climate Crisis, Top Court Told"
"A handful of countries should be held legally responsible for the ongoing impacts of climate change, representatives of vulnerable states have told judges at the international court of justice (ICJ)."
Source: Guardian, 12/03/2024"Partisan Divides Complicate Push For Disaster Aid"
"Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek to pass a bipartisan disaster aid bill by the end of the year."
Source: The Hill, 12/03/2024EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable”
"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."
Source: The New Lede, 12/03/2024"A Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave"
"An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future."
Source: NYTimes, 12/03/2024"UN Calls For $2.6 Trillion Investment To Reverse Land Degradation"
"Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time."
Source: Reuters, 12/03/2024Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water
"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."
Source: Guardian, 12/03/2024
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