"Conspiracies Add Fuel To An Already Challenging Wildfire Season"
"Wildfires in Western states aren't slowing down and conspiracy theories about who started them are only making things harder for responders."
Source: NPR, 09/21/2020
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"New Jersey Law Seeks To Stem Pollution In Minority Areas"
"NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities."
Source: AP, 09/21/2020
Scientists Take Closest Look Yet at Warming Impact of Aviation Emissions
"An international team of prominent scientists has published what they say is the most comprehensive study to date calculating the complex climate impact of aviation emissions, reaffirming that contrail clouds produce more warming than carbon dioxide."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/21/2020
"In Colo., Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper Favored to Unseat Gardner
"The GOP incumbent is linked to Trump, while the moderate, pro-fracking, former Democratic governor is called “Frackenlooper” by progressives."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/21/2020
Climate Week: Absent World Leaders Worsen UN’s Gridlock at 75
"As the United Nations turns 75 this year, the world body keeps churning out increasingly grim reports on the global threats it was created to ameliorate. Biodiversity is being destroyed, climate change is accelerating, war and famine are creating more refugees than ever in human history, the world body warns."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/21/2020
‘This Does Not Look Good for Children’: Fires Pose Risk to Young Lungs
"The wildfires blazing in the West could hinder developing lungs, worsen asthma and even lead to the condition in those who don’t have it but are genetically disposed to it."
"SAN FRANCISCO — Ian MacDonald, a 14-year-old in Portland, Ore., got a treat from his parents the other day. He was allowed to go outside.
Source: NYTimes, 09/21/2020
"Supreme Court: Ginsburg Death Leaves 'No Environmental Voice' On Bench"
"The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could shake the foundation of America's bedrock environmental laws, leaving a chasm on the bench where once sat an environmental champion."
Source: E&E News, 09/21/2020
"White House Docs: Trump Aides Pushed EPA for Fewer Methane Checks"
"EPA bowed to White House pressure during interagency review of an oil and gas emissions rule by reducing requirements for a segment of the natural gas supply chain to monitor and repair methane leaks."
Source: E&E News, 09/21/2020
"Tropical Storm Beta To Drop A Foot Of Rain in Texas and Louisiana"
"Tropical Storm Beta was predicted to bring a foot of rain to parts of coastal Texas and Louisiana next week as the 23rd named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season moves ashore on Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said."
Source: Reuters, 09/21/2020
Burps to Burgers: Food Firms Wrangle Climate-Warming Cattle Emissions
"Looking to improve milk production, California farmer John Verwey turned to a Swiss-made feed additive designed to make a cow more efficient while reducing methane emissions from cattle burps."
Source: Reuters, 09/18/2020
