"Forcing People To Work In Deadly Heat Is Mostly Legal In The U.S."
"As the planet records some of its highest average temperatures, workers have barely any legal protections from extreme heat".
Source: Washington Post, 07/28/2023
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"A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says"
"As many as 450,000 Americans may be living with alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy that has been linked to tick bites, with many of those people going undiagnosed, according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Source: NYTimes, 07/28/2023"As Florida Ocean Temperatures Soar, A Race To Salvage Imperiled Corals"
"As a blistering marine heat wave persists off the coast, a full-blown emergency is unfolding along the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States."
Source: Washington Post, 07/28/2023"A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help."
"Federal regulators on Thursday approved new rules to speed up the process for connecting wind and solar projects to the electric grid, in an attempt to reduce the growing delays that have become one of the biggest obstacles to building renewable energy in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 07/28/2023"As El Nino Fuels Fire Risk, Southeast Asia Braces For Haze Crisis"
"Southeast Asian nations are gearing up to tackle the threat of a tougher-than-usual "haze" season together, as the El Nino climate phenomenon raises the risk of soaring temperatures."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 07/28/2023"New IPCC Head Says Open Climate 'Toolbox' To Keep 1.5C Goal Alive"
"Rising global temperatures are on track to far exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming - but governments still have an unopened "toolbox" of policies that can keep that goal alive, the new chair of the U.N.'s panel of climate scientists said."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 07/28/2023House Sends Two Resolutions Overturning Endangered Species Rules To Biden
"The House voted Thursday to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, sending the resolution to the president, who has vowed to veto them. The two rules apply to federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bat, respectively."
Source: The Hill, 07/28/2023"Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat"
"President Biden will announce new measures on Thursday aimed at helping communities across the country deal with extreme weather, as rising temperatures scorch much of the country and amplify alarms about the climate crisis."
Source: NYTimes, 07/27/2023"White House Holds Methane Summit, Launches Task Force"
"The White House on Wednesday held a summit aimed to address the planet-warming gas methane and launched a new task force dedicated to the issue."
Source: The Hill, 07/27/2023"7 Automakers Join Forces To Double EV Fast-Charger Network In U.S."
"Seven major automakers on Wednesday announced plans to nearly double the nation’s network of high-powered electric vehicle chargers, an effort to address a key consumer reservation about EVs — that they may not have a place to power up on the road."
Source: Washington Post, 07/27/2023South Florida Waters Hit Hot Tub Temps, May Set World Seawater Record
"The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain."
Source: AP, 07/27/2023"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."
Source: E&E News, 07/27/2023Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/27/2023"Where The Most U.S. Residents Bake Because Of Concrete And Lack Of Trees"
"All U.S. cities experience some level of “heat island effect,” in which heat reflects off hard surfaces, intensifying the impact of the hottest days. But as climate change intensifies, nine U.S. cities are special islands unto themselves, according to an analysis released Wednesday that coincides with a heat wave enveloping much of the nation."
Source: Washington Post, 07/27/202322 Attorneys General Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS In Water Systems
"Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily."
Source: AP, 07/27/2023
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