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State Water Control Board turns down ‘speculative’ water permit request
Virginia Mercury: State Water Control Board turns down ‘speculative’ water permit request.
The Virginia State Water Control Board last week denied a proposal by the owners of Cranston’s Mill Pond in James City County to withdraw millions of gallons of water per day to sell to potential buyers, drawing a hard […]
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Above the Fold – Week’s Best & Covid
Environmental Health News puts out weekend ‘summary’ emails, in addition to their daily emails.
EHN Week’s Best: April 16, 2021: forever chemicals on paper straws; Piney Point pollution; jails and environmental justice; DDT; PFAS; drought’s impact on farming water; rechargeable batteries – real cost; Mexico and coal; heavy metals […]
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The Daily Climate, April 14, 2021
Articles include: clean energy focus; blue carbon credits; John Kerry off to China; Glacier in Alaska is moving; Mexico & coal; Cost of rechargeable batteries; Brazil & Indigenous land rights; Endangered American rivers; companies call on Biden to reduce GHGs.
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The Daily Climate, April 13, 2021
Articles include: Reactions to ‘Fracktured’ investigation; Native communities and rising waters; Losing ‘gods’ to climate change; American Jobs Plan; climate change, wildfires, and Elk; California, oil wells, and groundwater pollution; NFTs fueling climate change; Pacific heat wave & the Gulf of Mexico; burning pig poop; polluting SUVs; laws aimed […]
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Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs
ABC News: Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage.
As muddy rainwater surged from Hawaii’s steep seaside mountains and inundated residential communities last month, the damage caused by flooding was obvious — houses were destroyed and businesses swamped, landslides covered highways and […]
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Study: New Research Says Stony Corals Could Survive Climate Change Due to Their Human Bone-Like Structures
Martha Stewart: New Research Says Stony Corals Could Survive Climate Change Due to Their Human Bone-Like Structures. Rutgers University researchers found that proteins contribute to this process.
There’s good news coming out of the ocean! Rutgers University researchers discovered that certain types of coral—stony corals, specially—feature biominerals with a blend […]
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Western U.S. may be entering its most severe drought in modern history
CBS News: Western U.S. may be entering its most severe drought in modern history. Extreme drought across the Western U.S. has become as reliable as a summer afternoon thunderstorm in Florida. And news headlines about drought in the West can seem a bit like a broken record, with some […]
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Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds
New York Times: Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds. Thousands of open-air waste pools near power plants, mines and industrial farms can pose safety dangers from poor management and, increasingly, the effects of climate change.
They are ponds the size of city blocks: Wastewater pits that […]
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California is on the brink of drought – again. Is it ready?
The Guardian: California is on the brink of drought – again. Is it ready? It’s been just four years since the state’s last drought emergency and battles are beginning over how scarce supplies are rationed.
California is at the edge of another protracted drought, just a few years after one […]
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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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