"White House Holds Methane Summit, Launches Task Force"
"The White House on Wednesday held a summit aimed to address the planet-warming gas methane and launched a new task force dedicated to the issue."
Source: The Hill, 07/27/2023
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"Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat"
"President Biden will announce new measures on Thursday aimed at helping communities across the country deal with extreme weather, as rising temperatures scorch much of the country and amplify alarms about the climate crisis."
Source: NYTimes, 07/27/2023
"Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition"
"The Menominee tribe of Wisconsin has sustainably harvested its woods for nearly 170 years, providing a model for foresters worldwide. Amid climate change and other threats to the forest, the tribe continues to follow a traditional code: Let the healthy trees keep growing."
Source: YaleE360, 07/26/2023
"Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?"
"Since 2011, there have been more human swine flu cases reported in the United States than anywhere else in the world. Most have occurred at farm-animal showcases."
Source: NYTimes, 07/26/2023
"Wildfires in Algeria Kill Dozens, Force Hundreds To Flee Homes"
"Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed more than 30 people, including 10 soldiers battling the flames, and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes along the country’s Mediterranean coastal region."
Source: Aljazeera, 07/26/2023
"Court Tosses EPA Permit Order For Troubled St. Croix Refinery"
"A federal appeals court said Tuesday that EPA went too far when it subjected an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands to a costly, multiyear permitting process in order to restart operations."
Source: E&E News, 07/26/2023
"Scientists Detect Sign That A Crucial Ocean Current Is Near Collapse"
"The Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system has become slower and less resilient, according to a new analysis of 150 years of temperature data — raising the possibility that this crucial element of the climate system could collapse within the next few decades."
Source: Washington Post, 07/26/2023
Baltimore Won’t Expand Help For Residents' Clean Up After Sewage Backups
"Baltimore City has refused to comply with a directive from state and federal environmental regulators that it expand the scope of a program that helps residents clean up after sewage backs up into their homes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/26/2023
Massachusetts Rejects Request To Discharge Radioactive Water Into Bay
"Massachusetts environmental regulators have denied a request by the company dismantling a shuttered nuclear power plant to release more than 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters) of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay."
Source: AP, 07/26/2023
"UN Starts Moving Oil From Yemen Tanker In Bid To Stop Disaster"
"The United Nations has started pumping oil off a decaying vessel moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential spill and environmental disaster, UN officials have said."
Source: Aljazeera, 07/26/2023
