"No Red Tide Relief In Sight As Dead Fish Overwhelm St. Petersburg"
"A toxic algal bloom is plaguing Tampa Bay and befouling St. Petersburg’s shores. It could stick around for a while."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 07/14/2021
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"Extreme Heat Chips Away at Effectiveness of Ozone Air Standards"
"Unrelenting heat waves are boiling cities across the U.S. this summer, spiking ozone pollution levels and threatening the fighting power of air quality safeguards."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/14/2021
"EPA Scientist To Lead National Climate Review"
"The White House science office announced today that Allison Crimmins will lead the next mammoth report on climate change. The fifth National Climate Assessment is expected to be released in 2023 and stands to be more expansive than past editions, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) said in a statement today."
Source: E&E News, 07/14/2021
"Europe Plans Aggressive New Laws to Phase Out Fossil Fuels"
"European officials are preparing to introduce ambitious legislation designed to wean one of the world’s biggest and most polluting economies off fossil fuels far more quickly than other nations have pledged to do. The proposals could include phasing out coal as an electricity source as well as imposing tariffs on polluting imports — an idea with the potential to set off global trade disputes."
Source: NYTimes, 07/14/2021
"Democrats Propose $3.5 Trillion Budget to Advance With Infrastructure Deal"
"Top Democrats announced on Tuesday evening that they had reached agreement on an expansive $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, including plans to pour money into addressing climate change and expanding Medicare among an array of other Democratic priorities, that they plan to advance alongside a bipartisan infrastructure deal."
Source: NYTimes, 07/14/2021
"Drought Hits the Southwest, and New Mexico’s Canals Run Dry"
"Acequias, the fabled irrigation ditches that are a cornerstone of New Mexican culture, have endured centuries of challenges. Can they survive the Southwest’s megadrought?"
Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2021
"EPA Considers Restricting 66 Pollutants in Drinking Water"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it’s taking steps to regulate 66 possible contaminants in drinking water, including PFAS chemicals."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/13/2021
"EPA says "No" to Mountain Valley Pipeline Water Crossings Permits"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants the Army Corps of Engineers to refuse to issue water crossing permits along the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Those permits would allow digging and blasting through hundreds of water bodies in Virginia and West Virginia says David Sligh, with the environmental advocacy group, Wild Virginia."
Source: WVTF, 07/13/2021
"The Science Of Forest Biomass: Conflicting Studies Map The Controversy"
"A major political and environmental dispute is heating up as the forestry industry and governments promote forest biomass — cutting trees, turning them into wood pellets, and burning them to make electricity. "
Source: Mongabay, 07/13/2021
"UN Sets Out Paris-Style Plan To Cut Extinction Rate By Factor Of 10"
"The goals set out by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to help halt and reverse the ecological destruction of Earth by the end of the decade also include protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans and land and providing a third of climate crisis mitigation through nature by 2030."
Source: Guardian, 07/13/2021
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