Despite Protections, Extreme Heat And Wildfire Take A Toll On Farmworkers
"Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds."
Source: Grist, 02/08/2023
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"Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat Of Glacial Floods"
"As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds."
Source: AP, 02/08/2023"Feds Warn Rio Grande Settlement Could Trigger Disaster"
"The Biden administration on Monday urged a federal judge to reject a state-authored agreement that could end the long-running legal battle over the waters of the Rio Grande, asserting that proposal could bankrupt a major irrigation project."
Source: E&E News, 02/08/2023Offshore Wind In The Gulf Take A Back Seat To Oil Drilling Under New Law
"President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/08/2023Drought, Disease Killed 36.3 Million Trees In California Last Year
"Roughly 36.3 million dead trees were counted across California in 2022, a dramatic increase from previous years that experts are blaming on drought, insects and disease, according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service."
Source: LA Times, 02/08/2023"How Tensions With Russia Are Jeopardizing Key Arctic Research"
"With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution."
Source: YaleE360, 02/08/2023Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Grid
"Federal law enforcement officials have arrested two people accused of conspiring to “completely destroy Baltimore” in what they described on Monday as a racist plot to demolish the power grid in a predominantly Black city."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2023"Toxic Fumes Are Released From Burning Train That Derailed in Ohio"
"A rail operator on Monday released toxic fumes from several derailed train cars that it said were at risk of exploding in East Palestine, Ohio, after the authorities ordered residents on both sides of the state’s border with Pennsylvania to evacuate to avoid a deadly threat."
Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2023"Census: Disasters Displaced More Than 3 Million Americans In 2022"
"More than 3 million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of a natural disaster, according to a new Census Bureau tally that marks a rare federal effort to assess the uprooting caused by hurricanes, floods and other events."
Source: E&E News, 02/07/2023"Nevada Monument Will Shield Sacred Tribal Land — From Renewables"
"For years now, Native American tribes have sought more protections for the federal lands in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada that are central to their core beliefs about creation. But advocates say the effort took on new urgency as renewable energy developers eyed pieces of the same land for projects that could fit into the Biden administration’s push for clean electricity."
Source: E&E News, 02/07/2023"Essential Insects In East Asia Have Declined Massively, Study Finds"
"Cabbage moths, corn borers and other plant-eating insects crucial to ecosystems have declined dramatically in East Asia over the past two decades — along with dragonflies and other predator insects that eat them, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances."
Source: Washington Post, 02/07/2023Coal Ash Along Shores of Great Lakes Threatens Water as Residents Protest
"More than 100 coal ash waste sites, many unregulated, sit just feet from the Great Lakes, raising concerns for nearby communities and the 30 million people who rely on the lakes for drinking water."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/07/2023"Climate Denial Campaign Goes Retro With New Textbook"
"This week, the [Heartland Institute] sent copies of its book “Climate at a Glance” to 8,000 middle and high school teachers across the country, in order to provide them, it says, with “the data to show the earth is not experiencing a climate crisis.”"
Source: Grist, 02/07/2023"Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought"
"The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them."
Source: Eos, 02/07/2023"Making Sense of Menhaden"
"In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance."
"Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: schools of hand-sized silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, their carcasses floating in the surf in the summer’s heat. By the week’s end, as the fish liquefied in a dumpster at a nearby wharf, circulating petitions were gaining signatures.
Source: Hakai, 02/07/2023
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