"Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic"
"Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse."
Source: Wired, 01/05/2022
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"Federal Report IDs New Carcinogens"
"Eight new substances were added to a federal list of carcinogens — substances found in numerous products and water systems across the United States."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2022
"US Judge Blocks Work At Nevada Geothermal Plant For 90 Days"
"A federal judge said Tuesday he intends to temporarily block any construction work for 90 days at a proposed geothermal power plant in Nevada that opponents said would destroy a sacred tribal site and could result in extinction of a rare toad being considered for endangered species protection."
Source: AP, 01/05/2022
"Regulatory Fight Looms Over First-Ever Air Toxics Addition"
"EPA has given one last stamp of approval to adding a common solvent to its list of air toxics, opening the door to a potentially contentious fight over how to regulate businesses that emit the compound, known as 1-bromopropane."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2022
Biden ‘Over-Promised and Under-Delivered’ on Climate. 2022 Trouble Looms
"As the new year opens, President Biden faces an increasingly narrow path to fulfill his ambitious goal of slashing the greenhouse gases generated by the United States that are helping to warm the planet to dangerous levels."
Source: NYTimes, 01/05/2022
"Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On"
"Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does the climate and ecological crisis play a central role. That is, until now, in Chile, where a national reinvention is underway. After months of protests over social and environmental grievances, 155 Chileans have been elected to write a new constitution amid what they have declared a “climate and ecological emergency.”"
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Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2022
"Advocates Call EPA 'Forever Chemical' Testing Announcement Insufficient"
"The Biden administration will require new testing on some “forever chemicals,” but advocates are disappointed in what they characterized as insufficient requirements."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2022
Jump in Deforestation Of World's Most Biodiverse Savanna Alarms Scientists
"Deforestation last year rose to the highest level since 2015 in Brazil's Cerrado, prompting scientists on Monday to raise alarm over the state of the world's most species-rich savanna, a major carbon sink that helps to stave off climate change."
Source: Reuters, 01/04/2022
"EPA To Require More Facilities To Report Releases Of Carcinogenic Gas"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday [Dec. 27] that it will require more facilities to report the release of a carcinogenic gas called ethylene oxide (EtO), after previously not requiring them to do so."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2022
"Changing Climate Parches Afghanistan, Exacerbating Poverty"
"Fed by rain and snowmelt from mountains, this valley nestled among northwestern Afghanistan’s jagged peaks was once fertile. But the climate has changed in the last few decades, locals say, leaving the earth barren and its people struggling to survive."
Source: AP, 01/04/2022
