"Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High Electric Bills"
"Rates have jumped because of a surge in natural gas prices and could keep rising rapidly for years as utilities invest in electric grids."
Source: NYTimes, 05/04/2022
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"U.S. Plastic Recycling Rate Drops To Close To 5% - Report"
"The rate of plastic waste recycling in the United States fell to between 5%-6% in 2021 as some countries stopped accepting U.S. waste exports and as plastic waste generation surged to new highs, according to a report released on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/04/2022
"Historic Drought Forces Feds to Withhold Water From States"
"The Interior Department is turning down the Colorado River’s flow to California, Arizona, and Nevada to protect Lake Powell from the West’s historic, climate change-driven drought."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/04/2022
"Is That an Outlaw Lawn? Las Vegas Has a New Approach to Saving Water"
"With drought and growth taking a toll on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of the region’s water, a new law mandates the removal of turf, patch by patch."
Source: NYTimes, 05/03/2022
"Biden’s Environmental Civil Rights Effort Wrestles With Caseload"
"President Joe Biden’s administration is prioritizing environmental civil rights cases, with the Justice Department joining the EPA to turn the dial on a yearslong struggle to manage a growing list of complaints."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/03/2022
"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2022
"Pandemic, War, Politics Hamper Global Push For Climate Action"
"The promises arrived at a rapid clip over two weeks in Glasgow last fall. There, along the banks of the River Clyde, leaders from nearly 200 nations vowed to do more — and move faster — to combat climate change. ... But nearly six months later, no large nation has come forward with a bolder climate plan, and none of the world’s top emitters has committed to doing so this year."
Source: Washington Post, 05/03/2022
"Texas Stumbles In Its Effort To Punish Green Financial Firms"
"For years, fossil fuel producing states have watched investors shy away from companies causing the climate crisis. Last year, one state decided to push back."
Source: NPR, 05/03/2022
Gas Giants Ghostwrote Letters Of Support From Elected Officials
"Internal emails show pipeline firms provided North Carolina and Virginia leaders with draft letters and talking points praising their own projects."
Source: HuffPost, 05/03/2022
Florida Black Woman Fights Polluting Landfills Made From Sand Pits
"Late last summer, LaFanette Soles-Woods carefully made her way to the podium to address the Escambia County commissioners. Normally, she rode a mobility scooter because she so easily lost her breath. But she thought this occasion was vital enough to make an exception."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/03/2022
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