America's LNG Boom May Be On A Collision Course With Climate Change
"America's liquefied natural gas boom has a climate change problem, according to a report released on Monday."
Source: CNN, 07/03/2019
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"US Won’t Impose Rule To Protect Against Coal Ash Spill Costs"
"The Trump administration said Tuesday that it won’t require electric utilities to show they have money to clean up hazardous spills from power plants despite a history of toxic coal ash releases contaminating rivers and aquifers."
Source: AP, 07/03/2019
Major Coal Producer Bankruptcy Threatens Hundreds Of Jobs In 4 States
"One of the nation’s largest coal producers with mines in Eastern Kentucky filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, making it the second large coal company to do so in the past two weeks."
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, 07/03/2019
Climate Deniers Saw Carmakers as ‘Opposition’ in Trump Rollback Fight
"In the early months of the Trump administration, automakers pleaded for — and appeared set to receive — some relief from fuel economy standards that they said were too difficult to meet. But newly released government emails show how a coalition of groups that reject established climate science quickly muscled into the picture, urging the administration to go much further and roll back the rules entirely and characterizing the automakers as their opponents in achieving that goal."
Source: NY Times, 07/03/2019
"Rare Scottish Sand Dunes Destroyed At Trump Golf Course"
"More than 100 acres of protected sand dunes were bulldozed on President Trump's golf course in Scotland, leading the government to remove the destroyed ecosystem from protected status."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/02/2019
CDC Warns Swimmers About ‘Crypto’ Parasite That Can Live In Pools
"Federal public health officials are urging people to take precautions to protect themselves against a microscopic parasite that can live for days in swimming pools and water playgrounds and cause severe intestinal problems."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2019
Existing Fossil Plants Will Push World Past Dangerous 1.5° C: Research
"A new study finds we’ve already installed enough fossil fuel infrastructure to commit to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of planetary warming, even without new planned installations."
Source: Washington Post, 07/02/2019
"'Precipitous' Fall In Antarctic Sea Ice Since 2014 Revealed"
"The vast expanse of sea ice around Antarctica has suffered a “precipitous” fall since 2014, satellite data shows, and fell at a faster rate than seen in the Arctic."
Source: Guardian, 07/02/2019
"For Climate-Smart Farmers, Carbon Solution Is In The Soil"
"There's a new agricultural commodity that farmers, food giants and grassroots groups are all rallying behind — carbon.
Proponents say that if the United States' 20th-century success as a global agricultural power was measured by how much food came from American soil, the 21st century offers a new paradigm: measuring how much carbon dioxide American farmers can retain in the soil while still producing food.
The two objectives are not mutually exclusive, according to farmers, scholars and ag-focused nonprofits.
Source: Greenwire, 07/02/2019
"Pa. Refinery: Who Will Clean Up Decades Of Pollution?"
"The explosions that destroyed part of the historic oil refinery on Philadelphia's south side have thrown a wrench into the ongoing effort to clean up decades' worth of soil and water pollution at the site."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/02/2019
