"Ghost Flights Are Polluting the Skies Thanks to Omicron"
"Airlines claim they're sending thousands of empty flights out in an attempt to maintain market share despite the environmental damage."
Source: Earther, 01/12/2022
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"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution"
"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."
Source: Reuters, 01/12/2022
DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO
"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."
Source: Earther, 01/12/2022
Warming Permafrost Puts Key Arctic Pipelines, Roads At Risk: Study
"Nearly 70 percent of the infrastructure in the Northern Hemisphere’s permafrost regions are located in areas that could have near-surface thaw by 2050, researchers project".
Source: Washington Post, 01/12/2022
"US Navy To Drain Hawaii Tank System Blamed For Tainted Water"
"After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 01/12/2022
"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics"
"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."
Source: E&E News, 01/12/2022
"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."
Source: AP, 01/12/2022
"Rare Snowy Owl Soars Over Washington, Thrills Crowds"
"A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation’s capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplendent visitor from the Arctic."
Source: AP, 01/11/2022
"The Great Siberian Thaw"
"Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. What happens when it starts to melt?"
Source: New Yorker, 01/11/2022
Lakes Are Losing Their Ice Cover Faster Than Ever — What That Means
"Climate change is shortening the season when lakes are frozen over, and some of the Great Lakes aren't freezing at all. The impacts will be felt year round".
Source: The Narwhal, 01/11/2022
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