"EPA Proposes Partial Ban On Toxic Dry Cleaning Chemical"
"EPA proposed a ban on all consumer and many commercial uses of a cancer-causing chemical used widely for dry cleaning."
Source: E&E News, 06/09/2023
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Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Curb Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
"A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday unveiled a proposal aimed at addressing the spread of the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species they warn poses “a significant threat” to the U.S. agricultural economy."
Source: The Hill, 06/08/2023
"America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack"
"Lovers often carve their initials in the smooth gray bark of beech trees. Now those beloved trees—which can reach nearly 40 meters tall, live up to 400 years and are among the most abundant forest trees in the Northeast and Midwestern U.S.—are increasingly threatened by beech leaf disease."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/08/2023
"The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River"
"Down beneath the tourist lodges and shops selling keychains and incense, past windswept arroyos and brown valleys speckled with agave, juniper and sagebrush, the rocks of the Grand Canyon seem untethered from time. The oldest ones date back 1.8 billion years, not just eons before humans laid eyes on them, but eons before evolution endowed any organism on this planet with eyes."
Source: NYTimes, 06/08/2023
"Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists"
"Parts of the U.S. territory reached a “life-threatening” heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño and climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/08/2023
"Virginia Panel Votes To Exit Carbon Trading Market"
"A Virginia regulatory board on Wednesday voted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, fulfilling a directive from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin but triggering the threat of legal action from environmental groups who say the board overstepped its authority."
Source: Washington Post, 06/08/2023
Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Harmful Pollutants: Study
"The release of cancer-causing benzene and other toxic gases from sites in Pennsylvania raises concerns about millions of other abandoned wells across the U.S."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/08/2023
‘Absolute Scandal’: UAE State Oil Firm Able To Read Cop28 Climate Summit Emails
"The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry, the Guardian can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 06/08/2023
Chemical Industry Used Big Tobacco’s Tactics To Conceal Evidence Of PFAS Risks
"Like the tobacco industry before it, the chemical industry managed to keep PFAS’s health risks hidden from the public for decades. A new peer-reviewed study dissecting PFAS producers’ public relations strategies provides a smoking gun timeline composed of industry studies and comments from DuPont and 3M officials showing they knew the dangers, but publicly insisted the chemicals were safe."
Source: Guardian, 06/08/2023
Oil State Hired Biggest PR Firms To Buff Its Climate Image. It Didn’t Help.
"One of the world’s wealthiest oil states is engaged in a wide-ranging public relations and lobbying campaign to cast itself as an environmental leader before it hosts the United Nations’ next climate talks in November. But the United Arab Emirates’ efforts are colliding with a barrage of criticism from lawmakers and environmentalists in both the U.S. and Europe, who scoff at the idea that the oil-flush nation is committed to helping shift the world off planet-heating fossil fuels.
Source: E&E News, 06/08/2023
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