"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’"
"Student organizers at 50 different high schools across the country are banding together to launch the “Green New Deal for Schools Campaign.”
Source: The Hill, 09/26/2023
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"The power of embracing despair, building community, and fostering emotional strength in the face of climate challenges."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/26/2023"90% of U.S. Counties Had A Weather Disaster Between 2011 And 2021"
"Very few parts of the U.S. have been untouched by extreme weather. According to a recent report, 90% of U.S. counties had a federally declared weather disaster between 2011 and 2021."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/25/2023"Planned Wildlife Refuge Rule Seen as Weapon Against Oil"
"An expected new rule promoting biological diversity and environmental health within the National Wildlife Refuge System could be used to discourage oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, environmentalists say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/25/2023Okefenokee Swamp Refuge Will Be Nominated For World Heritage Designation
"The National Park Service announced Friday that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be nominated as a World Heritage Site, which moves forward the proposal four decades after the refuge was first considered a contender for the honor."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/25/2023"New Orleans Declares Emergency Over Saltwater Intrusion In Drinking Water"
"The New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, signed an emergency declaration for the city on Friday amid concerns about saltwater from the the Gulf of Mexico that has been creeping up the drought-hit Mississippi River in Louisiana."
Source: Guardian, 09/25/2023Group Of 25 US Governors Promises To Install 20 Million Heat Pumps By 2030
"Buildings, particularly older ones and those with poor energy efficiency, account for 31 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. ... On Thursday, the U.S. Climate Alliance, an association of 25 governors of states accounting for half of the country’s population, announced a major move to reduce those emissions, cut utility bills, and create jobs."
Source: Grist, 09/25/2023"The Secret Dispute Behind Cleaning Seattle’s Only River"
"In its early days as a major aircraft manufacturer, Boeing was remarkably open about toxic chemicals flowing from its factory into the neighboring Duwamish, Seattle’s only river and a longtime source of food, tradition and culture for Indigenous people."
Source: Seattle Times, 09/25/2023FERC Recommends Revising Reliability Standards For Extreme Weather
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday recommended revising reliability standards for power grid and natural gas infrastructure to avoid issues during extreme weather, as part of findings from a report on winter storm Elliott in 2022."
Source: Reuters, 09/25/2023Youngstown Council Unanimously Nixes ‘Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant
"The Youngstown City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday night opposing an “advanced recycling” plant that would have used a process called pyrolysis to burn old tires to make steam for heating and cooling downtown buildings."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2023"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks"
"An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation and the quality of medical information online".
Source: Washington Post, 09/25/202315 Years In, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
"New York City’s annual Climate Week has just about wrapped up, with the usual guise of inspiring climate solutions. But there’s one glaring disconnect: It is sponsored by some of the biggest perpetrators of the climate crisis."
Source: Sierra, 09/25/2023"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls"
"A US government shutdown would have deep, far-reaching consequences and imperil efforts to protect people from lead and cancer-causing chemicals, a top White House official warned Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/22/2023"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps"
"Congressional Democrats are vowing to defend President Joe Biden’s new federal green jobs program from future Republican attacks."
Source: E&E News, 09/22/2023"White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets"
"A directive issued on Thursday by the Biden administration would, for the first time, have federal agencies consider the economic damage caused by climate change when deciding what kinds of vehicles, equipment and goods to buy."
Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2023
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