"White House Holds Methane Summit, Launches Task Force"
"The White House on Wednesday held a summit aimed to address the planet-warming gas methane and launched a new task force dedicated to the issue."
Source: The Hill, 07/27/2023
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"7 Automakers Join Forces To Double EV Fast-Charger Network In U.S."
"Seven major automakers on Wednesday announced plans to nearly double the nation’s network of high-powered electric vehicle chargers, an effort to address a key consumer reservation about EVs — that they may not have a place to power up on the road."
Source: Washington Post, 07/27/2023South Florida Waters Hit Hot Tub Temps, May Set World Seawater Record
"The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain."
Source: AP, 07/27/2023"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."
Source: E&E News, 07/27/2023Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/27/2023"Where The Most U.S. Residents Bake Because Of Concrete And Lack Of Trees"
"All U.S. cities experience some level of “heat island effect,” in which heat reflects off hard surfaces, intensifying the impact of the hottest days. But as climate change intensifies, nine U.S. cities are special islands unto themselves, according to an analysis released Wednesday that coincides with a heat wave enveloping much of the nation."
Source: Washington Post, 07/27/202322 Attorneys General Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS In Water Systems
"Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily."
Source: AP, 07/27/2023"For This Smoky Summer, 12 New Books And Reports On Wildfires"
"As a counterpoint to the joyous “grove of tree books” Yale Climate Connections put together for Arbor Day, this month’s bookshelf presents 12 titles on the climate-charged threat to their — and our — future: wildfires."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 07/27/2023"Can’t Beat Them? Eat Them: The Fight Against The US Wild Boar Plague"
"These feral pigs cause billions of damage, but some chefs and meat purveyors are putting this pork on the map – and menus".
Source: Guardian, 07/27/2023Climate Change Fingerprints On July Heat Around The Globe, Study Says
"The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not have happened without the continuing buildup of warming gases in the air."
Source: AP, 07/26/2023"Lights Out For Incandescent Bulbs"
"The incandescent lightbulbs that have been illuminating American homes and businesses since Thomas Edison first unveiled them in 1879 are finally coming off U.S. shelves."
Source: E&E News, 07/26/2023"UN Starts Moving Oil From Yemen Tanker In Bid To Stop Disaster"
"The United Nations has started pumping oil off a decaying vessel moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential spill and environmental disaster, UN officials have said."
Source: Aljazeera, 07/26/2023Massachusetts Rejects Request To Discharge Radioactive Water Into Bay
"Massachusetts environmental regulators have denied a request by the company dismantling a shuttered nuclear power plant to release more than 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters) of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay."
Source: AP, 07/26/2023Baltimore Won’t Expand Help For Residents' Clean Up After Sewage Backups
"Baltimore City has refused to comply with a directive from state and federal environmental regulators that it expand the scope of a program that helps residents clean up after sewage backs up into their homes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/26/2023"Scientists Detect Sign That A Crucial Ocean Current Is Near Collapse"
"The Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system has become slower and less resilient, according to a new analysis of 150 years of temperature data — raising the possibility that this crucial element of the climate system could collapse within the next few decades."
Source: Washington Post, 07/26/2023
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