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The Fed Faces Criticism as It Wades Into Climate and Equity Issues
New York Times: The Fed Faces Criticism as It Wades Into Climate and Equity Issues. The Federal Reserve is proudly politically independent. That makes key discussions around climate change and racial inequity a balancing act.
In mid-2019, Jerome H. Powell fielded a question from reporters that he often faced […]
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The Daily Climate, April 20, 2021
Articles include: Exxon & carbon capture; offshore wind; glaciers melting in the Andes; coal financing; cities hardest hit by climate change; Biden trying to reinstate US climate change leadership; shrinking sea meadows and GHGs; Canadian budget; Euro lawsuits derail clean energy; DOI heads towards clean energy; climate change and […]
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Virginia landowners urge FERC to require cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline to relinquish easements
Virginia Mercury: Virginia landowners urge FERC to require cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline to relinquish easements.
Several dozen landowners who granted easements to the developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are asking federal regulators to require the pipeline to give up them up now that the project has been cancelled.
“I signed an […]
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The Daily Climate, April 15, 2021
Articles include: 2050 Goals are inadequate; champagne & climate change; 100% clean power; renewable energy powers decarbonization; electric vehicles by 2035; Interior Department and Manchin; Epic Drought; Indian monsoon season; ticks moving into the Arctic; East African oil pipeline; American research station abandoned; food web in the Great Lakes.
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The Daily Climate, April 8, 2021
Articles include: Marine life can’t survive at the equator; Black climate agenda; Biden to court – dismiss children’s lawsuit; ghost forests and sea level rise; Enbridge pipeline & Michigan; handling the climate crisis; nuclear heating plant; lightning & the Arctic; Report: Canadian wood pellet industry; EPA reverses trump; polar […]
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Report: The U.S. Is Closer to a Zero-Carbon Grid Than It Seems
Gizmodo: The U.S. Is Closer to a Zero-Carbon Grid Than It Seems.
The U.S. has a lot of work to do to draw down carbon emissions. But a new report shows that when it comes to the energy grid, things are actually in better […]
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Exclusive: EPA reverses Trump stance in push to tackle environmental racism
The Guardian: Exclusive: EPA reverses Trump stance in push to tackle environmental racism. Environmental Protection Agency launches crackdown on pollution that disproportionately affects people of color.
Michael Regan, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has sought to revive the effort to confront environmental racism […]
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Study: More than 2 million Americans exposed to high levels of strontium in drinking water
Environmental Health News: More than 2 million Americans exposed to high levels of strontium in drinking water. The unregulated metal can harm bone development in children.
About 2.3 million Americans are exposed to high natural strontium levels in their drinking water, a metal that can harm bone health in children, […]
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EHN Sciences.org- April 9, 2021
EHSciences.org produces many links to environmental and health related stories. They are well worth subscribing to.
Above The Fold – Children’s News: DDT; PFAS; chemicals’ impact on male fertility; Black maternal health; children held in toxic detention centers; their ‘Fractured’ investigation; toxic heavy metals in baby food; federal support for […]
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Report: Greenhouse gas levels surged in 2020, NOAA says – 2 articles
CBS News (Video): Greenhouse gas levels surged in 2020, NOAA says. A new report from the NOAA finds that despite global shutdowns, greenhouse gas levels in 2020 surged. In fact, levels of carbon dioxide are at the highest they’ve been in 3.6 million years. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff […]
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