"All-Night Streetlights Make Leaves Inedible To Insects, Study Finds"
"Scientists believe artificial light may be affecting natural ecology of plant life by creating extended photosynthesis"
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2024
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More Than 120 People Died In Tokyo From Heatstroke In July As Temps Soar
"More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month, Japanese authorities said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 08/07/2024
DOE Awards $2.2B To Strengthen The Electrical Grid And Add Clean Power
"The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the transition to cleaner electricity and meet a growing demand for power."
Source: AP, 08/07/2024
"Residents Challenge State-Approved Incinerator In Front Of The Tetons"
"Teton County residents have opened an additional front in their fight with Wyoming officials regarding development of state school trust land near Teton Village, this time challenging the approval of a commercial incinerator that opponents claim poses a grave health, fire and economic risk to locals."
Source: WyoFile, 08/07/2024
Many Oklahoma Drillers Want Contributions To Cleanup Fund Refunded
"Oklahoma’s oil industry pays into a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells, but many drillers opt out. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites."
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main, 08/07/2024
"EPA Alumni Ready To Resist Trump — Again"
"An alliance formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2016 election is gearing up to defend the agency if the former president retakes the White House."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2024
"Navajo Uranium Standoff Risks Legal Clashes in ‘Nuclear West’"
"The Navajo Nation took the unusual step of using its police force to try to impede uranium shipments across its land last week—a preview of legal environmental battles to come if other uranium mines open in the southwest."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/07/2024
EPA Issues Emergency Ban Of Weedkiller Dacthal, Citing Risks To Unborn
"The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal, it said Tuesday, the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years."
Source: CNN, 08/07/2024
"Tim Walz Has Championed Climate as Governor"
"Over the course of his two terms in office, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has quietly emerged as one of the nation’s most forceful advocates for tackling climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 08/07/2024
Reclusive Tribe Attacks Encroaching Loggers In Peru’s Amazon
"Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization."
Source: AP, 08/06/2024
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