"Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%"
"Mexican experts said Monday that 35% more monarch butterflies arrived this year to spend the winter in the country’s mountaintop forests, compared with the previous season."
Source: AP, 05/25/2022
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Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps
"A secretive vote in the arcane and Byzantine world of international safety standards late last month may lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from home heating and cooling systems in the coming years."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2022
"Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US"
"With crossings expected to surge when the Covid-related closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to migrants ends, activists are pushing for a new immigration pathway for people who are impacted by climate disasters."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2022
Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago
"Planet-warming gases are trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere, holding in significantly more heat than they were in previous decades, a new assessment has found."
Source: The Hill, 05/25/2022
"Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield"
"Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days."
Source: AP, 05/25/2022
Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds
"A push by Missouri regulators to change permitting requirements for coal ash ponds has environmental groups worried important safeguards will be lifted and toxic chemicals and metals could leach into groundwater with few protections."
Source: States Newsroom, 05/25/2022
New Bill May Boost Electric Heat Pumps as Alternative To Gas
"Heat pumps are essentially two-way air conditioners that experts say save households money and warm homes without roasting the planet."
Source: HuffPost, 05/25/2022
"ExxonMobil Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change Lawsuit"
"Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid by ExxonMobil to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state that accuses the oil giant of misleading the public about the role its fossil fuels play in causing climate change."
Source: AP, 05/25/2022
"PFAS in Sewage Sludge, Industrial Wastewater Targeted for Rules"
"Sewage treatment plants around the country and many of the factories that send them wastewater face a new and shifting array of regulations over how they handle PFAS."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/25/2022
"NOAA Forecasts Seventh Straight Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season"
"The siege of active Atlantic hurricane seasons will continue for yet another year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday. In its annual seasonal outlook, the agency forecast the seventh straight above-normal Atlantic season, with 14 to 21 named storms — compared with 14 in an average year — and three to six major hurricanes, rated Category 3 or higher."
Source: Washington Post, 05/25/2022
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