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"House Panel May Investigate Park Service Funds for July 4 Event"

"The head of a House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Interior Department threatened to investigate the use of National Park Service entrance fee funds to pay for a July 4 celebration on the National Mall.

House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) questioned Interior’s spending $2.5 million in park entrance fees on President Donald Trump’s July 4 “Salute to America” event on the National Mall, which will display heavy military tanks and have a ticketed viewing area for White House guests.

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/05/2019

US Produces Far More Waste And Recycles Far Less Than Other Countries

"The US produces far more garbage and recycles far less of it than other developed countries, according to a new analysis by the global risk consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft."

Source: Guardian, 07/05/2019

"Best Way To Fight Climate Change? Plant A Trillion Trees"

"The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more."

Source: AP, 07/05/2019

"Big Insurer Ditches Coal Coverage In Win For Climate Action Groups"

Chubb Ltd., the nation’s largest commercial insurance company, announced it will move away from insuring and investing in coal. It becomes the first major U.S. insurance company to take such action, joining more than a dozen European and Australian insurers that have already adopted similar policies."

Source: HuffPost, 07/05/2019

"Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Destroys 45,000 Barrels"

"A fire in Kentucky destroyed a warehouse containing about 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam bourbon after officials let the blaze run its course to avoid ethanol contamination in a nearby creek that runs into the Kentucky River."

Source: NY Times, 07/04/2019

"Air Pollution: EPA Works To Ease Industry's New Source Review 'Burden'"

"In rolling out the final version of its contested sequel to the Obama-era Clean Power Plan last month, EPA left behind a big chunk of unfinished business."

Source: Greenwire, 07/04/2019

"Ever Heard Of 'Compound' Disasters? It's New To Experts, Too"

"In the 22 months since Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast, scientists have uncovered a variety of lessons about climate change. One takeaway is the phenomenon known as "compound flooding," the idea that disasters can be influenced by more than one source of water at the same time."

Source: ClimateWire, 07/04/2019

"The Zika Virus Is Still a Threat. Here’s What the Experts Know."

"With measles and Ebola grabbing headlines, it is easy to forget the health panic of 2016, when Zika was linked to severe birth defects in thousands of Brazilian newborns whose mothers were infected while pregnant, striking fear across the country and much of the Americas. ... But Zika, it turns out, did not vanish."

Source: NY Times, 07/04/2019

"EPA Official Cites Concerns With Pebble Mine Review"

"A draft review of a proposed mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region likely underestimates impacts the project could have on fish and other resources, a regional official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said."

Source: AP, 07/04/2019

"Moody’s Analytics Says Climate Change Could Cost $69 Trillion By 2100"

"The consulting firm Moody’s Analytics says climate change could inflict $69 trillion in damage on the global economy by the year 2100, assuming that warming hits the two-degree Celsius threshold widely seen as the limit to stem its most dire effects."

Source: Washington Post, 07/04/2019

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